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Woodgate had already paid the penalty for the hasty and fatal act of squatting down in an indefensible position, and lay among the other victims strewn upon the plateau; but the British soldier is not easily discouraged by the errors of his leaders. The cry "nous sommes trahis" is never heard from his lips, and when called upon on active service, To live laborious days and shun delights,
It was not necessary for Ned to reply to the question, for at that moment a figure came tumbling through the window and a voice recognized as that of the little fellow cried out: "Gee!" he said, feeling about in the darkness, "what do you think of my ruinnin' into a sea soldier an' getting chucked through the hole the carpenter left?"
If you skip out, as you threaten to do, you may rest assured that you will be brought back by force of arms, and if you resist you will be shot." "How does it come that you know so much more than the rest of us?" demanded Bristow angrily. "You are not an old soldier." "I am aware of that fact, but I have been talking to an old soldier, and that was Haskins.
So soon as he sees the count come out he will call me. As a man can ride in only one of two directions in this valley, I shall have no trouble whatever in meeting the old gentleman, even if I cannot overtake him with my mule." "Have you any arms, Nino?" "No. I do not want weapons to face an old man in broad daylight; and he is too much of a soldier to attack me if I am defenceless.
The thought came to me like a stab that perhaps he had learned that the woman he was to wed did not love him. "Did Dorothy expect me?" I asked, miserably. "I think not," said Sir George. "She believed you meant to follow Arnold to Stanwix," broke in Ruyven. "I should have done it! I regard General Arnold as the most magnificent soldier of the age!" he added.
She had married early, but had the hard luck to be soon deprived of her husband, by his being pressed as a soldier. She neither saw nor heard of him for many years, so concluded he was dead. Thus destitute, she lived seven years as a servant in Ireland, without any one's knowing that she was married.
I can do that in a way at home over my sampler or my white seam. But to be commanding, and fighting the enemies of the country, to be good with the sword and the gun and strong with a horse, like my father!" "I have seen your father," said Gilian. "That is the kind of soldier I would like to be."
This was their first knowledge of the affair. They refused to act in either way, but Burrus intimated that Anicetus was the guilty party and should be held responsible. "For not completing the task?" said Nero. "Yes," said the blunt old soldier, and retired. Anicetus was notified that the blame of the whole conspiracy was on him.
The door was opened by a negro, and they were invited to enter. At a table in the middle of the room was seated a foppish-looking man who held in his hand a silver box. As he turned it, Tom saw that it contained a pack of cards. "Where are your congressmen?" asked the soldier boy, whose eyes had been opened by the appearance of the cards. "They will be here pretty soon," replied Ben.
He was in demi-mail, the collar of the Order at his neck, and as he paced the room with a halting step I observed with interest and respect the great soldier who in forty years of glorious service had but twice seen the Court.
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