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perils and adven- tures of his mili- tary life. There were many things which Tertschka only understood intuitively others Al so alien to her monotonous I, passed amidst the solitude of the great mountains. Onc thing she scized clearly, and that was that Georee hatl suffered. Hae

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Becan o tell hiime i et her own saa hie andd all s unhappiness. These long davs of woil, prse sl side by side ander the g, scorching sun, hece very sweet Lo them hoth, They started cach mommg at doys Lircak to the quarvy, and when the Dell rang A meal-tme, they were Toth to he torn o their solitud s and pleasant companionsing . (o cndure the coarse jests and savage hinnour of hes other oecupants of the hot, |

But, alas ! These davs when natual friendship was Leginning (o heal thenr wounds, and o soothe themr poor Drutsod hearts, were not to last

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CONMPENIon, OWil o cvil natare made hnn divime the plomsure they fook 1o o athoers :;()("1\“[\', they never ke, But suddenly one day they perecived him standing bes BN hind then.

“What are you always domyg here l(’)io"cthul', ke two

toads?” he bel lowed. ** Begone, to your proper

place, you famish- e scarcerow,” he cried, turnig to (eorge, and pomnt- ing to another part ol the quarry. “As o for vou, vou hypoerite. he continucd Lo Tertsehka, whilst Cieoroe crept silentlyaway, = | should like to know what plots vou arce contriving with that wretched dwarfe Fasten i1 sce vou speaking to him aoain, Towill kick the vagabond out ol the place, and that day will be your last; vou understand 27 Thus were the two poor ercatures brutally separated. On the following dav, George reccived an order o work farther away, near the hine, It was only at meal-times, or in the cvening After the sun had set, that they saw cach