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It was thus they met again; both employing their Saturday afternoon in roaming along the edge of a stream, they had suddenly come face to face with one another. 'You're to let me come over first,' she asserted very emphatically, 'because I'm a girl.' [Illustration: 'YOU'RE TO LET ME COME OVER FIRST,' SHE ASSERTED.] 'Boys never go back. A soldier's son never! I'm not going to turn my back before the enemy  I would disgrace my button if I did.' 'That old button!' The tone was that of utmost scorn. IT WAS THUS THEY MET AGAIN BOTH EMPLOYING THEIR SATURDAY AFTERNOON IN ROAMING ALONG THE EDGE OF A STREAM THEY HAD SUDDENLY COME FACE TO FACE WITH ONE ANOTHER YOU ARE TO LET ME COME OVER FIRST SHE ASSERTED VERY EMPHATICALLY BECAUSE I'M A GIRL BOYS NEVER GO BACK A SOLDIER'S SON NEVER I'M NOT GOING TO TURN MY BACK BEFORE THE ENEMY I WOULD DISGRACE MY BUTTON IF I DID THAT OLD BUTTON THE TONE WAS THAT OF UTMOST SCORN
ummer, and glad I am of it too--the old man is very lonely. I suppose her husband is at sea again.' 'What is her husband?' inquired Teddy's mother, as with work in hand she came out and took a seat in the old-fashioned porch. 'A sailor. Grace was always a roving nature herself. She never would settle down quiet and take a husband from these parts. She was maid to our squire's lady then, and went to foreign parts with her; but folks say she's steadied down now wonderful. They've been living at Portsmouth, she and her little girl.' CHAPTER II 'When Greek Meets Greek Then Comes The Tug Of War!' Two little determined figures, with flushed, resolute faces, stood opposite one another on a narrow footbridge over a running stream. Neither could pass the other, but neither intended going back, and the sturdy maiden, in her sailor dress, with her small hands placed on her hips, appeared quite a match for Teddy, who, with his golden head well up, looked like a war-horse scenting the battle-field.  CHAPTER TWO OF TEDDY'S BUTTON THIS IS A LIBERVOX RECORDING ALL LIBRAVOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIBERVOX DOT ORG RECORDING BY ROBERT HARDER TEDDY'S BUTTON BY AMY LE FEVER CHAPTER TWO WHEN GREEK MEETS GREEK THEN COMES THE TUG OF WAR TWO LITTLE DETERMINED FIGURES WITH FLUSHED RESOLUTE FACES STOOD OPPOSITE ONE ANOTHER ON A NARROW FOOT BRIDGE OVER A RUNNING STREAM NEITHER COULD PASS THE OTHER BUT NEITHER INTENDED GOING BACK AND THE STURDY MAIDEN IN HER SAILOR DRESS WITH HER SMALL HANDS PLACED ON HER HIPS APPEARED QUITE A MATCH FOR TEDDY WHO WITH HIS GOLDEN HEAD WELL UP LOOKED LIKE A WAR HORSE SCENTING THE BATTLEFIELD
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