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CONTENTS *, * * Chapter . * Page I, SERGEANT JACK VINCENT CALLS. . . . . . 13 II AN EVENING AT HOME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 III TO VISIT THE CAMERONS. . . . . . . . . ..... 25 IV / CAPTAIN McALLISTER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 V A LETTER FROM JIM LEE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 vi LETTY's BLUNDER....................... 44 VII DISCUSSING SONIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 VIII THE SALE............................ ... ss IX SONIA AT HOME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 X EMIL ENTERTAINS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 XI PAULINE'S ADVICE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 XII A CONSPIRACY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 XIII AT PAULINE’s HOME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 XIV SONIA AND LETTY BECOME FRIENDS. 82 XV JIM LEE MAKES THE GREAT SACRIFICE 86 XVI. A WEEK END . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... a v * * * * * * * * * * * 90 XVII AT THE FARM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 XVIII AT THE ANDERSON's.................... 98 XIX DR, ANDERSON GOES OVER THERE . . . . 104 XX DUTY CALLS ONCE MORE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 XXI CHANGES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 XXII CONCLUSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Page THEY, STOOD ON THE STEPS AND WATCHED HIM { Frontispiece THE GIRL FOUND A QUIET CORNER. SHE WANTED TO BE ALONE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 “WE HAVE TO THINK OF A WAY TO MAKE SONIA UNDERSTAND..................... . . . . . 47 The Campfire Girls at Work CHAPTER, I SERGEANT JACK VINCENT CALLs YOUNG, well set up man in the uniform of our Uncle Sam—not a strange sight in these days—availed himself of the old- fashioned knocker of the big house and waited. You could tell he was exceedingly ill at ease. The truth is, he would have given a good deah not to be there. Only a promise made to his captain kept him mailed to the spot. It was one of those substantial looking resi- dences which are to be found in New York, in the streets running east from Central Park. The time was September and America had not yet been in the Great World War a full year. The home was that of James Saunders, father of Letty, Mary Lee's chum, whom our 13 ; v * , * * , 14, *... ?'ſ", , , , , º, . . .3, ..?” ..º.º. ºx.” “3-3. 3."º sº.5: ... º. º. tº 'º'; ...it sº * * * $ c : *"..'s *** *i; * . * ***, St. º. º.-- * , “ &# 3, 4 * * $k ***, * * º -: t {*. 3, # * *, *.*, *, * * ; * * * # *, * * * > x * > . * * Sº, * * ..º.º. , sº , , ” 4 R & ~ *, *, *, *, ' ' ' '• Sº, º 'º , * & $. ; J’ 3: * * x” * . ** ** * # 3.3% 3. $ * ,” 3. $ & • * * readers have no doubt met before. It was at her home that Mary Lee had been staying for almost a year. # Sº **, *, *, * > * * But if we appear to have been rude in keep- ing the young soldier too long at the door, the actual waiting was much less. It is perhaps a little too early in our story to tell tales of our heroines and yet, we must confess, that the door would have been opened quite a little sooner had Letty and Mary Lee not spent part of the time in peeping forth at the young man, who, luckily for his peace of mind, was not conscious of the scrutiny. Even then, the maid would have attended to her duty but for the fact that Letty had volun- teered to do it for her. f There was another knock at the door, still somewhat timid and a little bit uncertain. What Letty and Mary Lee saw from their point of vantage evidently made Letty panicky for now she frantically called for Martha, the maid. & A 3. *Open the door, please, Martha. I’ve changed my mind, I think.” *—s Martha grinned and proceeded to do so. &; ººº-º-º: , śa º Aº ‘º.