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 【】thereisagreatdealoftrue,eaest</p>

patriotisnyrriedn,ilies,havevolunteered;and</p>

thosebelongingtothecategoriescalledoutdogo,asyousay,</p>

cheerfully,ifnotined</p>

todotheirduty.</p>

”frandallthedevotionofher</p>

peopletogetthroughthepresentcrisis.thereisnosayingho</p>

y</p>

arrestthery;andhistrueurseistofallback</p>

uponparis.ourainingfreefrovisitofthe</p>

enedepeirelyuponthelengthoftirasburgand</p>

tzholdout.bazaineybeabletocuthisbut,atany</p>

rate,heislikelytoreileti,</p>

uheetz;forheoupiestheattentionofa</p>

nsiderablylargerforcethanthatnds.</p>

”thevitalpoint,atpresent,istocuttheroadsbehindthe</p>

gerns.ifitine,lanie,iwould</p>

tryandraiseasllguerrillarps,aonown</p>

at.ihavelivedhereforseventeenyears,nohefrench</p>

foughtbyourside,inthecria.uldidoso,ishould</p>

certainlyfightforfranoisclearlythedutyofanyone</p>

uskettogoout.”</p>

justatthisntthedooropened,andralphandpertered</p>

hastily.theybothlookedexcited,butserious.</p>

”isit,boys”</p>

”papa,”ralphsaid,”thereisanoticeup,signedbyyourfriend</p>

captaintee.hecallsforahundredvoluojoinarps</p>

offranctireursasuerrillas,ibelievetogooutto</p>

harassthegerns,andcuttheirnication.thoseanare</p>

toprovidetheiroeetingistobeheld,</p>

tonight,forsubscribingtheneyforthoseaffordto</p>

doso.</p>

”etoaskyoutoletusjoin,papa.louisandphilippe</p>

havejustgooaskunclesleave.”</p>

captainbarclaylistenedinsilence,haverygraveface.their</p>

thersatdohaeface.</p>

”oh,boys,youaretooyoung,”shegaspedout.</p>

”aa,thanyofthenwhohavebeen</p>

calledout;andtallerandstouter,ineveryanwalk</p>

betterthanthegreaterportionoftheedto</p>

exerany</p>

youngnhere.yousaidyourself,a,that</p>

everyoogoout.”</p>

”butyouarenotfrenrs.barclaysaid,piteously.</p>

”aa.notlegally,butithasbeenhoto</p>

us,sincebeenfrench,we</p>

oughttofightforher.”</p>

s.barclaylookedatherhusbandforassistacaptain</p>

barclayhadleanedhisfahishands,andsaidnothing.</p>

”ah,ralph;butpercyatleast,heisonlyfifteen.”</p>

”iaearlyasbig,nearlyasstrongasralph,a.besides,</p>

ertohavetwoofusifoneisilloror</p>

,youknow.</p>

”a,dearest,alkeditover,andhinkto</p>

gfes;anditisstrength,notyears,</p>

atters.a,yousaidafrenshouldne</p>

thoseshelovestofrandthatiffrancewasinvadedall,even</p>

theen,shouldgoout.”</p>

s.barclay.sheuldnotspeak.shewassodeadly</p>

pale,andherfaisery,thattheboys</p>

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