【】doubt,papersofsokindhavebeenfoundupon

thethesepapersurallybesenthere.ifouldbe

providedtledoubt,peratetheir

lines.”

”anexcellehenistersaid.”ihavenodoubtthatwe

havesuchpapers.”

aruckasllhandbelloable.anattendaered.

”tellcaptainverrei.”

”captainverre,”hesaid,hatoffitered,”therewere

sopaperscalastgeneralfaidherbe,relativeto

thosehks,ladiesdresses,andsoonthat

,andseeif

thereasforthebearerstopassfreely,for

thepurposeoftrading.ifso,lethavethetonce.”

theoffi.

”supposingasihavenodoubtthathepapers,

isyoururse”

”speedis,naturally,aial,”ralphsaid.”weshalldisguise

ourselvesaton

heretoorleansbytrain;hth,of

urse,befuishedus.hroughtheforestof

orleans,andsotis;ake

straightforlunkeepingalhroughbylanes.asfaraswe

knoyalongthatline.

”whene

villageire,ivetheoafarr,andotheplace

boldly.youaireoflun,as

oallfrenchauthorities,togiveusanyhelp;

andtoassistusatoobuyawo

stronghorses.hthese,to

versailles.ourpassitusintothetohout

diffies.

ustbefuishedofoke

purchasesofplunder.”

”anadrableplan,”saidthenister,ly,”andohat

deservesevenshoulditnotobtainsuess.

”ispeaktoyouofreen,iknow

thatyouketheattetfroheloveofhonorloeehas

beforespokentoofyou,andyoundedby

generalesherefore,bei

gazetteforthecrossofthelegionofhonor;andifyousueed,

youebaay

ntionalthoughiknootiveto

sueedthatyouitledtothereythousand

francs,oanyonearryin

dispatchestoparis.”

atthisnttheoffitered.

”herearethepapersthejehthecapturedarried,”he

said.”theyaresighegeneralatfrankfort,and

untersignedbyatleastadozenlitaryauthorities.thereare

threeofthe”

thenisterglahe

”theyorrow

ing”

”quiteready,”ralphsaid.

”veryhalfpastfive,the

dispatchesten,ofurse,soastofoldupin

thesllestpossiblepass.

”captainverre,y

stableareputintoboxes,irainthatleavesatsixtorrow

ing.”

theboysnooleave.

”gooding,”thenistersaid.”allthelettersof

rendation,thedispatches,andtheneywillbereadywhen

youe,intheing.”

theboys,ongoingout,heldalongnsultatioheir

disguises.exaningthepapers,theyfoundthatonewo

personsofthesanaisaackraphandaaronkraphfatherand

soher,asdescribedinthepass,fortyfiveyearsold,

thesoeen.thispasstheydeterouse.

thetaskofgingpertoajeeen,was

evidentlyaneasyone.hisclearplexionheonly

difficulty,andthisuldbereadilydisguised.ralphsdisguise

oredifficultone;andthereeasto

herhehadbettergoasaredjeter

ineduponas,otherhentrastbethe

supposedfatherandsonoostriking.

theythensready.

theyatohen,asthepeculiarityofthepurchasesthey

inteokethat,hadtheybeenintheircivilian

dress,itainthattheyh

suspi;andyinobtaining

theyed.

theirfirstvisitoahairdressersshop.rathertothe

astonishntoftheproprietor,theytoldhihattheyo

speaktohinaprivaterooandstillretohisastonishnt,

thattheyedtheirhair

dyedquiteblack.thehairdresseruldhardlybelievehisears.

theboyshadbothbrohelightestand

thatte,desire

todyetheirhairstrubent.

ralphsled.

”noportantssionto

carryout,anditisessentialthatpletely

disguised.p.this,of

urse,isirictestnfidence.”

thehairdresserportahe

oasion.

”youaninstantaneousdye”heasked.

”certainly,”ralphsaid,”andohat,atanyrate,for

aweek.”

thereplyinghtherequestand,

ies,theboysheadsheirblaess.

”noybrothershairunately

verylongtobepletelyfrizzled;andiapairofthe

tongsyoudoith,soastobeabletodoitforourselves.”

thisalsowaseasyenough.

”noyself,iyhairtobeverylong;

toedoyearsontollar,allthewayround.”

”buttheonlyadefor

you.”

”notatall,”ralphsaid.”iuldnotputonawig,evenifyou

hadoasiit,ready.thepartingal

isnarroelongflatbandsofhair,like

thoseyouuseforustbeblayhairas

itisnousthavea

bandofthishair,longenoughtogoroundthehead,froust

aboveoojustabovetheother.ifyouparthair,justat

theplacehebandistogo;brushthehairup;puttheband

ofartificialhairohio

holdtight;thenbrushthehairbackagaiheband,itwould

beabsolutelyiossibletoseeitallnatural.thenc

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