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The Concerto of Deliverance

           

           Armedwithnothingbutmeaninglessphrases,thisboyhadbeenthrowntofightforexistence,hehadhobbledandgropedthroughabrief,doomedeffort,hehadscreamedhisindignant,bewilderedprotestandhadperishedinhisfirstattempttosoaronhismangledwings.

           Butadifferentbreedofteachershadonceexisted,hethought,andhadrearedthemenwhocreatedthiscountry;hethoughtthatmothersshouldsetoutontheirkneestolookformenlikeHughAkston,tofindthemandbegthemtoreturn.

           Hewentthroughthegateofthemills,barelynoticingtheguardswholethimenter,whostaredathisfaceandhisburden;hedidnotpausetolistentotheirwords,astheypointedtothefightinginthedistance;hewentonwalkingslowlytowardthewedgeoflightwhichwastheopendoorofthehospitalbuilding.

           Hesteppedintoalightedroomfullofmen,bloodybandagesandtheodorofantiseptics;hedepositedhisburdenonabench,withnowordofexplanationtoanyone,andwalkedout,notglancingbehindhim.

           Hewalkedinthedirectionofthefrontgate,towardtheglareoffireandtheburstsofguns.Hesaw,onceinawhile,afewfiguresrunningthroughthecracksbetweenstructuresordartingbehindblackcorners,pursuedbygroupsofguardsandworkers;hewasastonishedtonoticethathisworkerswerewellarmed.Theyseemedtohavesubduedthehoodlumsinsidethemills,andonlythesiegeatthefrontgateremainedtobebeaten.

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