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XVII 
THE SECRET OF THE HIGH HILLS 
" I SHALL never forget that day, or the self- 
sacrifice and bravery of those men in that 
Brigade." The speaker was a chaplain attached 
to one of the Highland Brigades which had been 
fighting in France. " We were told that a 
particular position had to be taken, and the work 
was allotted to certain of the Highland regiments. 
My work was to attend the dying after the attack 
was over and the position carried at the point of 
the bayonet. Amongst them was a piper who 
had shown extraordinary bravery in the assault, 
and who, though wounded three times, had 
persisted in carrying on and playing his pipes 
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