Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 250
EGAN THE LONG ASCENT. The cheer-ing in the fieldbelow becamefrantic; shoutafter shout rentthe air around;but Victor Ba-cheaux heard only the guns of his enemy—saw only the dreaded English archers. He kept repeating the captains partingwords — Your kings flag, and Guard itwith your life! He would… … ON and still on he went, holding the flag steadily before him those terrible archers, and he was marchingbravely, steadily, to what he believed to be hisdeath, when, to his intense surprise, the archersceased shooting, and rushed toward him. Hestood quite still, and held the flag higher thanever.…
Children's literature
Internet Archive · UNC Libraries · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
![An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial], 1873, leaf 250](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/1024/ia-stnicholasserial261dodg-250-184.webp)
![An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-stnicholasserial71dodg-81-48.webp)
![An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-stnicholasserial251dodg-256-199.webp)