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Though at first a little taken aback, Teddy rose to the occasion. 'One button!' THOUGH AT FIRST A LITTLE TAKEN ABACK REDDY ROSE TO THE OCCASION ONE BUTTON
clothes, and over this button!' The little orator paused as he sank his voice to a tragic whisper, then raising it again, he added triumphantly, 'And thirty bullets and six swords had gone through my father's body! That was something like a soldier!' 'Oh, I say!' murmured a small sceptic from the crowd, 'it was twenty bullets last time; make it fifty, Teddy!' 'And that's the story of my button,' pursued the boy, ignoring with scorn this last remark. 'And did your father have only one button to his coat?' The voice was a strange one, and the boys turned round to meet the curious gaze of a sturdy little damsel, who had, unnoticed, joined the group. She was not dressed as an ordinary village child, but in a little rough serge sailor suit, with a large hat to match, set well back on a quantity of loose dark hair. A rosy-cheeked square-set little figure she was, and her brown eyes, fringed with long black lashes, looked straight at Teddy with something of defiance and scorn in their glance. OD GUSHING OUT OF HIS HEART AND OVER HIS CLOTHES AND OVER THIS BUTTON THE LITTLE ORATOR PAUSED AS HE SANK HIS VOICE TO A TRAGIC WHISPER THEN RAISING IT AGAIN HE ADDED TRIUMPHANTLY AND THIRTY BULLETS AND SIX SWORDS HAD GONE THROUGH MY FATHER'S BODY THAT WAS SOMETHING LIKE A SOLDIER OH I SAY MURMURED A SMALL SCEPTIC FROM THE CROWD IT WAS TWENTY BULLETS LAST TIME MAKE IT FIFTY TEDDY AND THAT'S THE STORY OF MY BUTTON PURSUED THE BOY IGNORING WITH SCORN THIS LAST REMARK AND DID YOUR FATHER HAVE ONLY ONE BUTTON TO HIS COAT THE VOICE WAS A STRANGE ONE AND THE BOYS TURNED ROUND TO MEET THE CURIOUS GAZE OF A STURDY LITTLE DAMSEL WHO HAD UNNOTICED JOINED THE GROUP SHE WAS NOT DRESSED AS AN ORDINARY VILLAGE CHILD BUT IN A LITTLE ROUGH SERGE SAILOR SUIT WITH A LARGE HAT TO MATCH SET WELL BACK ON A QUANTITY OF LOOSE DARK HAIR A ROSY CHEEKED SQUARE SET LITTLE FIGURE SHE WAS AND HER BROWN EYES FRINGED WITH LONG BLACK LASHES LOOKED STRAIGHT AT TEDDY WITH SOMETHING OF DEFIANCE AND SCORN IN THEIR GLANCE
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