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"See, I will give you ziss," he said, handing Tom the little iron button. "I haf' two see? I will tell you about zis," he added, drawing close and holding it so that Tom could see. "It is made from ze cannon in my pappa's regiment. Zis is when Alsace and Lorraine were lost you see? Zey swear zey would win or die together and so zey all die except seventy.
"Ziss how you call can ze Kaiser?" he would inquire politely. "That means putting him in a tin can," said Tom. "Ze tin can? Ze how you call wipe ze floor wiz him?" "They both mean the same thing," said Tom. "They mean beating him good and thorough kind of." Frenchy did not seem to understand but he would wave his hands and say with great vehemence, "Ah, ze Kaiser, he must be defeat! Ze wretch!"
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."
"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."
He did not know what to say so he simply said in his blunt way: "I guess you had good times together." "Now I will zhow you," she said, stooping to pull away the heavy tangle of vine. Tom and Archer helped her and to their surprise there was revealed a trap-door about six feet in diameter with gigantic rusty hinges. "Ziss is ze cave you see?" she said, stooping to lift the door.
Then old Pierre patted the two boys affectionately on the shoulder while Florette explained. "It iss not for our sake only, it iss for yours. You cannot stay in ziss house. It iss not safe. You aire wonderful, zee how you escape, and to bring us news of our Armand! We must help you. But if zey get you zen we do not help you. Iss it so? Here every day ze Prussians come. You see?
"My pappa say it is best you stay not here in ziss house. I will show you where Armand used to hide so long ago when we play," she smiled through her tears. "If zey come and find you " "I understand," said Tom. "They couldn't blame it to you." "You see? Yess."
"Passaic," said Tom; "that's near Bridgeboro, where I live." "Passake, yess. So now you are so clevaire to know who shall leeve in a house, I will tell you how you shall know ze house of my comrade, Blondel. By ze blue flag with one black spot! Yess? You know what ziss shall be? Billet!" He gave Archer a dig in the ribs as if this represented the high water mark of sagacity.
I had just taken my place in the ranks when a mounted staff officer came galloping up, and accosting a little group of our line officers, asked, with a strong German accent, "Iss ziss ze 61st Illinois?" and on being told that it was, next inquired for Col. Grass, who was pointed out to him. He rode to the Colonel, who was near at hand, saluted him, and said, "Col.
"With pleasure," he said, laughing; "if you'll plead for me with the jury." "Zen here he iss." She stretched a long and, as it seemed, blatantly naked arm into a group near by and drew forth the roundish man whom Cressey had pointed out at Marrineal's dinner party. "He would be unfaithful to me, ziss one." "I? Never!" denied the accused. He set a kiss in the hollow of the dancer's wrist.
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