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tired in gorgeous uniforms and carried sharp, glittering swords. The Private had picked his gun and, although it was not a ve

take their husbands and fathers from them; but Ann commanded them to kee

. She wore a green soldier-cap with a purple plume in it and looked so royal and dignified that eve

she cried in h

of the palace w

n run better than it ca

g for trouble, you know, but for plunder. The more plunder an

ing. The only way to become a hero is to conquer, and the sto

nder and to secure plunder is to become a hero. With such noble determination to back me, the world

t their chests. Then they swung their glittering

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arch!" and the Majors yelled to the Captains: "For-w

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llowed after him. Queen Ann came last of all, rejoicing in her noble ar

f Oogaboo and took the narrow mountain pas