I have the highest , for I desire to become God 's noblest work , -- an honest man , -- living , to make Margaret happy in a love that every hour grows worthier of her own , -- dying to make death proud to take me . '' Phil had risen while he spoke , as if the enthusiasm of his mood lifted him into the truer manhood he aspired to attain . Straight and strong he stood up in the moonlight , his voice deepened by unwonted energy , his eye clear and steadfast , his whole face ennobled by the regenerating power of this late loyalty to country , wife , and self , and bright against the dark blue of his jacket shone the pictured face , the only medal he was proud to wear . Ah , brave , brief moment , cancelling years of wrong ! Ah , fair and fatal decoration , serving as a mark for a hidden foe ! The sharp crack of a rifle broke the stillness of the night , and with those hopeful words upon his lips , the young man sealed his purpose with his life . THE BARON 'S GLOVES ; OR , AMY 'S ROMANCE `` All is fair in love and war . '' I HOW THEY WERE FOUND `` What a long sigh ! Are you tired , Amy ? '' `` Yes , and disappointed as well . I never would have undertaken this journey if I had not thought it would be full of novelty , romance , and charming adventures . '' `` Well , we have had several adventures . '' `` Bah ! losing one 's hat in the Rhine , getting left at a dirty little inn , and having our pockets picked , are not what I call adventures . I wish there were brigands in Germany -- it needs something of that sort to enliven its stupidity . '' `` How can you call Germany stupid when you have a scene like this before you ? '' said Helen , with a sigh of pleasure , as she looked from the balcony which overhangs the Rhine at the hotel of the `` Three Kings '' at Coblentz . Ehrenbreitstein towered opposite , the broad river glittered below , and a midsummer moon lent its enchantment to the landscape . As she spoke , her companion half rose from the low chair where she lounged , and showed the pretty , piquant face of a young girl . She seemed in a half melancholy , half petulant mood ; and traces of recent illness were visible in the languor of her movements and the pallor of her cheeks .
`` Yes , it is lovely ; but I want adventures and XXXXX of some sort to make it quite perfect .
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