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Now I see the officer coming  he's going to say, "Present!" I'm not moving a muscle. Five minutes more they'll give me  ' His active brain here received a check. There on the opposite side, facing him, was Nancy, seated between her mother and old Sol. NOW I SEE THE OFFICER COMING HE'S GOING TO SAY PLEASE AND I'M NOT MOVING A MUSCLE FIVE MINUTES MORE THEY'LL GIVE ME HIS ACTIVE BRAIN HERE RECEIVED A CHECK THERE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE FACING HIM WAS NANCY SEATED BETWEEN HER MOTHER AND OLD SOL
boy, and he, letting his restless blue eyes rove to and fro, noting every bird on the hedges and every flower in the path, kept bringing them back to his mother's face with a dreamy upward gaze. 'I will try, mother, I really will. I will keep my hands tight in my pockets, and my feet close together; I will pretend I'm going to be shot by a file of soldiers, and then I really think that will help me not to fidget. I promise you I'll be good to-day.' And having received this protestation from him, Mrs. John passed into church with a relieved mind. Teddy's restless little body was a sore trial to any one who sat next him in church, and many were the lectures that had been bestowed on him by Sunday-school teacher and pastor, besides the gentle admonitions of his mother. As Teddy quietly perched himself on the seat beside his mother, he murmured to himself, 'Twenty soldiers in front of me, twenty rifles pointing--I shall stand like a rock--I'll set my teeth, and I shan't even blink my eyes.  HER SWEET CLEAR VOICE TO HER BOY AND HE LETTING HIS RESTLESS BLUE EYES ROVE TO AND FRO NOTING EVERY BIRD ON THE HEDGES AND EVERY FLOWER IN THE PATH KEPT BRINGING THEM BACK TO HIS MOTHER'S FACE WITH A DREAMY UPWARD GAZE I WILL TRY MOTHER I REALLY WILL I WILL KEEP MY HANDS TIGHT IN MY POCKETS AND MY FEET CLOSE TOGETHER I WILL PRETEND I'M GOING TO BE SHOT BY A FILE OF SOLDIERS AND THEN I REALLY THINK THAT WILL HELP ME NOT TO FIDGET I PROMISE YOU I'LL BE GOOD TO DAY AND HAVING RECEIVED THIS PROTESTATION FROM HIM MISSUS JOHN PASSED INTO CHURCH WITH A RELIEVED MIND TEDDY'S RESTLESS LITTLE BODY WAS A SORE TRIAL TO ANY ONE WHO SAT NEXT HIM IN CHURCH AND MANY WERE THE LECTURES THAT HAD BEEN BESTOWED ON HIM BY SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER AND PASTOR BESIDES THE GENTLE ADMONITIONS OF HIS MOTHER AS TEDDY QUIETLY PERCHED HIMSELF ON THE SEAT BY HIS MOTHER HE MURMURED TO HIMSELF TWENTY SOLDIERS IN FRONT OF ME TWENTY RIFLES POINTING I SHALL STAND LIKE A ROCK I'LL SET MY TEETH AND I SHAN'T EVEN BLINK MY EYES
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