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Nancy made this statement with great solemnity, and Teddy beamed with delight. 'And are you really enlisted?' 'I don't quite know, but I'm trying to be good, and I ask Jesus to help me every day.' Then there was silence. Nancy sat down on the rug, and took the large tabby cat on her lap. NANCY MADE THE STATEMENT WITH GREAT SOLEMNITY AND TEDDY BEAMED WITH DELIGHT AND ARE YOU REALLY ENLISTED I DON'T QUITE KNOW BUT I'M TRYING TO BE GOOD AND I ASK JESUS TO HELP ME EVERY DAY THEN THERE WAS SILENCE NANCY SAT DOWN ON THE RUG AND TOOK THE LARGE TABICTET ON HER LAP
hair very shyly, and looked with awe upon Teddy's white, wasted face; then she cried impulsively,-- 'Oh, button-boy, will you ever, ever forgive me? If you had died, I should have killed you!' 'No, you wouldn't,' said Teddy, putting up his face and kissing her. 'I was just as naughty; I shouldn't have tried to fight with you.' 'I go to the river every day,' Nancy went on sorrowfully, 'and Farmer Green brought a big net one day and dragged up a lot of stones and old tin pans, but the button wasn't there. I hope it will be washed ashore one day, and so I look along the banks, but I haven't seen a sign of it yet!' 'I'm asking God to give it back to me every day,' said Teddy, with a little decided nod, 'and I think He'll do it. You ask Him too, Nancy, and perhaps He'll do it quicker.' 'I've asked God every day to make you better, and I promised Him if He would do it I would be the Captain's soldier. Yes, I did, and I said I would give up being a sailor, and be just a soldier, like you are.  WELL AND TWO DAYS AFTER NANCY APPEARED SHE CAME UP TO THE BIG CHAIR VERY SHYLY AND LOOKED WITH AWE UPON TEDDY'S WHITE WASTED FACE THEN SHE CRIED IMPULSIVELY OH BUTTON BOY WILL YOU EVER FORGIVE ME IF YOU HAD DIED I SHOULD HAVE KILLED YOU NO YOU WOULDN'T SAID TEDDY PUTTING UP HIS FACE AND KISSING HER I WAS JUST AS NAUGHTY I SHOULDN'T HAVE TRIED TO FIGHT WITH YOU I GO TO THE RIVER EVERY DAY NANCY WENT ON SORROWFULLY AND FARMER GREEN BROUGHT A BIG NET ONE DAY AND DRAGGED UP LOTS OF STONES IN OLD TIN PANS BUT THE BUTTON WASN'T THERE I HOPE IT WILL BE WASHED ASHORE ONE DAY AND SO I LOOK ALONG THE BANKS BUT I HAVEN'T SEEN A SIGN OF IT YET I'M ASKING GOD TO GIVE IT BACK TO ME EVERY DAY SAID TEDDY WITH A LITTLE DECIDED NOD AND I THINK HE'LL DO IT YOU ASK HIM TO NANCY AND PERHAPS HE'LL DO IT QUICKER I'VE ASKED GOD EVERY DAY TO MAKE YOU BETTER AND I PROMISED HIM IF HE WOULD DO IT I WOULD BE THE CAPTAIN SOLDIER YES I DID AND I SAID I WOULD GIVE UP BEING A SAILOR AND BE JUST A SOLDIER LIKE YOU ARE
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