He doesn't seem to feel that any sacrifices ought to be expected of him." "What is the prospect of obtaining the men, father ?" "Four have already enlisted, but twenty-one are still required.

I fear there will be some difficulty in obtaining the full number.

In a farming town like ours the young men are apt to go off to other places as soon as they are old enough; so that the lot must fall upon some who have families." Frank sat for some minutes gazing thoughtfully into the wood-fire that crackled in the fireplace.
"I wish I was old enough to go, father," he said, at length.
"I wish you were," said his father earnestly.

"Not that it wouldn't be hard to send you out into the midst of perils; but our duty to our country ought to be paramount to our personal preferences." "There's another reason," he said, after awhile, "why I wish you were older.

You could take my place on the farm, and leave me free to enlist.
I should have no hesitation in going.