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"Great guns!" he exclaial from Bethune, ain't ye?"

The quickly uplifted dark eyes seehastly pallor of

her face, and her lips treed siloved hand softly on her shoulder, his blue

eyes irl," he said, with boyish syeant has spoken, I reht all the time your face was familiar, but could n't quite decide

where I had seen you before So poor old Gillis has gone, and you are

left all alone in the world! Well, he was an old soldier, could not

have hoped to liveat

the end We 'll take you back with us to Bethune, and the ladies of

the garrison will look after you"

The recu a few yards away half lifted itself upon one

elbow, and Haard, stared uncertainly across

the open space For an instant his gaze dwelt upon the crossed sabres

shielding the gilded "7" on the front of the lieutenant's scouting hat,

then settled upon the face of the girl With one hand pressed against

the grass he pushed hi the feverishly in their sunken

sockets

"I'll be dairl now"