Page 90 - Among the camps, or, Young people's stories of the war

mother, by the old doctor's advice and fur reasons good
to her and her friends, still kept the post-offtce, under a
sort of surveillance, yet the intercourse with the soldiers
was strictly official; the letters were received or were deliv­

ered by the post mistress in silence, or if the Baby Veterans
asked a question it was generally replied to by a haughty
bow, or an ungracious 11 No.”
j O’
One mail day Mrs. Seddon was ill, so Kancy Pansy’s sis­
ter Ellen had to go to open die mail, and Nancy Pansy went
with her, taking H arry along, u to take carc of them,”

It happened that Tom Adams and a friend came in to ask
for their letters. Nancy Pansy's sister was standing at the
table arranging the mail, and Nancy Pansy was sitting up on
the table by her, holding the battered but cherished H arry in

her lap. The young officer stiffened up as he saw who was
before him.
11 A re there any letters for Lieutenant Adams ?"hfe asked,
in a very fonnal and stately manner,
There was no reply or motion to show that he had been
heard, except that Nancy Pansy's sister began to go over the

betters again from the beginning of the A 1 s. Suddenly Nancy
Pansy, who was watching her, saw one, and exclaiming, '*■ Oh!
there's o n e !” seized it, and slipped down from the table to
give it to its owner, proud to show that she could read writ­
ing. Pefore she had reached the window, however, her sis­

ter caught her quickly, and taking the letter from her, slowly
advanced and handed it to the young soldier; then turning