The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-29

nsst that my gorge rose No word OF her. nQ
thSTght q no Sc q t te Psr
pale. uneom planning face-I and no one else
and / had to go away Into the bushes TO hids
done all for them. 1 said to myself and they
0TISsn IN the thIcket screened nom the party
| Ihaj thought to 20 back and look tor her;
4 Now my lady was safe. there vas nothing 70
rocks until Count Hugo left, and then might
| plod back on loot and search as pleased. In
Ss aHs 2se and fP he so% sG
lying stlff and stark on the swsrd And
nef 10 20 m ~ should have gone too But
The plap wss 20 sooner formed than r shsteTsa
| most safely, q rustlinT warned me some one
was coming, and before Icould stir a bury
ooRsd mS s0k fe t ssSis 1Se stody anu oO
Sergeant" he said. the General Is waiting
10. The The General7" said -
" The Count, II you ike Il better" he an
'TeETs Sfs S2S ., PSsassop wa. hut
step into the road The moment In sppeSs JARED
selves Sin Into the saddle. aud followed their *.
southwards. 1 looked back, and cav the DC
then we turned corner. and they were gone;
Gone. and all round me heard the measured
the mem os .n and the Cins and nsie 81 sword
and spur. called myself cur but went on.
swept away BY the force Of numbers numb as the
Count Count Has STs eye ei liked on me and fsnsisd
he had message for me. but failed to inter-
Steve rode by me. and his. face. too. was
moody. I suppose we should all OF us have
rode in another part with Count Hugo and the
Waldgrave. and Steve yearned i fancy. lot tue
old days OF trouble and equality, when there
was no one to come between us.
saw Count Hugo that night He sent for
me to his quarter, At ae &c, and tod me me
he bHy sRet good oo r could Come q A D
But 1t would have been looking for needle
4, 2 bundle Of hay. my friend he continued:
the peasants Killed you for a soldier, and In q
month perhaps the girl would have returned
NY iordf / cried passion ately she saved
your child. II was to her as her own"
ss he nv. tP SS.fs Sh SS
shook my head.
Yet do not give up my work and the task
God and the times have given me. and 20 out
for s he nS Len 70
s scuf work % ics sad lies ~ your lady. sds
S out W who ' fSo w the cOuntsy learn any:
thing through them you shall hear 4. And
MAI %SidS 81 sSV Sesn ike his my H frie9d
,ss my 9Td HsttsEsd ,s sisRiS az
mas Coming OF his stock. he should be: and
when saw Sm II es%p he had +, the
trance ELL hi, tine Inc, and trem0r the other
Ing btavely, and that since that he had not
Ssy IL Ss ss usSs ss sh
arm and every German head We want you;
n m
No my lord" said in apathy
shut shut his lips tight; Very We'll he said grim.
In truth had not to wait three days Be-
fore sunset Of the next l began to see. and.
wonder. beyond Romhid and between that
town and BamherR. the great road which runs
through .he valley OF the Pegnitz was such "i.
and under this went on endless marching.
Of oxen passed along. moving tedious:
cattle lem men and guarded By a troop OF grimy
horse. Now 1t was n reinforcement OF foot
trailing long nikes. and. footsore and II parehed
as they were. getting over the ground Ina
long string Of wagons, bearing corn aud hay
and malt and wines all lurching slowly forward.
hSIss fell or sn sG beos
Yet getting forward.
And then the most wonderful sight OF all,
regiment OF Swedlsh horse passed US. march,
and ae f ali their head: pieces. backs. and breast
came on through the dust with q tramp which
shook the ground they sang. company by COM
hymn, Verzagt nicht du Hunflein Klein :"
behind them line o. light wagons carried
so thew y' Vent n oy us eight s1ndPsd swonds
and thought 1t a marvel should never see
When they were gone out OF sight. there
were still droves OF horses and mighty nocks
OF sheep to come and cargoes OF pork. and
panies wore bun coats and small steel caps
and carried arquebuses; and some marched
and breasts N to aT match. And Besides ali the
things have mentioned and the crowds OF
there ie were ere munition wagons closely guarded
and pack horses laden with powder, and al
ways and always wagons o, corn and hay.
ward f It Il seemed 10 ' me that the World I was
marching southward mat y We went on We
mus, fall in at The END O. this NTH sys5s one
Steve put 1t into words alter his fashion: 1T
must be a big place We are going TO-" he said.
eat ali nt t6isP And do You mark. Master Mar.
tinI We meet no enc coming back All 20
II should be-" / said.
And after that the excitement Of the march
began to take hold OF me. began TO think
and wonder and look forward with eagernsss
did not understand to the issues OF this.
We lay night at Bamherg where the crowd
and confusion and the stress Of people were so
great that steve would have Ii We had come
10 Nuremberg. And. certainly. had never
known such hurry bury nor heard o. tex
night after We lay at ErlanGep. which
ed with troops lying in the square,
and the streets turned into stables. From that
place to Nuremberg was = matter OF ten miles
only; out the press was so great on the road
mat Il TOOK us U.s. good fart OF the DAY to ride
either side of the way strong bodies OF horse
and foot We're disposed. 1t seemed to me that
here was already an army and a camp.
=, But when late in the afternoon we entered
Nuremberg itself ana viewed the tEAfc In
the streets. and the endless lines Of GAbled
houses, the splendid mansions and bridges;
the climbing roofs and turTsts and spires Of
this. the greatest city in Germany then We
thought little OF all We had seen before. Here
thousands upon thousands rubbed shoulders
in the streets; here continuous boats turned
the river into solid land Here We were told
were baked every day q hundred thousand
loAyes OF bread; and saw with my own eyes
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