..."
"What's the little chap saying?" Uncle Chester murmured into the ear of
Uncle Arthur, as the small figure hurried on.
"He's living out 'The Charge of the Light Brigade,'" Arthur answered,
and there was no smile on his lips. Uncle Chester swallowed something in
his throat.
It may have been a common thing for the hospital nurses and doctors to
see a patient in military clothes arrive accompanied by four other
military figures--the uniforms a little mixed; but if they were
surprised they gave no sign. The nurse who put David to bed wore a Red
Cross badge on her sleeve--hastily constructed by Doctor Wendell. This
badge David regarded with delight.
"Why, you're a real army nurse, aren't you?" he asked happily.
"Of course. They are the kind to take care of soldiers," she returned.
And after that there was a special bond between them.
When they had finished with David that night he was rather glad to have
Corporal Thorndyke say to him that there was a brief cessation of
hostilities, and that the men were to have the chance for a few hours'
sleep.
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