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I didn't know it was in him. I understand there is
a chance of his being our chaplain. He is Sergeant Dunbar's son."
"I wish to Heaven we could take him with us! What about it, Fraser?
We've got the father, why not the son, too? They'd both like it."
"I say, Colonel, for Heaven's sake, have a heart. I hated to surrender
my company sergeant major. I don't think I ought to be asked to
surrender our chaplain."
"All right, Fraser, so be it. But you have got a wonderful chaplain in
that boy. What a face! What a voice! And that's the kind of a spirit we
want in our men."
That very afternoon, Captain Neil went straight away to Colonel
Leighton, the officer commanding the new regiment to which Captain
Neil's company belonged. To the colonel he gave an enthusiastic report
of the sermon, with Colonel Kavanagh's judgment thereon.
"I would suggest, sir, that you wire Ottawa on the matter," he urged.
"If Colonel Kavanagh thought he had a chance, he would not hesitate. We
really ought to get this fixed.


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