º. ºf #, gº ºf ºğs; “º gº tºº *4. * * £ º y "... º.º. º: ; , ; *** % * . . .# * .2% ºf . , & "3. $ %; *): *** * $ 3. * ... *...º.º. T = ; 3 tº: # sé 35; gº :* * fºr . , 8. § 3. & ~. , e, º z * : 3. rº, ** º.” ...? § sº :: * r a ****** tº ". ...” “:# e. **. *f, * 3. *...* ; % s ! : º,” 3. # re. “º, ºf a “ . . . & $f ...?, 2.É ***** * * º £º: *, **', ** * **śRGEANTIACR wincéNtº “Is this the home of Mr. Saunders?” the sol- dier inquired diffidently, his hands playing with his hat. At this moment, kindly Mrs. Saunders ap- peared. “You are Mr. Vincent, are you not? I’m Mrs. Saunders. Captain Struthers told me that you were coming. Come in, won’t you?” “Thank you, ma'am. I’m a little early, I suppose.” “Not a bit of it.” And in the next few min- utes Mrs. Saunders had made the young man feel thoroughly at home, had introduced him to Letty and to Mary Lee and had left the three so much at ease that she could return to that sanctum which ordinarily was presided over by the cook but which today needed her special attention. § * There were a number of polite exchanges and Letty, always quick to make decisions, concluded she liked Mr. Vincent. “Don’t tell us, Mr. Vincent, that you don't like New York, will you?” remarked that self- possessed young lady. “But I don't,” replied truthful Jack Vin, 4 * *** r * , gº * . . . * *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.* ... ex: $; $º, º 3. ... º.º.º. *:: * * * < * > *...* * º ** .*.*. º p * * f: *2 tº: .# *, 2* * * *ś * { ******, * º, ; , , S: , º, . º. ** *, *, 3 s. * * * * & * : %. , , , " . • * * -F * ,” “ , , : —º • * § { § $ * * * * 2. * *, it ... s. ... * * , 3. * r * " * . . . * # & -º { ** *: **, * º * #3; ..f f # *...* *; * w $ < > < & * * * as cent. He was beginning to be glad he had come. The folks seemed natural, so he thought, not at all the stiff, distant kind he had met on . . . the streets. ** “Where do you come from?” Mary Lee in turn inquired. # f “I?” queried Vincent. “I come from Kansas.” “Well, I’m glad you told me right out, you didn’t like it, if you didn’t. But I just wonder why you don’t,” continued Letty. “For one thing,” replied Vincent, “folks here never speak to you or seem to see you. It’s different home.” “That's true,” agreed Mary Lee. “But Mr. Vincent, they only seem that way—they really aren’t that way.” *x “Aren’t they?” argued the soldier. “Well, I know if they’re not, they manage to hide it * pretty well. He continued after a pause, “My * name's Jack. Out home we never call each other mister—and I guess I’d just stumble if I had to call you by your last name. By the way, what are your names?” he asked, blush- Ing. * ºf A * *** * yº.” ãº, ºr ſº º, § k *3.; ſº, *ś: ‘. . ; • *.* *, *, * * * * * : * * * , } 5 & g" & 4. s” s. s.s ºf º * * * ** 2° ºf .. 3 ña * x .* * - * - SERGEANT" * - \S *. * * ...e. * 4. .* & ** * * * * *} *- * Pºs., *. & § % 3. * , 3. * * * -á. *:: * 3. “Good,” said Letty. “Well, Jack, I'm Letty and this is Mary Lee. Now Mary Lee may sound as if you’re calling her by her first and * last name, but it really isn't—it's all her first name.” Mrs. Saunders now came in, a little anxious as to her visitor's comfort. But such is the ef- fect of naturalness that she found him thor- oughly at ease. “Mr. Saunders has been somewhat delayed but he will be home quite soon now. I’m sorry for the wait and the delay in serving dinner.” “That's all right,” replied Jack. # “It doesn’t matter to me. The fact is I’m always hungry.” “The food at camp is different from what you get at home, I suppose?” questioned Mrs. Saunders. f “The food’s good. But even at home I al- ways could eat—anytime, not that it won't be a treat to eat at a home for a change, Mrs. Saunders.” “Do you know,” the youth added, “I was scared stiff about coming—scared when I got here,too. I reckon I’d have run off if I hadn’t promised the captain; but now I’m glad I ºrk Fº * *... *.