第27节 (第2/2页)

cy,fortunehasdecidedit.

    ”goodbye;godblessyou.idaresayishallgetoutofitbut,if

    not,givelovetothell,atho.”

    thenhefinishedhisbeerandrose,eto

    reply,evenuldhehavedoneso;buttheladuhoked,

    g,thatheuldnothavespoken.

    ralphtuedtothesergeantandstretghisar,hthe

    naturalairofatiredboy,objegtobedisturbedsaid:

    ”ostart.isupposethereisnooasionfor

    usbothtogo,forbrotherhashurthisfoot.have

    ein,tonight;butitishisfirsttiouten,

    andheisnotaustodtosleepingout,inthe.”

    ”yes,oneisenough.hestay,”thesergeantsaid.

    ”youhadbetteraskthelandlordtoshooer,whereyou

    sleeporaisnouseing

    for.ishallbebaanhour.”

    hanodtopercy,ralphnoeadilytothedoor.the

    sergeaoldofffortheduty,aiedhiwhen

    theyreachedthestreet,itwasrainingheavily.

    ”ieasack,

    toputonshoulders.”

    ”isthisplacefaroff,youhesergeantasked,peeringout

    intothedarkness.

    ralphsheartgaveaju;forhedetected,ione,acertain

    hesitationastotakiinsuight,uponsuch

    slightsuspi.heooshreoshoo

    dissuadethesergeantfrot,sohereplied:

    ”no,itisnodistast.weshould

    bethereandbahalfanhour,ifit;butthereis

    onlyapathangtheisdark.

    ”ithies,foridonotthinki

    uldfind,tonight;atanyrate,itake

    usger.”

    ”there,boy,thathesergeantsaid,layinghishandon

    hisshoulder.”iaatisfied,nohthetruthofyourstory.i

    thought,forabit,youhadsothingtodohthefranctireurs

    istaken.

    ”tuinagain,lads.itisakingyououtonauseless

    search,suightasthis,angtheseforests.”

    ralphlaughedaloud,astheytuedtogodohepassageagainto

    theer.

    ”fatherlaugh,”hesaid,”hatyouthoughti

    ar.idont

    thinkyouneedbeafraidoftheiftheyaintbiggerorolder

    thania”

    bythistitheyhadeheroogain,andralphsahat

    perdeed,he

    .hetuedround,uponhearing

    thepartyeinagain,andgaveaslightstartofpleasure.

    ”iaoonback,karl,andaladthatitissofor,frankly,i

    tooaired;anditisnotanightftobeout.iwillgo

    inhyou.”

    ”stay,landlord,”thesergeantsaid.”givetheboysanlass,

    each,beforetheygooff.”

    ”thankyou,”ralphsaid.”aglassofgoodbeeeveresass.”

    theboysstopped,helandlordfilledtheirglasses.

    ”no.”heresahealth,to

    king.”

    ”heresahealth,toking,”ralphrepeated.”iaurei

    nohar

    ”andnoission,iwillbeoff.”

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