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"So?" said the youth. CHAPTER XV. THE regiment was standing at order arms at the side of a lane, waiting for the command to march, when suddenly the youth remembered the little packet enwrapped in a faded yellow envelope which the loud young soldier with lugu- brious words had intrusted to him. It made him start. He uttered an exclamation and turned toward his comrade. "Wilson!" "What?" His friend, at his side in the ranks, was thought- fully staring down the road. From some cause his expression was at that moment very meek. The youth, regarding him with sidelong glances, felt impelled to change his purpose. "Oh, noth- ing," he said. His friend turned his head in some surprise, "Why, what was yeh goin' t' say?" "Oh, nothing," repeated the youth. He resolved not to deal the little blow. It 148 was sufficient that the fact made him glad. It was not necessary to knock his friend on the head with the misguided packet. He had been possessed of much fear of his friend, for he saw how easily questionings could make holes in his feelings. Lately, he had as- sured himself that the altered comrade would not tantalize him with a persistent curiosity, but he |
