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Updated: June 15, 2025
Many years ziss veenyard is owned by my people my anceestors. Even ze village is name for my family Lateur. You know ze Franco-Prussian War when Zhermany take Alsace-Lorraine yess?" "Yes," said Tom. "My pappa fight for France. Hees arm he lose. When it is over and Alsace is lost, he haf' lost more than hees arm. Hees spirit! Where can he go? Away from ze veenyard? Here he hass lived always."
"Alsace-Lorraine is part of Germany," said Tom, his heavy manner of talking contrasting strangely with Frenchy's excitability. "So you were a German citizen before you got to be an American; and your people over there must be German citizens." "Zey are Zherman slaves yess! Citizens no! See! When still I am a leetle boy, I must learn ze Zherman. I must go to ze Zherman school.
It was the professional criticism of the most perfectly trained body of marksmen in the world, and we listened with respect. "But they've got some tidy snipers," he added candidly. "They was singing like an Eisteddfod," said a man in the South Wales Borderers, "when they advanced. Yess, they was singing splendid. Like a cymanfa ganu, it wass. Fair play."
The big Swede shook with laughter. "Iss he not the finest liar! Yess? I wass in the Fourteenth myselluf. That wass my company Chay. He wass not even the army in then in nineteen hund'erd." "Yes," said Stone, "I knew, but I wasn't goin' to spoil his bloomin' yarn.
"Yes, I know," she urged eagerly, "and zen " "And then when I found out that it was just across the border from Alsace I happened to think about having that button, and I thought if I could escape maybe the French people would help me if I showed it to 'em like Frenchy said." "Oh, yess, zey will! But we must be careful," said Florette. "It was funny how I met Archer there," said Tom.
"It is very kind, indeed, and we are grateful," said Shock, feeling that his mother's manner might be misunderstood. "Yess, yess," said the old lady hastily, "it iss very good of you and of the young ladies," turning to look at Helen with kindly eyes. "You will not be thinking me ungrateful," she added with a suspicion of tears in her voice.
Sometimes she runs an' meets me, an' says, se' she: 'Pap, mammy's in the dumps; yess you an' me make out we er quollin'. Hit'll sorter stir 'er up; an' then Sis, she'll light in, an' by the time we git in the house, she's a-scoldin' an' a-sassin' an' I'm a-cussin', en' airter a while hit gits so hot an' natchul-like that I thes has ter drag Sis out behin' the chimbly and buss 'er for to make certain an' shore that she ain't accidentally flew off the han'le.
"Sixty years old I am, but still would I have so much happiness to be ze boy. See! Blondel and I, we run away to our marriage so many years ago. No one can catch us. So! Ziss is ze way yess? Am I right?" She pointed her finger at poor Tom. "Ah, you are ze true knight! Even yet, maybe, you will fight ze duel so! Listen! I will tell you how you will trrick ze Prussians."
Airter I got ther', Sue sez, se' she; 'Yess us pick up an' go an' light in on Puss, se' she, 'an' fine out sump'n' nuther that's a-gwine on 'mongst folks, se' she." "Yes, lay it all onter me," said Mrs. Parmalee, looking over her spectacles at Mrs. Poteet; "I sez to Purithy, s' I, 'Purithy, yess go down an' see Puss, s' I; 'maybe we'll git a glimpse er that air new chap with the slick ha'r.
Wiz my fist zhust boy's fist, but so sharp." "I don't blame you," said Tom. "So zen I must flee. Even to be rude to ze Zherman soldier zis is crime. So I come to Americ'. Zey are looking for me, but I go by night, I sleep in ze haystack zis I show. Zis is what you call talisman. Yess? "So I come to Epinal across ze border, through ze pass in ze mountains. I am free!
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