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It contained the rapturous account of Herbert French's engagement to Miss Maddison, a happy event which had taken place in England during the Eton holidays, about a month before this date. "There!" cried the young man as he finished it. "And she's talked about nothing all the time, nothing at all but old Herbert and how good he is and how good-looking, and the Lord knows what!
And so they did, spending a full day and night on the ranch, exploring, under French's guidance, the beauty spots, and investigating with the greatest interest, especially on Miss Marjorie's part, the farming operations, over which Kalman was presiding. That young man, in dumb and abashed confusion of face, strictly avoided the party, appearing only at meals.
French's pleasant reverie; it was broken in a much more agreeable manner by the arrival of a visitor, who was admitted by Judson, Mr. French's man. The visitor was a handsome, clear-eyed, fair-haired woman, of thirty or thereabouts, accompanied by another and a plainer woman, evidently a maid or companion.
With Brown he never discussed Jack French's weakness, but every Sunday afternoon, when in his own home Brown prayed for friends near and dear, committing them into the Heavenly Father's keeping, in their minds, chiefly and before all others was the man whom they had all come to love as an elder brother, and for whose redemption they were ready to lay down their lives.
Johnston had followed the railroad to Kingston, where he was joined by French's division coming to Polk's corps from Rome, and still stuck to the general line of the railway to Cassville, though this led him by a considerable detour to the east.
In his telegram their line is described as extending four miles north and eleven miles south of the Modder, a length which evidently required a pretty large force to man it. Its extremities, however, received no protection from natural obstacles of ground, and on the 7th of March French's Cavalry Division, passing south, turned their left flank.
Christy thought that French's voice was a better imitation of Captain Sullendine's than his own, and he directed him to reply to the hail, telling him what to say. "On board the Tallahatchie!" returned the seaman at the lieutenant's dictation. "Are you all ready?" shouted the same officer. "All ready, sir!" replied French.
I have made a name for myself there will not be a scientific library in the world without my book, when once it is issued. People have died for lesser achievements than that." And then he added, more gently: "Not that it could be considered as an achievement without French's aid." His mind could not detach itself from its debt of gratitude, for he suddenly broke out in passionate eulogy.
The exodus of the townsfolk Communications threatened Slim Piet Joubert Espionage in the town Neglected precautions A truce that paid British positions described Big guns face to face Boers hold the railways French's reconnaissance The General's flitting A gauntlet of fire An interrupted telegram Death of Lieutenant Egerton "My cricketing days are over" Under the enemy's guns "A shell in my room" Colonials in action The sacrifice of valuable lives.
Using utmost speed, at 11 A.M. French's detachment saw the trees lining the Modder's banks, upon which its route had been converging. On the left a fairly large body of men were perceived moving east. A line of hills between these and the British force concealed the latter, who were nearer the river. The horses were ordered to water while the general and staff rode forward to reconnoitre.
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