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It was his duty; and the feeling lingered in his mind that if he had half the heroism of that Spaniard he would have said so long ago. At last he spoke. His mouth was dry and his voice husky, but he forced the words out. And they were the right ones. "Yes," said he, "you must marry him. And we must never meet again." And then once more came the terrible silence.
Yet, however badly she treated him, he quite deserved my title of a "tame cat:" he bore every reverse patiently, and indeed at times displayed an absolute heroism in the face of her indifference, going on in fluent recital of something he believed would interest her while she utterly ignored him and his subject.
So they fed the young man and extolled him, applauding to the shrill winding of his trumpet until he glowed again in the full satisfaction of heroism. He and Mary did not discontinue their evening walks. Of these Mrs.
If it be romance, if it be contrast, if it be heroism that we require, what was Troy town to this? But, alas! it is not these things that are necessary it is only Homer. Here also we are grateful to the train, as to some god who conducts us swiftly through these shades and by so many hidden perils.
For a naked man to drag a shrieking, clawing man-eater forth from a window by the tail to save a strange white girl, was indeed the last word in heroism. Insofar as Clayton was concerned it was a very different matter, since the girl was not only of his own kind and race, but was the one woman in all the world whom he loved.
With a heroism of a camp-fire maiden she made a gesture which might have been interpreted to mean she was returning the money. "I can't, Jimmie!" she gasped. "I can't take it off you. You saved it, and you ought to get the fun of it." "I haven't saved it yet," said Jimmie. "I'm going to cut it out of the railroad fare.
But, more impressive than all the splendor of the home of the living was the solemnity of the city of the dead. What an array of architectural glory was displayed around him! There arose the proud monuments of the grand old families of Rome. Heroism, genius, valor, pride, wealth, everything that man esteems or admires, here animated the eloquent stone and awakened emotion.
He was ruled by the greatest statesman of that age, the celebrated Dunstan, Abbot of Glastonbury and Archbishop of Canterbury, a great statesman and a great Churchman, like Hincmar of Rheims. Thus the heroism and patience of Alfred were rewarded by the restoration of the Saxon power, and the absorption of what Mr.
Human life was counted as nothing in the balance, and deeds of the most reckless heroism were performed in countless instances as the mighty struggle progressed.
Just before entering the gate of Verdun we passed a number of ambulances, some of them driven by the American volunteers. These young Americans have displayed splendid heroism in bringing in the wounded under difficult conditions. Many of them have been mentioned in dispatches, and have received from France the Croix de Guerre. I also saw an ambulance marked "Lloyd's."
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