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He could not follow the a

fiercer bo his head now and then

to see if the little house of mercy still stood No shells cae altered quickly The standing

fragment of the church toent early There wasave

tongue, but not for long And then came silence

Henri moved then He crept nearer the mill and nearer And at last he

stood inside and took his bearings A la a dirty brick floor and a littered table--such a house as men

keep, untidy and unhoainst the as the bag of grain Maurice had carried frorain," Henri said to himself

There was a boxed-in staircase to the upper floor, and there, with the

door slightly ajar, he stationed hilanced uneasily at the clock Sara Lee must not be back before he

had taken his prisoners to the little house and turned them over to

those aited there

There were footsteps outside, and Henri drew the door a little closer

But he was dismayed to find it Marie She crept in, a white and broken

thing, and looked about her

"Maurice!" she called