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'I should like to have him as a page boy,' said Lady Helen, as they walked away. 'What a sensitive, refined little face it is!' I SHOULD LIKE TO HAVE HIM AS A PAGE BOY SAID LADY HELEN AS THEY WALKED AWAY WHAT A SENSITIVE REFINED LITTLE FACE IT IS
st winter, by playing pranks, after dark, outside the dairy window?' 'Yes, sir,' said Teddy humbly. 'And why didn't you run away when the old man woke?' asked Lady Helen. 'I never run away from anybody,' said Teddy, his head more erect than ever. 'I'm a soldier's son.' 'Capital, my boy; and so your father is a soldier? What regiment?' 'He's dead, sir. May I tell you father's story?' 'Oh! ah! I remember now, though I'm not sure that I recollect the details,' said the colonel musingly. 'Your father was John Platt, who enlisted in one of the line regiments--the 24th, wasn't it? Tell us the story by all means.' Teddy obeyed delightedly, not seeing in the interest of his tale how keenly he was being watched by the ladies. He told it as he always did, with enthusiastic effect, and when he offered to show the ladies his button they were charmed with him. The colonel patted him on his head as he left, saying, 'Keep your father's spirit in you, my lad, and you'll live to do something great yet! WHO SCARED OUR DAIRYMAID INTO FITS ONE NIGHT LAST WINTER BY PLAYING PRANKS AFTER DARK OUTSIDE THE DAIRY WINDOW YES SIR SAID TEDDY HUMBLY AND WHY DIDN'T YOU RUN AWAY WHEN THE OLD MAN WOKE ASKED LADY HELEN I NEVER RUN AWAY FROM ANYBODY SAID TEDDY HIS HEAD MORE ERECT THAN EVER I'M A SOLDIER'S SON CAPITAL MY BOY AND SO YOUR FATHER IS A SOLDIER WHAT REGIMENT HE'S DEAD SIR MAY I TELL YOU FATHER'S STORY OH AH I REMEMBER NOW THOUGH I'M NOT SURE THAT I RECOLLECT THE DETAILS SAID THE COLONEL MUSINGLY YOUR FATHER WAS JOHN PLATT WHO ENLISTED IN ONE OF THE LINE REGIMENTS THE TWENTY FOURTH WASN'T IT TELL US THE STORY BY ALL MEANS TEDDY OBEYED DELIGHTEDLY NOT SEEING IN THE INTEREST OF HIS TALE HOW KEENLY HE WAS BEING WATCHED BY THE LADIES HE TOLD IT AS HE ALWAYS DID WITH ENTHUSIASTIC EFFECT AND WHEN HE OFFERED TO SHOW THE LADIES HIS BUTTON THEY WERE CHARMED WITH HIM THE COLONEL PATTED HIM ON HIS HEAD AS HE LEFT SAYING KEEP YOUR FATHER'S SPIRIT IN YOU MY LAD AND YOU WILL LIVE TO DO SOMETHING GREAT YET
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