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'Granny says will you come to tea with us?' he asked breathlessly, as he came up to him. The corporal looked up. He was a fine looking young man with a frank, bright face, and he was reading a well worn Bible, which he put carefully in his pocket before he rose to his feet. GRANNIE SAYS WILL YOU COME TO TEA WITH US HE ASKED BREATHLESSLY AS HE CAME UP TO HIM THE CORPORAL LOOKED UP HE WAS A FINE LOOKING YOUNG MAN WITH A FRANK BRIGHT FACE AND HE WAS READING A WELL WORN BIBLE WHICH HE PUT CAREFULLY IN HIS POCKET BEFORE HE ROSE TO HIS FEET
to sleep here to-night, and then he's going on to-morrow to get some more billets ready in the next town he comes to. Couldn't he come to tea this afternoon? Do let me ask him, granny!' Mrs. Platt laughed not ill-humouredly. 'You would have us take in any scoundrel, provided he wore a red coat, wouldn't you?' 'Soldiers are never scoundrels!' asserted Teddy with hot indignation. 'Do you know all the soldiers in the British Army, then?' said his grandmother. 'I daresay he wouldn't care to come to tea with strangers, sonny,' put in Mrs. John gently. 'I'm sure he would, for he doesn't like the Hare and Hounds. He said he was a teetotaller.' 'Come, that sounds good,' Mrs. Platt remarked. 'Well, you can ask him in for your father's sake.' Not much dinner could Teddy eat that day, and his lessons at school had never seemed so irksome to him; but they were over at last, and he tore off in search of his new friend, finding him at length sitting under an old yew-tree just outside the churchyard. SUCH A NICE MAN MOTHER HE'S ONLY GOING TO SLEEP HERE TO NIGHT AND THEN HE'S GOING ON TO MORROW TO GET SOME MORE BILLETS READY AND THE NEXT TOWN HE COMES TO COULDN'T HE COME TO TEA THIS AFTERNOON DO LET ME ASK HIM GRANNIE MISSUS PLATT LAUGHED NOT ILL HUMOUREDLY YOU WOULD HAVE US TAKEN ANY SCOUNDREL PROVIDED HE WORE A RED COAT WOULDN'T YOU SOLDIERS ARE NEVER SCOUNDRELS ASSERTED TEDDY WITH HOT INDIGNATION DO YOU KNOW ALL THE SOLDIERS IN THE BRITISH ARMY THEN SAID HIS GRANDMOTHER I DARE SAY HE WOULDN'T CARE TO COME TO TEA WITH STRANGERS SONNY PUT IN MISSUS JOHN GENTLY I'M SURE HE WOULD FOR HE DOESN'T LIKE THE HARE AND HOUNDS HE SAID HE WAS A TEETOTALER COME THAT SOUNDS GOOD MISSUS PLATT REMARKED WELL YOU CAN ASK HIM IN FOR YOUR FATHER'S SAKE NOT MUCH DINNER COULD TEDDY EAT THAT DAY AND HIS LESSONS AT SCHOOL HAD NEVER SEEMED SO IRKSOME TO HIM BUT THEY WERE OVER AT LAST AND HE TORE OFF IN SEARCH OF HIS NEW FRIEND FINDING HIM AT LENGTH SITTING UNDER AN OLD YEW TREE JUST OUTSIDE THE CHURCHYARD
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