A perfectly fit fellow , of military age , who does n't join up is looked upon as a shirker and treated accordingly . Dr. Milne , the English professor , who has always made a special pet of me , has two sons in khaki ; and I can feel the change in his manner towards me . '' `` It 's not fair -- you 're not fit . '' `` Physically I am . Sound as a bell . The unfitness is in the soul and it 's a taint and a disgrace . There , do n't cry , Rilla . I 'm not going if that 's what you 're afraid of . The Piper 's music rings in my ears day and night -- but I can not follow . '' `` You would break mother 's heart and mine if you did , '' sobbed Rilla . `` Oh , Walter , one is enough for any family . '' The holidays were an unhappy time for her . Still , having Nan and Di and Walter and Shirley home helped in the enduring of things . A letter and book came for her from Kenneth Ford , too ; some sentences in the letter made her cheeks burn and her heart beat -- until the last paragraph , which sent an icy chill over everything . `` My ankle is about as good as new . I 'll be fit to join up in a couple of months more , Rilla-my-Rilla . It will be some feeling to get into khaki all right . Little Ken will be able to look the whole world in the face then and owe not any man . It 's been rotten lately , since I 've been able to walk without limping . People who do n't know look at me as much as to say ` Slacker ! '
Well , they wo n't have the chance XXXXX look it much longer . ''
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