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'Not till he was a grown man, sonny. He often used to say he wished he had given his heart to God when he was younger.' 'I suppose God will take little soldiers? Do you think I shall be the youngest He has?' 'No, darling; He has many brave little soldiers younger than you.' NOT TILL HE WAS A GROWN MAN SONNY HE OFTEN USED TO SAY HE WISHED HE HAD GIVEN HIS HEART TO GOD WHEN HE WAS YOUNGER I SUPPOSE GOD WILL TAKE LITTLE SOLDIERS DO YOU THINK I SHALL BE THE YOUNGEST HE HAS NO DARLING HE HAS MANY BRAVE LITTLE SOLDIERS YOUNGER THAN YOU
ith glory hereafter. For Jesus Christ's sake. Amen.' An hour later, and Teddy was seated by his mother's side in the old porch. His grandmother and uncle had gone to evening church, and Mrs. John was left with her boy alone. He had been telling her the substance of his conversation with the rector, and now curled up on the low wooden seat, his small legs crossed underneath him, he was gazing dreamily out into the sweet-scented garden. The bees were droning, and the gnats humming amongst the tall hollyhocks and crimson and white roses close by; the birds were already twittering their last 'good-nights' to one another, and a soft, peaceful spell seemed to be falling on all around. 'I feel,' he said presently, as he gazed up into the still blue sky, 'as if God is waiting for me, mother.' Mrs. John did not answer. He added quickly, 'When did you enlist, mother; long, long ago?' 'Yes, darling, just before I married your father.' 'And when did father enlist? When he was a little boy like me? T HE MAY FIGHT A GOOD FIGHT AND BE CROWNED WITH GLORY HEREAFTER FOR JESUS CHRIST'S SAKE AMEN AN HOUR LATER TEDDY WAS SEATED BY HIS MOTHER'S SIDE IN THE OLD PORCH HIS GRANDMOTHER AND UNCLE HAD GONE TO EVENING CHURCH AND MISSUS JOHN WAS LEFT WITH HER BOY ALONE HE HAD BEEN TELLING HER THE SUBSTANCE OF HIS CONVERSATION WITH THE RECTOR AND NOW CURLED UP ON THE LOW WOODEN SEAT HIS SMALL LEGS CROSSED UNDERNEATH HIM HE WAS GAZING DREAMILY OUT INTO THE SWEET SCENTED GARDEN THE BEES WERE DRONING AND THE GNATS HUMMING AMONGST THE TALL HOLLYHOCKS AND CRIMSON AND WHITE ROSES CLOSE BY THE BIRDS WERE ALREADY TWITTERING THEIR LAST GOOD NIGHTS TO ONE ANOTHER AND A SOFT PEACEFUL SPELL SEEMED TO BE FALLING ON ALL AROUND I FEEL HE SAID PRESENTLY AS HE GAZED UP INTO THE STILL BLUE SKY AS IF GOD IS WAITING FOR ME MOTHER MISSUS JOHN DID NOT ANSWER HE ADDED QUICKLY WHEN DID YOU ENLIST MOTHER LONG LONG AGO YES DARLING JUST BEFORE I MARRIED YOUR FATHER AND WHEN DID FATHER ENLIST WHEN HE WAS A LITTLE BOY LIKE ME
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