Identifier: stnicholasserial371dodg (find matches)
Title: St. Nicholas (serial)
Year: 1873 (1870s)
Authors: Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905
Subjects: Children's literature
Publisher: (New York : Scribner & Co.)
Contributing Library: Information and Library Science Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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go intoline of march until he haseaten, he ordered. Theorder was stern, but theyloved his very sternnessas the sobbing child lovesthe soothing voice of themother. Like hungrywolves they fell upontheir food and ate it half-cooked, only anxious tobe gone. But the boyValerius still slept. It will break his heartnot to go with us, saidthe old man; and he bentover the lad and shookhim softly to awaken him.But the long boyish lashesdid not lift themselves from the round young cheek. He slept the sleepof utter exhaustion. Manlius, too, attempted torouse him, but he only murmured sleepily in thelanguage of his childhood, Mother, dont makeme get up yet. I have not heard the cock crow. He is so young and so tired out that pity would spare him, said Aurelius, gravely, and theymarched away and left him asleep before thefire. But oh, how grieved and hurt and angrythe youngest legionary was when he awoke at theclash of the morning trumpets and found themgone! To think that there should have been a
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A SLIM, BOYISH FIGURE DARTED FORWARD AND KNELT AT HIS FEET. chance to do something for Caesar and they hadlet him miss it! He raved; he stormed at hiscompanions in arms. He made up his mind never,never to forgive them; never to speak to themagain. For three days after the army hadmarched into Vesontio, which the night advance 310 FOR CAESAR had captured, Valerius kept his resolution. Thena new cause for devotion drew the hearts of allwho loved Caesar together. The army must wait in Vesontio till the bag-gage wagons came up to them; for never underany circumstances would Caesar allow his armyto be cut off from their base of supplies. A wait-ing time is a hard time, and this was filled withsomething dreadful and unprecedented. TheRoman army became smitten with terror. Dayby day more frightful rumors flew about con-cerning the fierce German tribes against whichthey were to march. They were giants in stat-ure. They had incredible valor in arms. Noone had ever conquered them. They carriedc

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