*. *ºr -> & g rºw §ºgº.º.º.º.º.º. º.º.º. º żº, ºf £º ºr * *, 2* , , º, . S. ****, ** : : & ºr * , , , ; & ! - * , * 4 º' * *, ** * * * . rº- º J: *3 .' 3. T--- s * º, & JACK WINCENT - 17 *. º: % º *'. * 18 THE CAMPFIRE GIRLs came. It's good of you folks to ask us men to your homes.” . * “Good of us? Why, my boy, it's good of you to come. We, who are staying at home, after all can do so very little.” * “Well, I guess the world will find that over here we’ll all be doing the thing we each of us can do best. And nobody’s kicking, either.” “I believe,” said Mary Lee, who had said lit- tie but had listened, “it is such times as these that bring out the very best in all of us. Don't you think so?” $. “It certainly does. Even a typical New Yorker stopped me on my way here and shook hands with me. Shook hands with a perfect stranger! That's a wonderful thing, don't you think?” he asked laughingly. Everybody joined in the laugh and when Mr. Saunders entered a little later, he found a merry party. CHAPTER II AN Evening AT Home T WAS when dinner was almost over that the hostess offered the guest a choice of theatre or staying at home. When Jack was fully certain that any de- cision of his would be agreeable to his hostess, he had no hesitancy in making his preference known. “If you don't mind, Mrs. Saunders, I would like to stay here. You see,” he added whimsic- ally, “this is such a great treat for me.” “Good for you, Jack,” Mr. Saunders, heart- ily approved, while the girls showed that they were also glad of their guest’s decision. i . “We’ll have some other folks come over, if we can,” Letty advised them. “Then we can all do what we please.” * 19 *** º: **ºtº ** ~. x. t ~g º, ºf ºººº ºf #5 - *g - §§º sº... ." sº *** ...- : ****** : *, *, * * * 's *:: 3.3% º, ºgº; hº ºf º: i.” § - *-, * * * * * - & - ~ * $* {, , , , º, . . ." § 4 s : 'º. Kºść... º. º.º.º. *... ." * - + º r * * g # * tº...” # ** * * -, .# - *. * * * • * * * : *...** * * * * * * º * * * ,” *- t .* º 20 | THE CAMPFIRE GIRLS She excused herself for a little while. And , t while Jack found full satisfaction in an excel-, , , lent dinner, he also found time to tell them some of the experiences of a soldier's life— what he had done before he had enlisted and something also of his simple faith. He had been a student in the University of Wisconsin when the call came. He had been one of the first to enlist, * “Seems to me,” interrupted Mr. Saunders, as he flashed a keen look at the youth, “you should have made application for a place at an Officers’ Training Corps.” * “I reckon I should have, sir, but I don’t think I gave it any thought. I was satisfied to go in as I could.” * >{ -*:: º & “You are a sergeant now, aren't you?” asked Mary Lee, who had noticed the fact. The young man nodded. “That's because I was among the first, I guess.” ~ Letty, who had been delayed quite a while, inow returned. f ** * *º- “Mr. and Mrs. Cameron are coming, so is . . . Cousin Edna. Edith and her brother may also be here, as he is expected home any minute; * 3. **. *$º: ...; 3; º *& *; º § § § # * gº. *33 3% ** º: 3. º: º *::: Ç £º ::, *** 3. , ºr ..", #5. § º º t; * :: & º º # * * § & § * $3. º º: * 1 & 3. r; ‘. . *: #: # º: *, : * > * *. %. * ". . * * g. * 3. * * * * * * * ** . * * * *. * * * * * * - * * * * t . s ºf-º: #e. #. # *. *- * -č *::::" *** * * * *3. # * x <3 ,” jº * * .* y & º % t º * , .* * % * A, *. *: r f ~ * * < * 3. AN EvºNING AT Home rº. * * ve" •ºf : & # * º' - ". .” ‘’ * * .4 3 tº * *: º .