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is ? " at first she said "N o ," and then “ Yes, if you won't
hurt Slim."
“ No, indeed,,J said the man. A s Tom Adams was there

she was no: afraid ; so she went outside the gate and on
into the old doctor’s yard, followed by the soldiers and Tom
Adams, who still looked a-ngry, and told her she'd better run
home. Some of the soldiers went around behind the house.
'* Where is h e ? " the strange gentleman asked.
" Asleep up-stairs in the cornpany-room," said Nancy

Pansy in a whisper. " You mustn't make any noise."
She opened the door and they entered the house, Nancy
Pansy on tiptoe and the others stepping softly. She was
surprised to see the strange man draw a pistol ; but she

was used to seeing pistols, so, though Tom Adams told her
again to run home, she stayed there.
"W h ich is the company-room ?" asked the strange man.
She pointed to the door at the head of the steps.
- T h a t ’s it."
He turned to the soldiers.

“ Come ahead, men,” he said, in a low voice, and ran
lightly up the stairs, looking very fierce. When he reached
the door he seized the knob and dashed into the room.
Then Nancy Pansy heard him say some naughty words,

and she ran up the stairs to see what was the matter,
T h ey were all standing around the big bed on which
she had laid Harry an hour before, with her head on a
pillow; but a jerk of the counterpane had thrown Harry