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Eddie took off his cap and waved to her , and she returned the wave as well as she could without having the children see her . That would never have done , seeing that she was the teacher , and substituting at that . But when we turned the corner we noticed that she was still standing at the window and leaning out just a bit , even at the risk of being indiscreet . When the 10:15 pulled out Eddie stood on the bottom step , with his cap off , looking I ca n't tell you how boyish , and straight , and clean , and handsome , with his lips parted , and his eyes very bright . The hairy-chested recruiting officer stood just beside him , and suffered by contrast . There was a bedlam of good-byes , and last messages , and good-natured badinage , but Eddie 's mother 's eyes never left his face until the train disappeared around the curve in the track . Well , they got a new boy at Kunz 's -- a sandy-haired youth , with pimples , and no knack at mixing , and we got out of the habit of dropping in there , although those fall months were unusually warm .