* * * 2łº # # , . but Dr. Anderson is out on a serious case and so he and Aunt Madge cannot come.” “I wish Ted were here, too,” said Mrs. Saunders with a faint trace of sadness. “Ted is our son. He's over at Long Island,” Mr. Saunders explained. “He was rejected twice, but finally got himself to weigh enough to be accepted.” Dinner was soon over. A little after eight Mr. and Mrs. Cameron appeared. Cousin Edna came a few minutes later with one of her friends, then followed Tom Atkinson with his sister Edith. * It turned into a very jolly party and in a short tinºe Jack Vincent felt as if he had known them all for ages. They started the Victrola' with some operatic selections which were soon followed by some dance records and immedi- ately everybody was dancing, Mr. and Mrs. Saunders enjoying it as much as the younger element. At ten o'clock Jack Vincent began to think of going. It had been so long since he had spent this kind of an evening that its enjoy- ment was multiplied a hundredfold. §§§3.º.º.º. zºº. §§ § ºś ,--º.”; §. §ºgºs wº º w §§ * * §§ §§§ º º: * , sºlº is .sº * **, * º, tº $, -ºšč *, *** Sºº's #3:...ºft. * ***ś ..K$ 5 'º' - tº." #5 ... “ , ” “, * - * : * * * * * * : . . # *.*.*.* ºf ~ *.*.* -, * * * * ,, . ** sº *; i. 3. * *: --- * * . . * * * * y .. lº, $ # { ** Af •ºl 5 º, * k a s : 3. * ', & K. * 3: º sº tº t # * * *. *** * * *f ... 3 % & " " --> --~~~~~~ : . • * * ** $22 THE CAMPFIRE GIRLs “ . . . . . . ... . When, however, his host found out that the . young man still had eighteen hours off duty . . he would not even give the matter any consid- eration and insisted that Jack stay over for the night. ** * : "...; * **§ ^1 3. *. “Ted's room is all ready for you,” Mrs. Saunders joined her husband in urging him to stay. , \ , Jack needed no undue pressure. He had had such a good time he hated to go, so he de- cided to stay over and the party did not break * up until nearly midnight. Since the next day was Saturday, Mrs. Saunders did not insist upon the girls retiring at the usual hour. Letty, before the evening was over, had taken it upon herself to offer to supply her guest with tobacco, etc., for the duration of the war. The young soldier was happy in ac- cepting the offer—he met it in the spirit in which it was made. Mary Lee had long ago begun to furnish such things as soldiers might need both to Tom Marshall and Jim Lee. As the party broke up Jack Vincent made a confession. * . . . “I guess New Yorkers are like other folks, $ after all.” * \ - *. * ºś §ººtº #jº §§ ź. §: jº * §: *º *: * * & ź # tº sº º:gº * * #: , Jº *: *3 ‘º- <& * *:::::::::ºx. * - , , , , ºf r f * r * T , , , , *** * , *.*.*.*, * *'', * > * > * . .” - '-º'- f $ * * sº § % * º * Af …? “You’ll find they are. In fact, you'll find ! folks everywhere the same. All you have to do is to get to know them.” Mr. Saunders was speaking on a subject that was a favorite of his. g “But then this is no time for discussions of that kind,” he added. “It’s time for bed. So good night.” Jack Vincent was gone with the morning. His visit had been one that had given pleas- ure to the Saunders; he had found even more pleasure in it himself. Long afterwards, in the trying months that were to come, the pleas- ant memory of that evening would surely come back to him. * What he said to Mrs. Saunders as he made his adieu pleased her motherly heart tremend- ously. * “Do you know, Mrs. Saunders,” he con- “fided, “when I write home and tell my mother how I spent my off time, she will be very grate- ful and happy.” “I know she will,” was the reply and there WàS t suspicious moisture in her eyes. “I know what it means to a mother.” *_º $f 3." ^xº .# \. * * • ‘. . . . & * & * ," 3. * * * { a $. * .* { *: *. 