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By[''Tries to put it into words; fails; then breaks off suddenly.''] Oh, you'll get to know when you've lived in the city long enough. You're nothing but a country girl. When you've lived in the city a year, like I have, you'll know all about it.

[Half angrily.] Well, how do you know when you see a real soldier?

By one thing.

What?

One thing[''She pauses. starts to cry.''] Oh, what are you crying about?

Because you're making fun of me You're a city girl, and I'm just fresh from the country and how am I expected to know a soldier when I see one? You, you ought to tell me, instead of making fun of me

All right. Listen then, cry-baby. There's only one way to tell a soldier: by his salute! That's the only way.