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I vowed that from that moment I would live not only my own life, but that I would also live the life of John Ring. And from that moment I have worked sixteen hours every day  eight for John Ring's work and eight hours for my own." I VOWED THAT FROM THAT MOMENT I WOULD LIVE NOT ONLY MY OWN LIFE BUT I WOULD ALSO LIVE THE LIFE OF JOHN RING AND FROM THAT MOMENT I HAVE WORKED SIXTEEN HOURS EVERY DAY ATE FOR JOHN RING'S WORK AND ATE FOR MY OWN
nts he was dragged out, unconscious, and hurried to a hospital. “He lingered for a day or so, still unconscious, and then came to himself and smiled a little as he found that the sword for which he had given his life had been left beside him. He took it in his arms. He hugged it to his breast. He gave a few words of final message for me. And that was all.” Conwell’s voice had gone thrillingly low as he neared the end, for it was all so very, very vivid to him, and his eyes had grown tender and his lips more strong and firm. And he fell silent, thinking of that long-ago happening, and though he looked down upon the thronging traffic of Broad Street, it was clear that he did not see it, and that if the rumbling hubbub of sound meant anything to him it was the rumbling of the guns of the distant past. When he spoke again it was with a still tenser tone of feeling. “When I stood beside the body of John Ring and realized that he had died for love of me, I made a vow that has formed my life. D A FEW MINUTES LATER HE WAS DRAGGED OUT UNCONSCIOUS AND HURRIED TO A HOSPITAL HE LINGERED FOR A DAY OR TWO STILL UNCONSCIOUS AND THEN CAME TO HIMSELF AND SMILED A LITTLE AND FOUND THAT THE SWORD FOR WHICH HE HAD GIVEN HIS LIFE HAD BEEN LEFT BESIDE HIM HE TOOK IT IN HIS ARMS HE HUGGED IT TO HIS BREAST AND GAVE A FEW WORDS OF THE FINAL MESSAGE TO ME AND THAT WAS ALL CONWELL'S VOICE HAD GONE THRILLINGLY LOW AS HE NEARED THE END FOR IT WAS ALL SO VERY VERY VIVID TO HIM AND HIS EYES HAD GROWN TENDER AND HIS LIPS MORE STRONG AND FIRM AND HE FELL SILENT THINKING OF THAT LONG AGO HAPPENING AND THOUGH HE LOOKED DOWN UPON THE THRONGING TRAFFIC OF BROAD STREET IT WAS CLEAR THAT HE DID NOT SEE IT AND THAT IF THE RUMBLING HUBBUB OF SOUND MEANT ANYTHING TO HIM IT WAS THE RUMBLING OF THE GUNS OF THE DISTANT PAST WHEN WE SPOKE AGAIN IT WAS WITH A STILL TENSER TONE OF FEELING WHEN I STOOD BESIDE THE BODY OF JOHN RING AND REALIZED THAT HE HAD DIED FOR THE LOVE OF ME I MADE A VOW THAT HAS FORMED MY LIFE
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