3. ** * -: wº º Š-, . * tº- < * : 24 GAMPFIRE GIRLS". . . . .'; 'º'; $ kº s: x , 3. His good-bye to the girls was boyish and un. affected, and each of them was thankful to him because, although he was so much their senior, he did not seem to realize it and treated them as if they were the same age. *$', 's $ $º. * } 3.3. * *** * 3. R ** **, *.x º 3. * * * *. fººt º # sº # jºyº *g . . . . º, #3 3. <&J *** sº $ºgs'; º *...* ºś *: wº * 㺠§ 3. * § & º” “... z, *s-, , ...” “ . . . . . . . . . . . . *** *... lºgº ſº *. .# * * * * * * * * * f 3 “ . . . * *A* . *...*&^% º 'º -º, sº ºšº #º * * * sº-ººººººººº; ..} Tº...” * § - & 2 ºr .." & p f \ } $ {{ They stood on the steps and watched him as he made his way down the street—a sturdy, brave figure. To Mrs. Saunders he represented the sons of America and she realized, with mis- giving perhaps, yet with a spiritual bravery that is the heritage coming down from the Motherhood of Ages, that her own and every other mother's parentage was second to that of America. To the girls he represented Pa- triotism's call, the duty of manhood, the spirit of sacrifice. So he was gone and not since Ted had left home, not since Tom Marshall and Jim Lee had gone, had the war seemed so close to Mrs. Saunders and to Letty and to Mary Lee. CHAPTER III To VISIT THE CAMERONs HROUGHOUT all of America the war with Germany had come to be the thing of uppermost-importance. The whole country . had responded to the call for service. There were few homes which had not given up one or two of its men to back up the things America stood for. Ted Saunders had joined the colors some time before and neither mother nor father questioned his going—it was his proud birthright. * Even to Mary Lee, alone, without parents, brothers or sisters, the war had also made its call. Jim Lee, the guardian of her childhood, was even now on his way to France. Some- where in America, Jim Lee's partner and friend of the girl, Tom Marshall, was waiting his call to go across. * \ 25 3. * *** ***. ...” *...* * * } \, ...”... ſºvº º ºx ºf * * **, ºr; i. 3. rºº + §. “º *.*.*.*.3°º.º.º. º ** * * * ºr sº, sº sº; f.; , t , * 3 * *s, *, * - & ^*. Y 24, fºr ~, s , s: , ". . ***** , , ~ *ś. º *. * * X, Fº : ,” * * **, ... " * & 3. *. $ *.* $ < * ~ * 3. .# gºº. * * t 33 " * : *-s * * A. * * # ‘s *. x * * > ...; * < * # y • 26 *. * # Aº ** * It is not our purpose to detail the facts of the earlier stories of the Campfire Girls' Series, which most of our readers know. The activi- ties of Mary Lee, Letty and the other girls of the group which have proven of extreme inter- est to so many readers, did not cease with the Campfire Girls' Duty Call. It is almost need- less to say of these girls that they were enlisted for the duration of the war. # * | But it is necessary to say a word or two in. explanatign of the work of the girls in the pre- ceding story — “The Campfire Girls’ Duty Call,” so that new friends may see the threads with which we weave the present account. Mary Lee, Letty, Edith, Pauline Antis- dale, together with Miss James, who was their adviser in the Campfire Group, had gone to Washington. All of them had been invited by Ruth Evans, who lived in Washington, where her father was serving the Government. Ruth was a member of the Campfire Group and though she was in the Capital, she kept in close touch with its activities. In addition to the visit, Miss James, Mary Lee and Pauline were to attend a Conference of Girl Volun- teers, called by a number of the social workers of the country. It was the idea of this con- gº #º * * * gº; * ºf £º º *º §§ º * * fº r ; > 3. & *. *3. $...? -w *~. ; ** N fi .# Zº * ~s + * W ISI T wº sº + * ference to make the work of such groups as the , above, general throughout the country. What happened at the conference and dur- ing the girl’s stay in Washington is part of the * § # -47 §§§§ * º 3 * * * &” ºf ºx sº #: §§§ jº º jº. gº; t §: * $º *g 3:y ... º. Ş %. º º, & %. “”. * -ºš •k *x: ~. r #. # * º &# r 33.3% º * ~...