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“The Girl I Left Behind Me”

           Thepartinghadtakenplaceinthatmoment,andhewasgone.

           "ThankHeaventhatisover,"Georgethought,boundingdownthestair,hisswordunderhisarm,asheranswiftlytothealarmground,wheretheregimentwasmustered,andwhithertroopedmenandofficershurryingfromtheirbillets;hispulsewasthrobbingandhischeeksflushed:thegreatgameofwarwasgoingtobeplayed,andheoneoftheplayers.Whatafierceexcitementofdoubt,hope,andpleasure!Whattremendoushazardsoflossorgain!Whatwereallthegamesofchancehehadeverplayedcomparedtothisone?Intoallcontestsrequiringathleticskillandcourage,theyoungman,fromhisboyhoodupwards,hadflunghimselfwithallhismight.Thechampionofhisschoolandhisregiment,thebravosofhiscompanionshadfollowedhimeverywhere;fromtheboys’cricket-matchtothegarrison-races,hehadwonahundredoftriumphs;andwhereverhewentwomenandmenhadadmiredandenviedhim.Whatqualitiesarethereforwhichamangetssospeedyareturnofapplause,asthoseofbodilysuperiority,activity,andvalour?Timeoutofmindstrengthandcouragehavebeenthethemeofbardsandromances;andfromthestoryofTroydowntoto-day,poetryhasalwayschosenasoldierforahero

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