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He jumped on Kate Brown's back  the hired girl  when she was carrying two pails of milk to the dairy, and the contents of both pails were spilt and wasted; he shut up a fighting bantam cock and the stable cat into a barn, and left them fighting furiously; he locked one of the farm labourers in a hayloft, and pulled away the ladder, so that he was not released for hours, and he proved such an imp of mischief in the house that even his mother meditated handing him over to his uncle to be whipped. At last it came to a climax in school. HE JUMPED ON KATE BROWN'S BACK THE HIRED GIRL WHEN SHE WAS CARRYING TWO PAILS OF MILK TO THE DAIRY AND THE CONTENTS OF BOTH PAILS WERE SPILT AND WASTED HE SHUT UP A FIGHTING BANTAM COCK AND THE STABLE CAT INTO A BARN AND LEFT THEM FIGHTING FURIOUSLY HE LOCKED ONE OF THE FARM LABOURERS IN A HAYLOFT AND PULLED AWAY THE LADDER SO THAT HE WAS NOT RELEASED FOR HOURS AND HE PROVED SUCH AN IMP OF MISCHIEF IN THE HOUSE THAT EVEN HIS MOTHER MEDITATED HANDING HIM OVER TO HIS UNCLE TO BE WHIPPED AT LAST IT CAME TO A CLIMAX IN SCHOOL
y !' which was taken up enthusiastically by the soldiers, and Teddy hardly knew whether he was on his head or heels from excitement and delight. But he had to pay a penalty for his prominent position. From that day the title of the 'button-boy' stuck to him, and it became his nickname in the village by all who knew him. On came the regiment, with the colours flying and the band playing in the most orthodox style, and Teddy was bitterly disappointed when the warning bell of school prevented him from marching along the road with them. The schoolmaster was very lenient with the boys that morning, or else they would have been in dire disgrace, for lessons were imperfectly learned and said, and never had he found it so difficult to keep their attention. But if Teddy was inattentive and careless at school, he was doubly troublesome at home, and for the next few days his mother's fears were realised. The excitement of all that had taken place seemed to have quite turned his head for the time.  THE LITTLE BUTTON BOY WHICH WAS TAKEN UP ENTHUSIASTICALLY BY THE SOLDIERS AND TEDDY HARDLY KNEW WHETHER HE WAS ON HIS HEAD OR HEELS FROM EXCITEMENT AND DELIGHT BUT HE HAD TO PAY A PENALTY FOR HIS PROMINENT POSITION FROM THAT DAY THE TITLE OF THE BUTTON BOY STUCK TO HIM AND IT BECAME HIS NICKNAME IN THE VILLAGE BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM ON CAME THE REGIMENT WITH THE COLOURS FLYING AND THE BAND PLAYING IN THE MOST ORTHODOX STYLE AND TEDDY WAS BITTERLY DISAPPOINTED WHEN THE WARNING BELL OF SCHOOL PREVENTED HIM FROM MARCHING ALONG THE ROAD WITH THEM THE SCHOOLMASTER WAS VERY LENIENT WITH THE BOYS THAT MORNING OR ELSE THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN IN DIRE DISGRACE FOR LESSONS WERE IMPERFECTLY LEARNED AND SAID AND NEVER HAD HE FOUND IT SO DIFFICULT TO KEEP THEIR ATTENTION BUT IF TEDDY WAS INATTENTIVE AND CARELESS AT SCHOOL HE WAS DOUBLY TROUBLESOME AT HOME AND FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS HIS MOTHER'S FEARS WERE REALIZED THE EXCITEMENT OF ALL THAT HAD TAKEN PLACE SEEMED TO HAVE QUITE TURNED HIS HEAD FOR THE TIME
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