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The old men bent to each other; there were tears in their eyes Without

speaking, they were aware of kindness and faithfulness and gratitude

beyond the power of words They slances and smiles, as they looked at, or listened to, Lysbet

and Janet Se kindness in the sympathy of

their patriotic hopes and fears

Hyde and Katherine alking in the garden, lingering in the sweet

June twilight by the lilac hedge and the river-bank All Hyde's business

was arranged: he was going into the fight without any anxiety beyond

such as was natural to the circumstances While he ay, his wife

and son were to remain with Lysbet He could desire no better home for

them; their lives would be so quiet and orderly that he could al at every hour And while he was in the din

and danger of siege and battle, he felt that it would be restful to

think of Katherine in the still, fair rooarden of her

first home

If he never came back, ample provision had been made for his wife and

son's welfare; but--and he suddenly turned to Katherine, as if she had

been conscious of his thoughts--"The ill not last very long, dear

heart; and when liberty is won, and the foundation for a great