My Home in the Field of Honour

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Grosset & Dunlap, 1916 - 302 pagine
 

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Pagina 289 - ... reached the summit of that long, long hill that leads straight down to my home. Excitement lent a new impulse to my energy, and my heart thumped hard as I recognized familiar cottages still standing. This raised my hopes and sent me rocket-like down that steep incline. Still not a soul in sight—no noise save that of the guns roaring in the distance. But what was that in the semi-darkness ahead of me? A dog? Could it be true? I back-pedaled and whistled—a long, low, familiar howl greeted my...
Pagina 126 - And the good fellow proceeded to inform me that he was the keeper of a big estate that belonged to Madame Pyrme (sister of the senator of that name), situated in the little village of Hanzinell, Belgium. He even offered to show his papers, but I shook my head. His open-hearted sincerity and frank countenance were sufficient. But why had they come away? That was what interested me. ONE BY ONE THE TOWNS AND VILLAGES HAD BEEN BOMBARDED, LOOTED AND BURNED [Page 126] ing remained.

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