~. &: *: * # * * j A * * : * º' & * story of the Campfire Girls' Duty Call. At , the beginning of this book the girls had been home from Washington but a few days. They had come in time to be present during the visit of Jack Vincent—a visit they had enjoyed as already told. * The girls, after their visitor had gone, pre- pared to leave for the week end with Mrs. Saunders. They had put off visiting the Cam- erons, until this was their last opportunity for the year. So the Camerons had been informed the evening before. “It seems to me that you are always finding excuses not to come,” Mrs. Cameron had said the evening before. “Here I have asked you to come again and again and something always occurs to put your visit off.” “I don’t see how they can help coming to- morrow,” Mr. Saunders had interrupted, “since mother and I are going.” “We want to come,” Mary Lee remonstrat- ** * 2 3 ź . . . . .*.*. * : * §: ". * ; * * 3, r 3r z t tº ºjº. $ºssº º §: §.ºš & : , ºr 4,” §: ºº:: # sº; rº. 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CAPTAIN M'Allister HERE were other guests present at the 1 beautiful home of the Camerons. Among these was a Canadian officer who had but just come home on furlough. Bob was not at home, of course, as he was at- tending school at Groton. Captain McAllis- ter was a cousin of Mrs. Cameron. The girls found him rather reserved. He spoke very lit- tle at the late luncheon and immediately after it was over, he retired to the study. Mrs. Cam- eron explained that he had some papers to go over which he wanted to present to Mr. Saun- ders and Mr. Cameron. . “Something about the war, which I don’t pretend to understand. I heard them talking —that is, Mr. Cameron and the captain—about grain and other things and then Mr. Cameron *- 29 º, Fºº ºf 3*...*.*, * & \}º s *, * **ść *śg, ºr Fº $ *::::::# *. .* &º £, Kºś *2 -*. * *** * $y à & § 3 ºr $** tº: § º: ñº, & sº sº, sº $º' cº-º. '... '5, §§§ ..ºft. §§§ § § $4 $º & $º § §º: . . * * * * * * r - - K V ſº. ... ſºlº ſº S Cº.; º; ...º * * * . • * 2^. A *y * *-y & t * * * * *::: ». 3. & .* $ * * * s al * * , ? x. --- # l * told him that Mr. Saunders was the man to SČe. The girls found themselves fully occupied in spending the afternoon at tennis and in a long walk. When they returned it was almost five o'clock. Letty's father had already arrived; he had come with Mr. Cameron and these two were in conference with the captain. Dinner time, much to the girls' astonish- ment, found the captain quite talkative. . He seemed to have accomplished whatever it was he wanted with the two men. He talked well and entertainingly of the war on the other side and the girls were keenly interested. When dinner was over, it was Mr. Cameron who made the suggestion which pleased every- one but the captain. “Let’s spend the evening getting acquainted with the war on the other side. That is, those of us who want to. The captain has given us a little idea of things over there. I believe it's too good an opportunity to miss.” * “But really,” the captain objected, “there isn't much I can tell you. You read a lot about it; in fact, vou folks over here know more than we do.” f * * * *º. tº º #º *ºr º ºxº-ºx 3"º º . ~...:”. * * §3. § *ś §: §§ **ś tº 3: † *:::::: #-ºº: §º. * 3. 5. sº .