The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-10-04
"S'POSE IT'S SATAN"

1t was only the ground on which the
$50 boys Of DR.. Kellar's school disported
themselves. But besides the boys pres
ent there were at least $50 demons and
angels of ambition, envy, loyalty, peril
dy 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 searching
eye of his well turned on the discomfs
ture of evildoers. However, even at
these grewsome times, the boys admitted
among themselves that Kellar was gen.
tleman, and that they'd rather take a
hiding from him than punishment drill
from a cad any day.
For they were proud of Kellar's, loyal
to the school, andready to battle to the
bitter end against any common foe who
dared to asperse it in the slightest de-
gree
A little lad Of 10 had Just run light
heartedly ON the ground when the afore-
said searchlight fell on him, and stimuli
taneously the head master shouted out:
''Colville two, thought you had de-
tention?"
Colvilletwo, q redheaded merry faced
boy, smiled cheerfully, as if detention
were good joke to which he was well
accustomed, and replied with pleasant
promptness:
$50 have, SIR
"Then what brings you out here?'
al gls2se it's Satan. He's always do
ing it"
- '1cc..ng WHAT"
Making me naughty" said Colville
two. with pathetically fearless frankness.
Then Kellar's little daughter went up
and kissed him.
T 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 McNeil's Zareba few days
previously, and his colonel had men,
toned him in dispatches and recon-
mended him strongly for the "V. c."
for personal gallantry.
On the strength of this Lieutenant
Colville had written to the girl he was
engaged to, who was at Cairo with her
mother, telling her that he would not
wait to marry her day after he had got
his company.
"Tve always been a lucky fellow,
though 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
you and the Victoria cross at the same
time Heaps of fellows deserve it just
as much as do, only happened to be
in 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 nipepins The
Arabs turned their fire on me, and oul
fellows were able to see where the beg
gars fred from. | must bear a charmed
life, | think, for the ground was riddled
all around me. Bob Bob was her broth
err and | fought shoulder to shoulder fol
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 d
such loving, proud, encouraging word
as only proud, loving woman car
write
81 wish | were your wife that | nigh
go to the front and dress your wound
myself, my own love. Even as it is
am capable of dressing as boy and 20
ing to the camp. quite understand
Constance de Beyerley's bowling he
pride and riding for three long years il
Lord Marmion's train. Only, Jack
there would be no bowling of pride il
my case. / should be prouder than eve
if could only do something to show th
whole camp, the whole world, how dear
ly love my boy"
Then she went on to tell how regularl
she wrote to his mother, keeping he
posted up in all that Jack was doing an
suffering and winning. ''She is my be
loved mother, and only she can full
understand how dearly have loved yo
ever since that day when went an
kissed You because you said You 's'pose
it was Satan made you naughty"
Violet Kellar had fought hard fgf
before she had gained her fathers COZ
sent to become engaged to penniless JAG
Cplville. The girls brilliantly GOO
cleTerness had brought far more eligib
men to her feet, But she had bee
faithful to her first love through it all.
...:khate poverty, but love Jack" 81
would say, when her father pointed o,
TO her how far more sensible it would
ct her TO marry man who could gi,
h1r good establishment in which
could stay at home in ease with her ths
10 link her lot with that of mere su
altern in a marching regiment
Probably after they have settled til
disturbance in Egypt his regiment w
b sent of to India for three or fo
years, and as he can't marry on his d
you win be left behind to mediate
7 -yuur folly in having engaged yourself.
Fl shall marry him al soon as a
1GEair y over in< Egypt, papa, and ii
onm't gire ma bread and water anou
- support me Ill beg n from some o
who can. II don't want q, good ests
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