. St. Nicholas [serial]. covered them. The boys may as well have what I cant use,he muttered. Heaven knows I m no thief, butits life or death for me ! He caught sight of the tea-pot and a big pileof bread-and-butter prepared by Cyrus. For threedays no food had passed the lips of this youngofficer, escaped by a miracle from the hands ofhis captors. Again came that whimsical smile. They can make more tea, and I dont believethey re as hungry as I am! Quickly he poured out a cup of tea. Luckilyit had had time to cool or it would have scaldedhim badly, so rapidly did he swallow it in hisfear that t
. St. Nicholas [serial]. covered them. The boys may as well have what I cant use,he muttered. Heaven knows I m no thief, butits life or death for me ! He caught sight of the tea-pot and a big pileof bread-and-butter prepared by Cyrus. For threedays no food had passed the lips of this youngofficer, escaped by a miracle from the hands ofhis captors. Again came that whimsical smile. They can make more tea, and I dont believethey re as hungry as I am! Quickly he poured out a cup of tea. Luckilyit had had time to cool or it would have scaldedhim badly, so rapidly did he swallow it in hisfear that the boys on the hill would turn theirglasses on him and descend in wrath. If theydid. —he knew from the suitcases and CyrusHales passport that they were Americans andneutral and broad-minded, —he would throw him-self on their mercy. America had been everready to help the desperate and the he preferred that they should not find him. Oh, how the tea refreshed him ! He drank a 101 6.] SAVED A CAMERA 315.
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