The Bossier banner., 1893-11-02
Copyright. 1898, by
the Author.

ported themselves. But besides the
boys present there were at least hun
dred and fifty demons and angels of
ambition, envy, loyalty, perfdy and
truthfulness. .,
The doctor himself, in a new suit of
tweed, seemed to the boys to be far
more approachable here IN the midst
of their sports than when in academic
cap and gown. He cast gloom
through their ranks by stalking along
with that searchlight eye of-t:!his
well-turned ON the discontinue of evil
doers. However, even at these grue-
some times the boys admitted among
themselves that Kellar was a gentle
man, and that they'd rather take a
hiding from him than punishment drill
from cad any day.
For they were all proud of Kellarss,
loyal TO the school, and ready to bat
tie to the bitter end against any COM
mon foe who dared to asperse it il the
highest degree. |
little lad of ten had just run light
heartedly on the ground when the
aforesaid searchlight fell upon him,
and simultaneously the head master
shouted out: es.3
>Colville two, thought you had de-
tention?" .7-@fs ~sf-,
Colvllle two, a red-headed, merry
faced boy, smiled cheerfully as if deten-
ton were a good joke to which ne was
well accustomed and replied with pleas
ant promptness:
so | have, siS."
"Then what brings you out here?"
Ispose it's Satan-he's always doing
Doing what?n - Etts~
Making me naughty" said Colville
two with pathetically fearless frank
ness.
Then Kellar's little daughter vent up
and kissed him. ........ ......-
Twelve years later the battle of
Iamai was being fought, and Colville
TWO was in the thick of it. He had
peen slightly wounded in an attack
that had been made upon McNeil's.
zareba few days previously, and his
colonel had mentioned him in dis
patches and recommended him strong
Iy for the ''V. c." for personal gal
lantry. .......
On the strength of this Lieut.. Col
vile had written to the girl he was en-
gagged to, who was at Cairo with hez.
mother, telling that he would not wait
to marry her a day after he got his COM
pany. a..
I've always been a lucky fellow,
tho I've been in no end of scrapes all
my.life," the boy wrote, ''and now the
crowning luck of all is that / shall win
yon and the Victoria cross at the same
time Heaps of fellows deserve it Just
as much asI do, only happen to be in
the front, you see, and was lucky
enough to be able to make myself
Target Tor the concealed enemy who
mad been picking off our men like nine
pms The Arabs turned their firesson
me, and our fellows were able to see
where the beggars fired from. must
oear a charmed life, l think, for the
ground was r1ddled all around me.
bop bob was her brotherJ and fought
shoulder to shoulder for hours, and we
small again many day, hope"
Inc girl who got this letter was
worthy OF the gallant, light-hearted
ooy who wrote it, and she sent him
pages OF such loving, proud, encourag-
ing words as only proud, loving
woman can write.
Il wish 1 We're your wife that 1 might
20 70 the front and. dress your wounds
myself, my own love Even as it is l
am capable of dressing as boy. and
golng to the camp, quite understand
constance de Beverley's. bowling her
Ps'aa aaa riding ses three long years sa