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"'Stay with us, said some of the older ones. "'Carry on your sport with mortals, said the others. "'The mortals are drying up our meadows; they've taken to draining. What will our successors do? "'We want to flame; we will flame flame! cried the new-born Will-o'the-Wisps. "And thus the affair was settled. "And now a ball was given, a minute long; it could not well be shorter.
'I ask no red and white To make up my delight, No odd becoming graces, Black eyes, or little know-not-what in faces." "What do you want then?" said Charlton, half laughing at him, though his friend was perfectly grave. "A cool eye, and a mind in it." "A cool eye!" said Rossitur. "Yes. Those we have left behind us are arrant will-o'the-wisps dancing fires no more."
While we were following the direction of his finger, a sound of distant oars fell on our ears. We listened breathlessly, and as the dip of the blades became more audible, we discerned two foggy lights, like will-o'the-wisps, floating on the river. Running down to the water's edge, we hailed the boats with all our might.
How beautifully those guns covered our retreat! and the first mortar that sent the howling devils flying in air like so many Will-o'the-wisps, who placed that, Wentworth?" "I did," replied the officer, with a quickness that denoted a natural feeling of exultation; "but Bombardier Kitson's was the most effective.
How beautifully those guns covered our retreat! and the first mortar that sent the howling devils flying in air like so many Will-o'the-wisps, who placed that, Wentworth?" "I did," replied the officer, with a quickness that denoted a natural feeling of exultation; "but Bombardier Kitson's was the most effective.
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