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'He has been lying low, has he? If I mistake not, you will have a brush with him yet before long, so be on the look out.' And Teddy found the good rector's words come true. Days came when he tried his mother's patience much by his fractiousness and restlessness, and he was more often the vanquished than the conqueror. HE HAS BEEN LYING LOW HAS HE IF I MISTAKE NOT YOU WILL HAVE A BRUSH WITH HIM YET BEFORE LONG SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT AND TEDDY FOUND THE GOOD RECTOR'S WORDS COME TRUE DAYS CAME WHEN HE TRIED HIS MOTHER'S PATIENCE BY HIS FRACTIOUSNESS AND RESTLESSNESS AND HE WAS MORE OFTEN THE VANQUISHED THAN THE CONQUEROR
t come again.' And this Nancy did, and the roses began to come back to Teddy's cheeks, and then others of his playfellows were allowed to come and see him. Certainly no little invalid could have received greater attention than he did during that time of convalescence. Every day small offerings were presented at the door by the village children, and very diverse were the gifts. Sometimes a bunch of wild-flowers, sometimes birds' eggs, marbles, boxes of chalk, a packet of toffee or barley-sugar, a currant bun, a tin trumpet, a whistle, a jam tart, a penny pistol, and so on, till his mother declared she would have to stop taking them in, as they were getting such an accumulation of them. 'And how is my little fellow-soldier?' asked Mr. Upton, as he came in one day for his first visit to the little invalid after being downstairs. 'He'll soon be out of hospital,' responded Teddy brightly. 'And is he still fighting for his Captain?' 'I think, sir, Ipse has been very good while I've been ill. HAVE A CHILD TO TALK TO SHE MUST COME AGAIN AND THIS NANCY DID AND THE ROSES BEGAN TO COME BACK TO TEDDY'S CHEEKS AND THEN OTHERS OF HIS PLAYFELLOWS WERE ALLOWED TO COME AND SEE HIM CERTAINLY NO LITTLE INVALID COULD HAVE RECEIVED GREATER ATTENTION THAN HE DID DURING THE TIME OF CONVALESCENCE EVERY DAY SMALL OFFERINGS WERE PRESENTED AT THE DOOR BY THE VILLAGE CHILDREN AND VERY DIVERSE WERE THE GIFTS SOMETIMES A BUNCH OF WILD FLOWERS SOMETIMES BIRD'S EGGS MARBLES BOXES OF CHALK A PACKET OF COFFEE OR BARLEY SUGAR A CURRANT BUN A TIN TRUMPET A WHISTLE A JAM TART A PENNY PISTOL AND SO ON TILL HIS MOTHER DECLARED SHE WOULD HAVE TO STOP TAKING THEM IN AS THEY WERE GETTING SUCH AN ACCUMULATION OF THEM AND HOW IS MY LITTLE FELLOW SOLDIER ASKED MISTER UPTON AS HE CAME IN ONE DAY FOR HIS FIRST VISIT TO THE LITTLE INVALID AFTER BEING DOWNSTAIRS HE'LL SOON BE OUT OF THE HOSPITAL RESPONDED TEDDY BRIGHTLY AND IS HE STILL FIGHTING FOR HIS CAPTAIN I THINK SIR IPSE HAS BEEN VERY GOOD WHILE I'VE BEEN ILL
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