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liptcal response.
II heard you say yesterday" she
sad, "that you want to go to West
Point and be a soldier. Soldiers have to
mind, and the quicker you learn how
the better.
"Sold ers mind! Why, they COM
mand and light"
Everybody in an army has to obey
orders but the Commander-in-C Chief
Clemmy, and he only gets to be one by
obeying from the awkward squad up.
Dear me, you can imagine how strict
they are at West Poinv. and how severe
ly the cadets are punished for the least
disobedience of rules. They say that
those get on best who have minded best
at home"
This was a new view of soldier life,
and rather dampening to youthful mill
tary ardor
II like to be Captain, anyhow"
said Clemmy, refectively
Captains have to mind" said An
gelica. ''Once the Duke of Wellington
was encampel with his army, expecting
a great battle next day, and he didn't
want the enemy to know he was there,
so he forbade there being any lights in
the camp. After dark he was proving
about-all mufied up to see what he
cou see-when he espied faint light
in Captains tent. In he went and
asked what it meant The Captain sa ID
he was wiring to his W fe and babies,
as he felt he might be killed next day.
Write the Iron Duke said, that you
will be shot at sunrise for disobeying
orders.
but he wasn't?" cried Clemmy.
"Y.es he was"
"T ehorrid, old. wicked, iron-hearted
thingr' exclaimed the boy.
1T was iron-hearted, that's true.
But Just think what if the enemy's
scouts had seen the light and the army
had been surprised in the night, and
perhaps destroyed. 1t would be better
to shoot one man and to make the
others afraid to disobey. Obedience is
a grand thing 1t is hard to learn, but
when once learned it is easy and pleas
ant, too"
Did you always obey at your
houseP' asked Clemmy.
ave were trained to it, so that it was
a habit, and Ike all habits it was easy"
That's a nice way to learn it" said
Clemmy, quick to see the bearing OF
the subject in her mnd.
After ALL" she said, as quick to
catch his self-justiiication, ga body
can't be made to mind unless he
he is dragged in chains. The more q
child is INDUCED, the more he ought to
try to mind, to show his love and graft
tude. Then he won't be Ike soldier
afraid OF being shot, but like one eager
to do his part in the battle. And obedi-
ence is always SO safe, "
did it keep you out of mussesP"
"Twice at least it saved my life"
"How?"
"Once. when | was so little that car
just remember it, was in the garden
when saw a huge, strange dog crouch
ing at the g to- We always had dogs
and ! dn't dream Of beng afraid, but
ha st rted towards the creature wher
/ heard my mother say 'Angy,' anC
then she beckoned to me. AS matter
of course l ran to her, and she just haC
tine to catch me into the house anC
slam the door when the great beaS
came with hOrrd thud against it. |
was a fierce bulldog that had broker
his chain, and he had to be killed be
cause no one could catch him alive
moment more and | should have beer
too late. My mother hadn't dared t
; call me loudly for fear of fastening hi
spring"
"OR myr' said Clemmy. "rn
j afraid l should have got caught. Wha
was the other timeP"
1T was when [ was quite large girl
and we were spending the winter in tn,
| West Indies. One day when we wer
all on the veranda my father sudden,
| said: Stand up Angelic Up got a.
quick as a soldier would shoulder arms
t and there dropped to the floor a scor
pion. Father had Sc n it Just as it
l fangs were almost against my neck !
= / had turned my head to ask why,
should have been stung, and as wa
1 very delicate, l might hive died.
3 Did you always mind every time?'
t NO, but Ipald for it when didn't
: One day the same winter my fathe
went away vary early one morning, AM
l told me not to 60 out till he came back
a as he should want me. l staid in til
4 the afternoon, though l thought the da
endless, and decided that father had for
Y gotten all about me, At last a party Q
= friend came for me to go riding wit
t them. They were mounted on all sort
of steeds-old horses, ponies and dor
t keys, and my special boy friend led dor
Il key for me. | couldn't, or didn't ress
1 and went Half an hour later my fathe
Y came with a pony for me to see, au
1 to keep if liked it. He had devote
the whole day to ges it. and hadn't tol
. me for fear of disappointing me
u When | got home the pony had gon
Il back to its owner.
5 But you gotit arterwardsP'
: 'No; | went ponyless all winter
r seemed hard, but it was right. 1t wa