Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-10-26
Copyright, 1903, by
the Author.

boys present there were at least q hun
dred and fifty demons and angels of
ambition, envy, loyalty, perfdy and
truthfulness.
The doctor himself, in 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 his
wen-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
hiding from him than punishment drill
from cad any day.
For they were all proud of Kellar's,
loyal TO the school, and ready to bat
tie to the bitter end against any com
mon foe who dared to asperse it in the
highest degree.
A 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:
"Colville two, thought you had de-
tention?"
Colvllle two, a red-headed, merry
faced boy, smiled cheerfully as if deten-
ton were n good joke to which he was
well accustomed and replied with pleas
ant promptness:
$50 have, SIR"
"Then what brings you out hereP"
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it."
Doing what?"
Making me naughty" said Golville
two with pathetically fearless frank
ness.
Then Kellar's little daughter went up
and kissed him.
Twelve years later the battle of
Tamai was being fought, and Colville
two was in the thick of it. He had
been slightly wounded in an attack
that had been made upon McNeirs
zareba few days previously, and his
colonel had mentioned him in dis
patches and recommended him strong
ly for the "V. c." for personal gall
lantry.
On the strength of this Lieut.. Col
vile had written to the girl he was en-
gagged to, who was at Cairo with her
mother, telling that he would not wait
to marry her day after he got his COM
pany.
'I've always been lucky fellow,
tho I've been in no end of scrapes all
my life," the boy wrote, land now the
crowning luck of all is that shall win
you and the Victoria cross at the same
time. Heaps of fellows deserve it just
as much as do, only happen to be in
the front, you see, and was lucky
enough to be able to make myself a
target for the concealed enemy, who
had been picking off our men like nine
pins. The Arabs turned their fire on
me, and our fellows were able to see
where the beggars fred from. l must
bear a charmed life, l think, for the
ground was rlddled all around me.
Bob bob was her brother) and fought
shoulder to shoulder for hours, and we
shall again many day, hope"
The girl who got this letter was
worthy of the gallant, light-hearted
boy who wrote it, and she sent him
pages of such loving, proud, encourage
ing words as only a proud, loving
woman can write.
Il wish l were your wife that might
go to the front and dress your wounds
myself, my own love. Even as it is ]
am capable of dressing as boy and
going to the camp. quite understand
Constance de Beverleys bowling her
pride and riding for three long years in
Lord Marmion's train. Only, Jack,
there would be no 'bowing of pride in
my case. l should be prouder than
ever if / could only do something to
show the whole camp, the whole world,
how dearly love my boy"
Then she went on to tell how regu-
larly she wrote to his mother, keeping
her posted up in all that Jack was do
ing and suffering and winning. "She
is my beloved mother, and only she can
fully understand how dearly | have
loved you ever since that day when
went and kissed you because you said
you 'S'posed it was Satan made you
naughty"