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And when this morning I again saw I knew it would be because you had and also then, from the first moment, because you somehow wanted me. He seemed to tell me of that. So why," she strangely smiled, "shouldn't I like him?" It brought Spencer Brydon to his feet. "You 'like' that horror ?" "I could have liked him. And to me," she said, "he was no horror. I had accepted him."
"I will stay with her." "She is mine," Brydon said; and he took her in his arms. "I will not go." They could hear the rapids below. The old man steadied himself in the deep water on the floor, and caught out yearningly at the cold hands. "Come close, come close," said Brydon. "Closer; put your arms round her." The old man did so. They were locked in each other's arms dead and living.
"I will stay with her." "She is mine," Brydon said; and he took her in his arms. "I will not go." They could hear the rapids below. The old man steadied himself in the deep water on the floor, and caught out yearningly at the cold hands. "Come close, come close," said Brydon. "Closer; put your arms round her." The old man did so. They were locked in each other's arms dead and living.
Some said they probably were not wanted at home; others, with deeper meaning, said they probably were wanted at home; and, indeed, their bushy eyebrows, their fierce black eyes, the knives which they carried in their belts, and their general manner of living, gave some ground to this insinuation. The Brydon brothers did not work with that vigor and zeal which brings success to the farmer.
Aunt Patience Brydon shared the delusion that is so blissfully prevalent among parents and guardians of wayward youth in England, that to send them to Canada will work a complete reformation, believing that Canada is a good, kind wilderness where iced tea is the strongest drink known, and where no more exciting game than draughts is ever played.
I, Doctor Brydon, am the army, all that remains of it." The commander heard him in astonishment and horror. General Elphinstone had seventeen thousand soldiers and camp-followers in his camp at Cabul. "Did Dr. Brydon mean to say " "They are all gone," was the feeble reply. "I am left; all the others are slain.
"Well, mebbe, I saved your life. For that I'm going to ask you to draw no more driftwood from the Madawaska not a stick, now or ever." "It is the only way we can keep from freezing in winter." Mr. Rupert scarcely knew what he said. Brydon looked at Judith, who turned away, then answered: "I'll keep you from freezing, if you'll let me, you and Judith."
They were not certain where he was. But when the mother took to her bed again, the young doctor said it was best that Brydon should come. Pierre had time and inclination to go for him. But before he went he was taken to Judith's bedside.
Cold, hungry, and tired they struggled to the foot of the mountains; then the signal was given, the Afghans fell on their victims, and the few who escaped were lost among the snows of the passes. Only Dr. Brydon had been lucky enough to strike a path where no one followed him, and in spite of wounds and exhaustion had managed to reach the walls of Jellalabad.
The horrors of Moscow were repeated in the Khurd Kabul, and the noblest attributes of humanity were exemplified in the acts of the officers and soldiers of the doomed party. Only twenty of this entire force survived. The news of this horrible disaster was brought to Jelalabad by the only man who penetrated the Afghan environment, Dr. Brydon.
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