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When he returned to the city, he found no definite information awaiting
him in regard to a place in the ambulance corps. He returned home in an
unhappy and uncertain frame of mind.
But under the drive of war, events were moving rapidly in Barry's life.
He arrived late in the afternoon, and proceeding to the military H.Q.,
he found neither his father nor Captain Neil Fraser in the office.
"Gone out for the afternoon, sir," was the word from the orderly in
charge.
Wandering about the village, he saw in a field at its outskirts, a squad
of recruits doing military evolutions and physical drill. As he drew
near he was arrested by the short, snappy tones of the N. C. O. in
charge.
"That chap knows his job," he said to himself, "and looks like his job,
too," he added, as his eyes rested upon the neat, upright, soldier-like
figure.
Captain Neil he found observing the drill from a distance.
"What do you think of that?" he called out to Barry, as the latter came
within hailing distance.


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