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Updated: June 11, 2025
'I hope, said he, speaking to the soldiers, 'that this young woman is not your prisoner. 'No, sir, said Almia, before the others had time to reply; 'they are my prisoners. The dusty man looked at her in amazement. 'Yes, said the man with the black hair; 'she speaks the truth. We are her prisoners.
'Hospital! he cried, springing to his feet under the revivifying influence of the brandy. 'No hospital for me! I can walk as well as anybody. And now, sir, he said, speaking to his former opponent, 'am I to consider myself vanquished, and am I to go with you as your prisoner? The other regarded him without answering, and for the moment Almia, too, was lost in reflection."
"The general, who was now so infuriated he could not speak, jerked savagely at the reins; but Almia had just given the noble animal another biscuit, and his nose was seeking the pocket from which it came. The horse was conquered! "At this moment a rifle-ball shrieked wildly overhead. The enemy had perceived the little party upon the hillock.
Of course the sentries behind an army are not as strict as those in front of it, and so when she informed them she was a nurse they told her how to get to the field-hospital, which was a mile or more away. "But Almia did not intend to go to any hospital. She knew if she did she would immediately be put under orders; and now her blood was up, and she could stand no orders.
"Now it happened that at the time of my story there was a war in the land, and a great many people with whom my heroine was acquainted went forth to do battle for their country and their principles, or to act patriotically in some other way than fighting. I forgot to say that my heroine is named Almia " "De Ponsett, I suppose," interrupted John Gayther.
Unless he directs, the contest cannot be carried on. "Almia sprang to her feet, not caring whether she was seen or not. She looked over the battle-field, and her heart was sick within her.
But now you can expect nothing of the kind. 'I did not come for the sake of glory, said Almia, flushing slightly; 'I came to succor the suffering, and to do it without trammels. "'Trammels are often very desirable, said he; 'they enable us to proceed to a greater distance along the path of duty than we would be apt to go if we could wander as we please from side to side.
If the people would give up growing wheat for three or four years, cockle would probably disappear, and they would then have flour of a much higher grade. Almia and the two soldiers could not help smiling when they perceived that while the Exceptional Pedestrian was making these criticisms he ate three quarters of a pie, which was more than his share.
The three soldiers, who stood a little below, shouted to Almia to come down or she would be killed. She instantly obeyed this warning, but she did not release her hold upon the general's bridle. She started down the hillock away from the battle, and the horse, who willingly subjected himself to her guidance, trotted beside her.
"After her excitement Almia felt somewhat weak; she needed food; and when they had crossed the roadway they stopped to rest under the shade of a spreading oak. Unfortunately the soldiers had brought no rations with them, and Almia had only some Albert biscuit, which she did not wish to eat because she had brought them to relieve the faintness of some wounded soldier.
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