-- for in owning many slaves , I too became a slave ; in helping to make many freemen , I liberate myself . You wonder why I refused promotion . Have I any right to it yet ? Are there not men who never sinned as I have done , and beside whose sacrifices mine look pitifully small ? You tell me I have no ambition . 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 XXXXX stupid when you have a scene like this before you ? ''
AMY BARON Germany Margaret Phil freemen hour left night years