THE GIRL'S OWNPAPER
| Vol. XX.—No. 990.] | DECEMBER 17, 1898. | [Price One Penny. |
[Transcriber's Note: This Table of Contents was not present in the original.]
"OUR HERO."
OUR LILY GARDEN.
ABOUT PEGGY SAVILLE.
THE OLD YEAR'S GRIEF.
"SISTER WARWICK": A STORY OF INFLUENCE.
THREE GIRL-CHUMS, AND THEIR LIFE IN LONDON ROOMS.
ART IN THE HOUSE.
THINGS IN SEASON, IN MARKET AND KITCHEN.
OUR PUZZLE POEM REPORT: A PUZZLE-SOLVER.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
"OUR HERO."
By AGNES GIBERNE, Author of "Sun, Moon and Stars," "The Girl at the Dower House," etc.
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CHAPTER XII.
ORDERED TO VERDUN.
"Mamma! Mother!" cried Roy, burstinginto the sitting-room at Fontainebleauone wintry day. "Ma'am, whatdo you think?"
Roy had by this time quite recoveredfrom his illness, though his face stillbore evidence of the same in the shapeof several small red pits, which had notyet had time to lose their prominence.His eyes sparkled with excitement.Mrs. Baron was on the sofa, resting aftera walk with her husband, and ColonelBaron sat near, book in hand. Ivor,who happened to be in rear of themboth, made a silencing gesture, but Roywas much too eager to attend, or to readhis meaning.
"Only think, ma'am. Do but hear!All of us are ordered off from Fontainebleauto Verdun. Verdun! Why, thatis where Mademoiselle de St. Roqueslives. We shall see her again. And Ishall like that, though I don't like goingfarther away from England. That ishorrid. Everybody is saying what ashame it is! Must we go, do you think,Den? Verdun is a fortified town, theysay, and we are to be in stricter keeping,all of us prisoners."
Roy liked to speak of himself as aprisoner, even while he chafed furiouslyagainst the restraints of imprisonment.He could not make up his mind to theindignity of bein