us.”</p>
itiheyhearda</p>
treadquite;andaprussiansoldierpassed,hina</p>
yardoflyseethathishood</p>
ngtohielfascrap</p>
ofsogernair.theylaythereuntilhehadagainpassedthe</p>
spot;andthenhavingfoundoutthedireofhisbeatthey</p>
utes,hadreachedtheedge</p>
oftheforest.</p>
theydiderit,asitpossibleinthe</p>
densedarkohavedetheirhoutrunningagainst</p>
trees,andsnappingoffboughs,.</p>
theythereforeskirtedtheedgeknohat,hthetrees</p>
behiheythedistanceofayardor</p>
tinutesreachedtheplaywas</p>
a.astheyapproachedthespot,theygaveashort,low</p>
ongtheband,forknowing</p>
eachotheronnightexpeditions.itond,in</p>
ae,theyongtheirfriends.</p>
”peasked.”ingvery</p>
anxiousaboutyou.isentfavartstorenennutesago;</p>
andhehasjustretued,sayingthathehearsoonepag</p>
backheroad,andthathebelievesittobea</p>
sentry.”</p>
”heans.</p>
therestasfaras,at</p>
theverylo;andthereareprobablyahundred.wehavebeen</p>
prisoners,orsothingverylikeit,andhavehadanstrously</p>
closeshaveofit.</p>
”butie.doyoustill</p>
thinkofcarryingoutyourplans”</p>
”pesaid,”thatsasteriaeterned</p>
tohave,evenifinbed.have</p>
youfoundoutwherehelives”</p>
”no,sir,buthepriestlives.itisthis</p>
endhouse:theendofthevillage,ohandsideasyou</p>
eout.”</p>
”arethesentriesveryclosetogether”</p>
”theyareprettyclose,butnottooclosetopreventourcrawling</p>
bet,unobserved,onsuightasthis.”</p>
jorteehesitatedforawhile.</p>
”itoohazardous,”hesaid.”he</p>
groundoverocrawouldbehardly</p>
possibleforthirtys,andfirearto</p>
crahoutsnappingsticks,orstrikingriflesagainsta</p>
stoneandgivingthealar</p>
”no,thesentryattheentranustbesilenced.”</p>
sosaying,thendahenanding</p>
round,andexplainedbrieflythepurportofthewhispered</p>
ionhralph.hethenchosetive</p>
youngn,andtoldtheotakeofftheircloaks,belts,and</p>
a,htheirrifles,</p>
enainatthespotatheythen</p>
overtheirretreat,ifnecessary.theyotake</p>
nothingbuttheirsstobe</p>
used,exaseofyandailoflightrope.</p>
defiruannerinh</p>
theirattackade.</p>
theythentookofftheirboots,aoffnoiselesslyupontheir</p>
enterprise.theyonrapidly,untiltheyhinplain</p>
hearingofthefootstepsofthesentinel;andt</p>
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