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Back in the barracks with the others he fairly scintillated it and kept his coht suppressed the after the others were asleep he lay thinking of her, and listening to the singing of his soul as he watched a star that twinkled with a friendly gleaain there caratitude for this lovely friendship in his life If he knehere God was he would like to thank Hi up to the star he breathed froht he wrote and told her he was co, and asked permission to call and thank her face to face Then he fairly haunted the post office atfor an answer He had not written his o this week if there came no word from Ruth Besides, it would be nice to surprise hisa pass anyway, and so between the two anxieties he was kept busy up to the last ot his pass, and in the last mail ca she had been away frohted to see hiested

He felt like a boy let loose fro army shoes while his less fortunate co to see He denied their thrusts joyously, in his heart repudiating any such personalities, yet somehoas pleasant He had never realized how pleasant it would be to have a girl and be going to see her--such a girl! Of course, she was not for him--not with that possessiveness But she was a friend, a real friend, and he would not let anything spoil the pleasure of that!

He had not thought anything in his ar as that first ride back hoot into his blood andthe line really did care for what the boys were doing for them It reat to get back to his little ain She seerown so much huskier with the out of door life? Both, perhaps, and he looked at her sorrowfully She was so little and quiet and brave to bear life all alone If he only could get back and get to succeeding in life so that he htness for her She had borne so ht not to have looked so old and worn at her age! For a brief instant again his heart was alood little s could be? He resolved to do so out this very day