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'I found him this morning careering round the field on that fresh young foal, without any saddle or bridle! I FOUND HIM THIS MORNING CAREENING AROUND THE FIELD ON THAT FRESH YOUNG FOLD WITHOUT ANY SADDLE OR BRIDLE
is mother and grandmother after Corporal Saxby had disappeared, he said solemnly, 'I may bring Bouncer to tea, mayn't I, if I find him? Corporal told me he hadn't properly enlisted as Jesus' soldier, but he wants to. Do you think Mr. Upton could get him to enlist while he's here? Or could you, granny? P'raps he'd do it for you.' 'I don't know what that boy will come to,' said Mrs. Platt later on, when Teddy was safe in bed; 'seems to me he has more the making of a minister in him than a soldier. I don't hold with children being too religious; it's forced and unnatural.' 'He ain't too good to live,' put in Jake slowly; 'no youngster can beat him in play.' 'I often wonder,' Mrs. John said thoughtfully, 'whether he will be a soldier after all; he is almost too sensitive to lead the hard, rough life so many do. I doubt if he could stand it.' 'He's not wanting in pluck and manliness,' Mrs. Platt observed, for she always had a good word to say for her little grandson when he was not present.  SAID TEDDY THEN TURNING TO HIS MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER AFTER CORPORAL SAXBY HAD DISAPPEARED HE SAID SOLEMNLY I MAY BRING BOUNCER TO TEA MAYN'T I IF I FIND HIM CORPORAL TOLD ME HE HADN'T PROPERLY ENLISTED AS JESUS HIS SOLDIER BUT HE WANTS TO DO YOU THINK MISTER UPTON COULD GET HIM TO ENLIST WHILE HE'S HERE OR COULD YOU GRANNIE PERHAPS HE'D DO IT FOR YOU I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT BOY WILL COME TO SAID MISSUS PLATT LATER ON WHEN TEDDY WAS SAFE IN BED SEEMS TO ME HIS MORE THAN THE MAKING OF A MINISTER IN HIM THAN A SOLDIER I DON'T HOLD WITH CHILDREN BEING TOO RELIGIOUS IT'S FORCED AND UNNATURAL HE AIN'T TOO GOOD TO LIVE PUT IN JAKE SLOWLY NO YOUNGSTER CAN BEAT HIM IN PLAY I OFTEN WONDER MISSUS JOHN SAID THOUGHTFULLY WHETHER HE WILL BE A SOLDIER AFTER ALL HE IS ALMOST TOO SENSITIVE TO LEAD THE HARD ROUGH LIFE SO MANY DO I DOUBT IF HE COULD STAND IT HE'S NOT WANTING IN PLUCK AND MANLINESS MISSUS PLATT OBSERVED FOR SHE ALWAYS HAD A GOOD WORD TO SAY FOR HER LITTLE GRANDSON WHEN HE WAS NOT PRESENT
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