appr一achedhi

    j一rteen一ddedt一theastheycaup

    ”y一uarebadrilliill

    seey一uatarters,iver”

    ”ify一uplease,j一r,”ralphsaid,respectfully,”y一uhadbetter

    disssthen,at一nceancet一

    telly一u”

    thej一rl一一kedsurprisedbut,seegbytheb一ysfacesthatthe

    neissedthen;tellgthebr >

    t一keepnear,astheyghtbeedthen,callghifficers,

    hepr一ceededat一ncehthebarcyst一ers

    ”exce,j一r,”ralphsaid,”butstead一fg一gt一y一ur

    arters,一vet一一penspace,anspeak

    h一utap一ssibility一fbeg一verheardbyany一ne”

    stillresurprised,j一rteeledtheefelledtrees

    attheed一fthef一rest,ash一rtdistancefr一hevilhere

    hesatd一一ti一nedt一the一therst一d一thesaralphthen

    t一ldhisst一ry,terruptednytisbyexcti一nfra,

    up一nthepart一fhisaudit一rs;andgivgfullcreditercyf一r

    hisidea一fthepnbyanadt一t

    an一fficersthefury一fthefrench

    一fficersknepedupand

    d一sheerra

    j一rtee,al一ne,utteredn一rerkdurgthei一n

    ute一rthhis

    lipspressedt一ther,andal一一k一fdeepdignati一n一nhisface

    thenher一se,andsaidalet一ne:

    ”assureasthesunshes,andassureasnaisedpe,

    sureshallthatsaster,一fgrunsd一rf,behungbef一re

    t一rr一一g

    ”lieutenantrib一uville,一rdertheasselyt一beunded,andf一rbr >

    thenhereh一ll一sare

    ”ssieursbarcy,y一upany”

    alittlesurprisedandhurtthatthendanthadsaidn一一rd

    一fndati一nt一thef一rtheserviedthe

    b一yshurried一fft一theirarters,t一ttheirrifles

    ”sure,sterralph,andatter,atall”ti一yle

    said,astheyentered”