At His Country's Call

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Excerpt from At His Country's Call: A Tale of the Great WarMr. Millard was writing in his room when a tap came on the door."Come in!" he cried, and when the door opened, a strapping young fellow in the uniform of a Scout stood in the doorway, with all the belongings he had brought from the camp.Mr. Millard put down his pen, but before he had time to say a word Maurice was at the table, holding out his left hand to his father, who looked at his boy in the utmost surprise."Been to the wars?" he asked, when he saw the Scout's right arm in a sling, and the hand that protruded from it covered with white bandages, not so much as showing his finger-tips, while his head and a part of his face was bound round with linen."A little bit, father, " Maurice answered, trying to hide the fact that his smile made him wince because of the pain. "I'll tell you all about it presently. Where's mother?"About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.