Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 175
THE BRAVE HUSSAR BY EVERETT WILSON There is a story told of a grand review of the and steeds came down the field at moderate speed Austrian army in the presence of the emperor, and gathered for the final dash past their be- Thirty thousand soldiers, on foot and mounted, loved emperor. were said to… … FASTER THAN WORDS CAN TELL IT, THE FOREMOST OF THE HORSES WAS WITHINA FEW FEET OF THE UNSUSPECTING CHILD. the cavalry, or famous hussars,—crack horsemen, spot where the emperor and his staff sat on theirall of them, and bold fighters. restless horses, a sudden, shrill shriek rent the The tiptoeing…
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