Excerpt: ...pocket. A moment later he came over to G. W.'s bed. The boy looked up trustingly. "I'se awake, Colonel." "Good for you, comrade. I want to have a little talk with you." A thin brown little hand slipped itself into the large firm one, and G. W. sat up. "G. W.," said the Colonel, "I'm going to the front. You know what that means?" "I 'low I does, Colonel. When does we start? I'se been a-workin' ter get ready." "But, comrade, you are not to go!" The poor little body-guard had feared this. In his misery he looked up ...
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Excerpt: ...pocket. A moment later he came over to G. W.'s bed. The boy looked up trustingly. "I'se awake, Colonel." "Good for you, comrade. I want to have a little talk with you." A thin brown little hand slipped itself into the large firm one, and G. W. sat up. "G. W.," said the Colonel, "I'm going to the front. You know what that means?" "I 'low I does, Colonel. When does we start? I'se been a-workin' ter get ready." "But, comrade, you are not to go!" The poor little body-guard had feared this. In his misery he looked up into the Colonel's face and gulped helplessly. "Don't take it that way, my child," said the Colonel, smoothing the little woolly head burrowing back in the pillow; "it would be impossible for me to take a little fellow like you along. There's just a chance, you know, G. W., that I may not get back. I've thought lately that I did wrong to bring you from Tampa; but you had nothing there, and we have had each other here, comrade, and that ought to count for something." A tightening of the little hand replied. "If I shouldn't come back, my child," the Colonel continued, "I want you to know that I have made all arrangements for you to be sent up to the Boy and his Mother. They'll look out for you, comrade, for they know that you are my little body-guard, and they will adopt you in their home
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Seller's Description:
Fair. Pencilled notes to pages throughout book. Shelf wear, corner and edge wear/bumping. Hinge split front and back, binding and pages still intact. Interior pages have tanning. Year 1902. 93 pp. > Language: English | > Size: 12mo-over 6 3/4 in-7 3/4 in tall | > Media/Binding: Hardcover |
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Fair. No Jacket. AO3-Book is slightly bent, tear on the bottom left side, wear on the edges and sides, wrinkling on the spine edges and corners, some soiling, wear, fading, inscription on the front fixed end paper, some loose hinges with tears, reading wear with some crease, some pasted paper on some bottom corners near the spine, discoloration, and shelf wear otherwise fair.