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Show SHOWED HIS HERO WORSHIP Surely Nothing Wrong Could Go Forth from Lips That Were His Veneration. Allen has a strong admiration for soldiers. He seldom misses a military parade and his childish fancy has so idealized the boys in blue that he considers them little short of perfection. perfec-tion. Not long ago his mother took him to see an elderly friend of hers a sweet-faced, sweet-faced, silver-haired woman, who is the widow of a veteran of the civil war. Before arriving at the house Mrs. Parker Par-ker told Allen this bit of her friend's history, and consequently the boy accorded ac-corded this beautiful woman the most reverent attention. In discussing a certain current subject sub-ject of literary interest the two women wom-en had a mild difference of opinion, and Allen's regard for brass buttons would not long permit him to listen in silence. "Mamma," he asked in gently reproachful re-proachful tones after he had 'fidgeted a moment in his chair, "don't you think a soldier's wife ought to know?" From the Housekeeper. |