Mr. Upton looked amused. 'Have you had any battles with him yet?'

'I think I had one yesterday. May I tell you? Granny was very angry with
me because I had made Uncle Jake's best handkerchief into a banner of
love. I didn't really think it was naughty. I wrote "Love" in ink right
across it; and I took such pains, for I wanted to show it to Nancy. And
when I got home granny was so angry that she took me by the collar and
she locked me into the back kitchen; and mother was out, and I cried, I
was so miserable. Granny said I would come to the workhouse; she called
me the wickedest, mischievousest boy she'd ever seen, and said she would
like to give me a good whipping. And at last I got tired of being
miserable, and I looked about, and I saw the window was partly open, so I
climbed up, and then I thought I would jump out and run away across the
fields till mother came home. And I was very happy then, and I jumped
right out, and then I remembered, but I didn't want to go back again.'

'And then the fight began?' suggested the rector, as the boy paused.

Teddy nodded. 'I asked God to drive my enemy away, but I was an awful
long time thinking it out. Is thinking fighting?'

'Very often it is.'

'I did fight hard, then; and I climbed in again. Was that being a
soldier?'

'Yes, my boy.'

'And granny let me out soon after; and I kissed her and said I was sorry,
but I told her how nearly I had run away, and asked her to see that the