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    up.heendedhisnotebysayingthathehadalreadyntionedhis

    na,indispatches,andshouldnoakeafreshreport.

    loeeorrathergeee,forhenondeda

    brigade.oionofhisletter

    ntainedbadiohattiadlostanarat

    thebattleofthe8thdeceer,butthatheell.

    thoseingdaysatdijon.theoryat

    villersexel,follohefightiureof

    ntbeliard;aheobstiestsnearbelfort,when

    bourbakiinvainendeavoredtodrivebackthegerns,andto

    relievethebesiegedtoentup,at

    feverheat.

    itfatedthatthehouttheboysseeing

    serviorefor,upo,heavyfiringwasheardupon

    thenorthofdijon.thebarclayshousehesouthof

    thetohenorththegroundrisesinteep

    hillsorratheroeephill,tsaboutale

    apart.ohesesuitsiscalledtalant,theotherfontaine

    lesdijon.behier,anduponevenhighergroundata

    distailes,respectivelylaythevillagesof

    daixandhauteville.

    itoingthattheboysheardthe

    faintboofaon.

    ”listen,papa,”percyshouted;”thereareon.theprussiansare

    attagtheheights,oherside.”

    captainbaraoutintothegarden,andlistenedforawhile

    .theeakenuppositionsuponsoofthe

    nurousheightssurrounding,aeries

    attalant,fontainelesdijon,daix,andhauteville.thefrench

    repliedvigorously;anditthattheyronger,in

    artillery,thany.

    ”ifanaptainbarclaysaid,”thatitisnoattack.itis

    rely,ithink,afireopeooupyourattention;inorder

    thatabodyoftroopsypassalongtothenortho

    falluponbourof

    nationalguards.thereisnofearofanattack,atpresent;but

    theysnodoubt.”

    ”hetohyou,papa.”

    thefiringntiilfiveok,graduallydied

    aairing.anhourlater,thegreaterportionof

    thetroopsrktothetoy,theyreported,were

    notover15,0hegaribaldiansand

    bilizednationalguardsioo40,0.

    thefrenhstrongerinartillery.

    captainbarclayretuedhohtheboys.theysatuplate,

    talkiheaffair,anditidnighthey

    uptotheirroo.suddenly,theyartledbyafreshoutburst

    offireupontheheights.inahehousehold

    hegarden.

    ”itisanightattaaptainbarclaysaid;”andjudgingbythe

    sound,theyarei.ihearsketry,aswellas

    artillery.”

    astheylisteearer.

    ”theyhavetakendaixandhauteville,”ralphsaid.”shallwe

    do,papastayhere,quiet.itisourplaindutytogo

    doourselvestogeneralpelissier.”

    ”ithinkyououghttodoso,”captainbarclayanswered,gravely.

    theboyssforralphhadreplaced

    theonehehadleftbehind,iagenearorleans.

    ”idonotthinkyouneedbeuneasy,lanie,”captainbarclaysaid