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"What? a tombstone!" said Fritz Kober, with an astonished look; "and why would you place a tombstone over a poor, simple, unknown fellow like myself, Charles Henry? Many gallant generals and officers fall in battle; the earth drinks their blood, and no one knows where they lie. And with golden letters, did you say, Charles? Well, I am curious to know what you would place upon my tombstone."
The attention of all seemed to be fixed upon the two small houses, and every glance and every ear was turned eagerly toward the brilliantly lighted windows. "We have hit the mark exactly," whispered Fritz Kober; he had succeeded with his friend in forcing his way into the little alley which separated the two houses. "We have now reached the head-quarters of the generals.
"I will tell you, Fritz. I will write on your tombstone 'Here lies Fritz Kober; the most faithful friend, the best soul, the most honest heart; good and simple as a child, brave as a hero, constant as a dove, and true as a hound." "But am I all that?" said Fritz, amazed. "Yes, you are all that!" said Charles, with a trembling voice. "You have been more than this to me, and I will never forget it.
"No," said Fritz Kober, resolutely, "we have a request to make of the king, and he once gave us permission to come directly to him when we had a favor to ask." He pushed Deesen aside and entered the room with Charles Henry. The king sat in his bed reading, and was so absorbed that he did not see them enter. But Fritz stepped up boldly to the bed and laid the breeches upon the chair.
Frederick's sharp, piercing eye rested for a moment questioningly upon Charles Henry's face; then nodding his head smilingly several times, he said: "Your bride is a spruce lad and a brave officer, and knows how to blush in his soldier's uniform. Officer Charles Henry Buschman, will you be the wife of officer Fritz Kober?" "I will, if your majesty consents," whispered Charles Henry.
If you tease him, he will become desperate and run off from me, and then, when I fall in battle, he will not close my eyes as he has promised to do." "I will never run away from you, darling brother," said Fritz Kober. "We two shall stay together in camp and in battle. You have won me with your soft, black eyes: they remind me of those of my good, faithful Phylax."
He was about to seat himself on the straw near the fire, when a harsh voice called out: "March on! every lazy scamp wants a place by the fire, but not one of them brings a splinter of wood." Fritz Kober was behind them with the wood; he had found it with great difficulty, and he was angry when he saw a strange soldier in his place by the side of Charles Henry. The king turned to him quietly.
"And they have no idea of pursuing your majesty," continued Charles Henry. "Loudon wished it, but Soltikow refused; he will do nothing until Daun acts." "So you sat with them in the council of war?" asked the king, smiling. "Yes, we were present," said Fritz Kober, with evident delight; "I saw the council, and Charles Henry heard them." The king stood up.
"What sort of strange and pleasant thoughts, Fritz?" said Charles Henry, bowing down again earnestly over his work. "I thought," said Fritz Kober, in a trembling voice, "that if ever I should take a wife, she must look exactly as you do, Charles Henry; she must have the same neat little hands, and be expert with the needle as you are.
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