Eve and her Lonely Soldier.

Eve—in her loneliness—has adopted a lonely soldier, and writes faithfully to him every evening

Wishing to make life pleasanter for him she orders for him many articles of male attire and other comforting trifles

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Eve, finding that the testing of cigars for the lonely one is a somewhat unpleasant business, causes a certain amount of friction with Adam by sending him the ones she knows that Adam keeps for himself and his particular friends

When the lonely soldier comes home Eve goes forth to meet him in her very best with his photograph dangling gracefully round her neck for identification purposes

At the station (it is a station) Eve meets her lonely friend, but finds to her astonishment, when she warmly greets him, he does not return it with any enthusiasm. Turning round she sees to her horror—not unmixed with fear—that his wife, whom she hadn’t heard anything about, has also arrived on the scene

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