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'Is that a true story you told?' she demanded, with severity in her tone. 'Of course it's true,' was the indignant shout of all. 'Then I tell you, boy, I don't believe a word of it!' And with set determined lips she turned on her heel and walked away, having sown seeds of anger and resentment in more than one boyish breast. 'Who is she?' asked Teddy as, tired and exhausted by his recital, he threw himself on the grass to rest. One of the bigger boys answered him. IS THAT A TRUE STORY YOU TOLD SHE DEMANDED WITH SEVERITY IN HER TONE OF COURSE IT'S TRUE WAS THE INDIGNANT SHOUT OF ALL THEN I TELL YOU BOY I DON'T BELIEVE A WORD OF IT AND WITH SET DETERMINED LIPS SHE TURNED ON HER HEEL AND WALKED AWAY HAVING SOWN SEEDS OF ANGER AND RESENTMENT IN MORE THAN ONE BOYISH BREAST WHO IS SHE ASKED TEDDY AS TIRED AND EXHAUSTED BY HIS RECITAL HE THREW HIMSELF ON THE GRASS TO REST ONE OF THE BIGGER BOYS ANSWERED HIM
 have only one button to his coat?' The voice was a strange one, and the boys turned round to meet the curious gaze of a sturdy little damsel, who had, unnoticed, joined the group. She was not dressed as an ordinary village child, but in a little rough serge sailor suit, with a large hat to match, set well back on a quantity of loose dark hair. A rosy-cheeked square-set little figure she was, and her brown eyes, fringed with long black lashes, looked straight at Teddy with something of defiance and scorn in their glance. Though at first a little taken aback, Teddy rose to the occasion. 'One button!' he said with emphasis; 'the coat was sent to mother with only one button left on; and if you--' here he turned upon his questioner with a little fierceness--'if you had been through such a bloody battle, and killed so many men, you would have burst and lost _all_ your buttons, and not had one left, like father!' There was a round of applause at this, but the small maiden remained undaunted. N THIS LAST REMARK AND DID YOUR FATHER HAVE ONLY ONE BUTTON TO HIS COAT THE VOICE WAS A STRANGE ONE AND THE BOYS TURNED ROUND TO MEET THE CURIOUS GAZE OF A STURDY LITTLE DAMSEL WHO HAD UNNOTICED JOINED THE GROUP SHE WAS NOT DRESSED AS AN ORDINARY VILLAGE CHILD BUT IN A LITTLE ROUGH SERGE SAILOR SUIT WITH A LARGE HAT TO MATCH SET WELL BACK ON A QUANTITY OF LOOSE DARK HAIR A ROSY CHEEKED SQUARE SET LITTLE FIGURE SHE WAS AND HER BROWN EYES FRINGED WITH LONG BLACK LASHES LOOKED STRAIGHT AT TEDDY WITH SOMETHING OF DEFIANCE AND SCORN IN THEIR GLANCE THOUGH AT FIRST A LITTLE TAKEN ABACK REDDY ROSE TO THE OCCASION ONE BUTTON HE SAID WITH EMPHASIS THE COAT WAS SENT TO MOTHER WITH ONLY ONE BUTTON LEFT ON AND IF YOU HERE HE TURNED UPON HIS QUESTIONER WITH A LITTLE FIERCENESS IF YOU HAD BEEN THROUGH SUCH A BLOODY BATTLE AND KILLED SO MANY MEN YOU WOULD HAVE BURST AND LOST ALL YOUR BUTTONS AND NOT HAD ONE LEFT LIKE FATHER THERE WAS A ROUND OF APPLAUSE AT THIS BUT THE SMALL MAIDEN REMAINED UNDAUNTED
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