【】thereisagreatdealoftrue,eaest</p>
patriotisnyrriedn,ilies,havevolunteered;and</p>
thosebelongingtothecategoriescalledoutdogo,asyousay,</p>
cheerfully,ifnotined</p>
todotheirduty.</p>
”frandallthedevotionofher</p>
peopletogetthroughthepresentcrisis.thereisnosayingho</p>
y</p>
arrestthery;andhistrueurseistofallback</p>
uponparis.ourainingfreefrovisitofthe</p>
enedepeirelyuponthelengthoftirasburgand</p>
tzholdout.bazaineybeabletocuthisbut,atany</p>
rate,heislikelytoreileti,</p>
uheetz;forheoupiestheattentionofa</p>
nsiderablylargerforcethanthatnds.</p>
”thevitalpoint,atpresent,istocuttheroadsbehindthe</p>
gerns.ifitine,lanie,iwould</p>
tryandraiseasllguerrillarps,aonown</p>
at.ihavelivedhereforseventeenyears,nohefrench</p>
foughtbyourside,inthecria.uldidoso,ishould</p>
certainlyfightforfranoisclearlythedutyofanyone</p>
uskettogoout.”</p>
justatthisntthedooropened,andralphandpertered</p>
hastily.theybothlookedexcited,butserious.</p>
”isit,boys”</p>
”papa,”ralphsaid,”thereisanoticeup,signedbyyourfriend</p>
captaintee.hecallsforahundredvoluojoinarps</p>
offranctireursasuerrillas,ibelievetogooutto</p>
harassthegerns,andcuttheirnication.thoseanare</p>
toprovidetheiroeetingistobeheld,</p>
tonight,forsubscribingtheneyforthoseaffordto</p>
doso.</p>
”etoaskyoutoletusjoin,papa.louisandphilippe</p>
havejustgooaskunclesleave.”</p>
captainbarclaylistenedinsilence,haverygraveface.their</p>
thersatdohaeface.</p>
”oh,boys,youaretooyoung,”shegaspedout.</p>
”aa,thanyofthenwhohavebeen</p>
calledout;andtallerandstouter,ineveryanwalk</p>
betterthanthegreaterportionoftheedto</p>
exerany</p>
youngnhere.yousaidyourself,a,that</p>
everyoogoout.”</p>
”butyouarenotfrenrs.barclaysaid,piteously.</p>
”aa.notlegally,butithasbeenhoto</p>
us,sincebeenfrench,we</p>
oughttofightforher.”</p>
s.barclaylookedatherhusbandforassistacaptain</p>
barclayhadleanedhisfahishands,andsaidnothing.</p>
”ah,ralph;butpercyatleast,heisonlyfifteen.”</p>
”iaearlyasbig,nearlyasstrongasralph,a.besides,</p>
ertohavetwoofusifoneisilloror</p>
,youknow.</p>
”a,dearest,alkeditover,andhinkto</p>
gfes;anditisstrength,notyears,</p>
atters.a,yousaidafrenshouldne</p>
thoseshelovestofrandthatiffrancewasinvadedall,even</p>
theen,shouldgoout.”</p>
s.barclay.sheuldnotspeak.shewassodeadly</p>
pale,andherfaisery,thattheboys</p>