Hurrah ! I knew England would n't leave France in the lurch . I 've been trying to get Captain Josiah to hoist the flag but he says it is n't the proper caper till sunrise . Jack says they 'll be calling for volunteers tomorrow . '' `` What a fuss to make over nothing , '' said Mary Vance disdainfully as Jem dashed off . She was sitting out with Miller Douglas on a lobster trap which was not only an unromantic but an uncomfortable seat . But Mary and Miller were both supremely happy on it . Miller Douglas was a big , strapping , uncouth lad , who thought Mary Vance 's tongue uncommonly gifted and Mary Vance 's white eyes stars of the first magnitude ; and neither of them had the least inkling why Jem Blythe wanted to hoist the lighthouse flag . `` What does it matter if there 's going to be a war over there in Europe ? I 'm sure it does n't concern us . '' Walter looked at her and had one of his odd visitations of prophecy . `` Before this war is over , '' he said -- or something said through his lips -- `` every man and woman and child in Canada will feel it -- you , Mary , will feel it -- feel it to your heart 's core . You will weep tears of blood over it . The Piper has come -- and he will pipe until every corner of the world has heard his awful and irresistible music . It will be years before the dance of death is over -- years , Mary . And in those years millions of hearts will break . '' `` Fancy now ! '' said Mary who always said that when she could n't think of anything else to say . She did n't know what Walter meant but she felt uncomfortable . Walter Blythe was always saying odd things .
That old Piper XXXXX his -- she had n't heard anything about him since their playdays in Rainbow Valley -- and now here he was bobbing up again .
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