The Broken Soldier and the Maid of France

The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Broken Soldier and the Maid of France, by Henry Van Dyke, Illustrated by Frank E. Schoonover This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: The Broken Soldier and the Maid of France Author: Henry Van Dyke Release Date: June 3, 2005 [eBook #15978] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE BROKEN SOLDIER AND THE MAID OF FRANCE*** E-text prepared by Michael Gray (Lost_Gamer@comcast.net) 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 old Roman road that crosses the rolling hills from the upper waters of the Marne to the Meuse, a soldier of France was passing in the night.