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Well, he could stare back, and then blue eyes and brown confronted each other for some moments with unblinking defiance in their gaze. At last Teddy's patience gave way, and twisting up his little features into a most grotesque grimace, he mounted a hassock to give her the full benefit of it. WELL HE COULD STARE BACK AND THEN BLUE EYES AND BROWN CONFRONTED EACH OTHER FOR SOME MOMENTS WITH UNBLINKING DEFIANCE IN THEIR GAZE AT LAST TEDDY'S PATIENCE GAVE WAY AND TWISTING UP HIS LITTLE FEATURES INTO A MOST GROTESQUE GRIMACE HE MOUNTED A HASSOCK TO GIVE HER THE FULL BENEFIT OF IT
m, Mrs. John passed into church with a relieved mind. Teddy's restless little body was a sore trial to any one who sat next him in church, and many were the lectures that had been bestowed on him by Sunday-school teacher and pastor, besides the gentle admonitions of his mother. As Teddy quietly perched himself on the seat beside his mother, he murmured to himself, 'Twenty soldiers in front of me, twenty rifles pointing--I shall stand like a rock--I'll set my teeth, and I shan't even blink my eyes. Now I see the officer coming--he's going to say, "Present!" I'm not moving a muscle. Five minutes more they'll give me--' His active brain here received a check. There on the opposite side, facing him, was Nancy, seated between her mother and old Sol. She was still in her sailor suit, and with her dark mischievous brown eyes fixed steadily on him, Teddy could not remain unmoved beneath her gaze for long. His little hands were working nervously in his coat pockets. Why did she stare at him so?  RECEIVED THIS PROTESTATION FROM HIM MISSUS JOHN PASSED INTO CHURCH WITH A RELIEVED MIND TEDDY'S RESTLESS LITTLE BODY WAS A SORE TRIAL TO ANY ONE WHO SAT NEXT HIM IN CHURCH AND MANY WERE THE LECTURES THAT HAD BEEN BESTOWED ON HIM BY SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER AND PASTOR BESIDES THE GENTLE ADMONITIONS OF HIS MOTHER AS TEDDY QUIETLY PERCHED HIMSELF ON THE SEAT BY HIS MOTHER HE MURMURED TO HIMSELF TWENTY SOLDIERS IN FRONT OF ME TWENTY RIFLES POINTING I SHALL STAND LIKE A ROCK I'LL SET MY TEETH AND I SHAN'T EVEN BLINK MY EYES NOW I SEE THE OFFICER COMING HE'S GOING TO SAY PLEASE AND I'M NOT MOVING A MUSCLE FIVE MINUTES MORE THEY'LL GIVE ME HIS ACTIVE BRAIN HERE RECEIVED A CHECK THERE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE FACING HIM WAS NANCY SEATED BETWEEN HER MOTHER AND OLD SOL SHE WAS STILL IN HER SAILOR SUIT WITH HER DARK MISCHIEVOUS BROWN EYES FIXED STEADILY ON HIM TEDDY COULD NOT REMAIN UNMOVED BENEATH HER GAZE FOR LONG HIS LITTLE HANDS WERE WORKING NERVOUSLY IN HIS COAT POCKETS WHY DID SHE STARE AT HIM SO
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