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THE BROKEN SOLDIER
AND
THE MAID OF FRANCE

Books by Henry Van Dyke

The Broken Soldier and the Maid of France
The Americanism of Washington
The Christ Child in Art
The Lost Boy
The Mansion
The Story Of The Other Wise Man

Harper & Brothers,
New York
Established 1817

THE BROKEN SOLDIER
AND THE MAID
OF FRANCE

By

HENRY VAN DYKE

With Illustrations by

Frank E. Schoonover

New York and London
Harper & Brothers Publishers

MCMXIX

CONTENTS

The Meeting at the Spring

The Green Confessional

The Absolving Dream

The Victorious Penance

THE BROKEN SOLDIER AND
THE MAID OF FRANCE

The Meeting at the Spring

LONG the oldRoman road that crosses the rolling hills from theupper waters of the Marne to the Meuse, a soldier ofFrance was passing in the night.

In the broader pools of summer moonlight he showedas a hale and husky fellow of about thirty years, withdark hair and eyes and a handsome, downcast face. Hisuniform was faded and dusty; not a trace of thehorizon-blue was left; only a gray shadow. He had noknapsack on his back, no gun on his shoulder. Wearily