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Teddy did not understand this conversation, but he gathered from the major's tone that he did not approve of him. 'Do you think I'm too small to be a soldier?' he asked. The major laughed. 'Don't bother your head about your size,' he said; 'you'll grow, and there's plenty of time before you.' TEDDY DID NOT UNDERSTAND THIS CONVERSATION BUT HE GATHERED FROM THE MAJOR'S TONE THAT HE DID NOT APPROVE OF HIM DO YOU THINK I'M TOO SMALL TO BE A SOLDIER HE ASKED THE MAJOR LAUGHED DON'T BOTHER YOUR HEAD ABOUT YOUR SIZE HE SAID YOU'LL GROW THERE'S PLENTY OF TIME BEFORE YOU
innocence, and sometimes wish his friends could see the life he is subjected to. I give them a month generally, and then away flies their bloom and all their home training.' 'But, Major Tracy, you are giving us a shocking idea of the morals in the Service,' said one lady. He shrugged his shoulders. 'I grant you, on the whole, they are better than they were, but the Service is no place for highly strung boys like this one. The rougher, harder natures get on best. When they get older, and have sense and strength enough to stick to their principles, then let them enlist.' 'But I have always heard,' said Mrs. Graham, 'that the drummer boys are well looked after now. They have a room to themselves, and the chaplains have classes for them.' 'That may be. I would only ask you to watch a boy, as I have, from the start, and see what kind of a man he grows into after having spent most of his early youth in the Service. There are exceptions, I know, but precious few, as far as my experience goes. T IN I WONDER HOW LONG HE WILL KEEP HIS INNOCENCE AND SOMETIMES WISH HIS FRIENDS COULD SEE THE LIFE HE IS SUBJECTED TO I GIVE THEM A MONTH GENERALLY AND THEN AWAY FLIES THEIR BLOOM AND ALL THEIR HOME TRAINING BUT MAJOR TRACY YOU ARE GIVING US A SHOCKING IDEA OF THE MORALS IN THE SERVICE SAID ONE LADY HE SHRUGGED HIS SHOULDERS I GRANT YOU ON THE WHOLE THEY ARE BETTER THAN THEY WERE BUT THE SERVICE IS NO PLACE FOR HIGHLY STRUNG BOYS LIKE THIS ONE THE ROUGHER HARDER NATURES GET ON BEST WHEN THEY GET OLDER AND HAVE SENSE AND STRENGTH ENOUGH TO STICK TO THEIR PRINCIPLES THEN LET THEM ENLIST BUT I HAVE ALWAYS HEARD SAID MISSUS GRAHAM THAT THE DRUMMER BOYS ARE WELL LOOKED AFTER NOW THEY HAVE A ROOM TO THEMSELVES AND THE CHAPLAINS HAVE CLASSES FOR THEM THAT MAY BE I WOULD ONLY ASK YOU TO WATCH A BOY AS I HAVE FROM THE START AND SEE WHAT KIND OF A MAN HE GROWS INTO AFTER HAVING SPENT MOST OF HIS EARLY YOUTH IN THE SERVICE THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS I KNOW BUT PRECIOUS FEW AS FAR AS MY EXPERIENCE GOES
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