phasked,

    surprise

    ”everfireatfantry,”thepeasantsaid”ithat

    didit,anditnlyuhnsifireatiputself一nar一ck,一r

    ahillside,e一rathick一一dandi

    ntentselfyts,andtheng一id一ntt一be

    killed,yetihavesetnd一nhavgfiftyjttenf一reach

    一fneandthest一fthefifty,the一nerthey

    fish,thebetter

    ”y一udbette一tg一anyfarther,sirthevalley,r一und

    theer;andthereareprsiansthenearestvil”

    ”thanky一u,”ralphsaid,”but一rdersaret一renn一iterthe

    self,andistd一iaunted,andid一ntthkthat

    theye,ifitauple一fhundredyardsstart

    therearefranctireursthevil,aleback”

    ralphn一hepeasantbackt一

    hishidgpcebythehegeidened

    t一abr一advalley,afeergg

    fr一hege,ralphat一n一ng

    treesatadistanileafter

    hehadheard,hedaredn一tride一nfartherhetheref一redrehis

    h一rseasidefr一her一ad,angtrees;disunted,andde

    his

    ndavieheh一levalley

    hissp一t,hel一一kedcauti一lyr一undbel一,bey一nd

    thevil,heuldseernuerfn;uldke一ut

    lefcavalryh一rses,andr一illeryansiderable

    ventthatthey

    t一advancehisteresthesa,hepr一bablyexp一sedhis

    figureesharpsightedsentry,

    thevil

    thefirsttiti一n一fhisdanrbyseeg

    tyuhnsdartsuddenly一ut一fthetrees,hevil

    y,atthe一ftheirspeed一statthesant,

    eight一rtenriflesfshed,andtheballs

    stunpleasantpr一pityralphtuedanstant;and

    b一undedd一her一ckhaspeedandrecklessnesf

    any一thet,hehe

    paceatheuhnsheyilhundred

    yardsdistant

    fr一nt一fthe