# Y “. £- # ; : * º **'' . . .” y. º §º t; 3. º º gº º 3. * * : ¥ # * } º sºft * *** * * * } º *ś, , , ;", sº ºr ºl . . ; : ; : * *: , " - * ,” & ...? “…. ºr * **ś" & * $ºr. 3. # * 3. , & ' , &# ** 2° º ; * * ... * * %. * *-*. J” •º *: r “But there are some things we do not know, and I, for one, would like very much to know,” Letty’s father added. “That is, if you feel you want to tell us,” he added. “Of course, I want to tell you,” the captain replied. “You see, it is the things we found out when we got across that made us so deter- mined to fight to a finish; yes, to hate the Ger- 92 HłąIlS. “What, for instance, are some of the things you want to know, Mr. Saunders?” he asked as the party made itself comfortable, Mary Lee and Letty among them. “Well,” replied Mr. Saunders, “I know that the Germans have done some things that are rather hard to conceive. Unless, we place them as savages.” : “I know,” the captain replied. “It is hard to believe. It was hard for us to believe, too.” The captain spoke slowly. Then he paused, as if thinking over what had been said. * “You know,” he continued, “when we Cana- dians went over to fight the Germans, we went because England, our mother country, needed us. Their enemy was our enemy. It was go- *ir. *** **, *. *.* 3. * v *. ºn 3 Mºvº, “...º. ººk " ... tº x ºf " R. & Tºs . . º. 3 #3 º 'º jºſº, w § 3.8. *ś 3. * * *ś º … tº § - ... * * ..., ºvº Yº ( ; * * * 2 - 2 **, +, t *...*** *::::A; . º: - t .# **º & & Fºº 3 ; * * * *.x. *t. #, *r- * : & *. - ^*, ** + , ºr 3 * *** - * * . . . . ; : *-*. iº * irº º','º' vº, … ', * k <- A * T Piº iſ º * * * *, .3% # * * .r. ** * + *. * . . . . & * * - \ - y *:- * - * # * * * * * **** ing to be a good, clean, fight. The German needed a licking and we'd help to give it to . him. You see, we were rather tolerant. For we hadn’t much opportunity to see the Germa as he really is. 4. “There isn’t a thing the Hun is accused of, I wouldn’t believe,” the captain continued with sudden passion. Let me tell you. Let me also tell you that for a time the Canadian would take no prisoners and why. And then I’ll let you judge for yourself. q “You know, of course, that the German be- lieves he can terrorize those he fights by what he does, that every ugly, murderous deed of his is carefully calculated and done because he believes that in that way he weakens the mo- rale of his enemy. The fool. **. “Our Canadians had quite a share in the early fighting. And we left our mark, we counted, as perhaps you know. Some of us, yes, many of us, are dead, and many less for- tunate the Germans captured. Poor devils. You cannot conceive what these devils have 'done to our men. They crucified hundreds and thousands and left them there for us to see. 33. *; - sº That I know—for I saw it. They tortured gr. *. **º {** * g mºr ** * * & ** £º- ºr 4. ..., x: , ...º. & #. §º ºff.: ##, §§§ §: º º ; º gºś, *...º. w 3: º 4..." & #" #’ 3. * * : * : * *...* ,” ºr * **, * 3 * * * #y * . . º. * -3.3 sº +º, * * * * A * * * *. t º, à #'s * * . £º. & "...º.º.º: *º *—, , ...” * : * : * ~ *, * : * . . . . . . ; f: * { * * * * * * * * * * * xy- 3. * : * > ź dº.” .x’ ** & T. * ~... 3" * , “ . . Af.L £ 33 ; # *, *. *...* &f , - tº 3 * } * s & * 3. # 9. * }. 34 - * * * * x 3r % g g ** others and then they killed them. They seemed 'º to have picked us out and the Australians, too. “After that we fought them in a different way. So that the Hun would fly if he but thought it was Canadian or Australian that he was to meet. We made them pay a hundred- fold, yes, hundredfolds.” 3. ? ſ . The captain paused again. The room was silent. ... “I’ve seen so many things the Germans have done. War is a terrible thing; it was left for these devils to make it a thousand times more terrible. You see, Mr. Saunders, I have rea- son to believe in their savagery.” * Mr. Saunders nodded slowly and thought-, fully. No one in the room spoke, but all of them were thinking of the youth of America over there. 3. “You know,” the captain spoke as if he di- vined the thoughts of them all. “You Ameri- cans and we Canadians are much alike. If I could be, I’d be almost sorry for the Germans when they try to disturb the morale of Amer- ica by such tactics. The devil won't help them, then.” ** *º's sº sº º, . ººl," " sº sº; º: *ś, ºr º- $º *: tº ºsºs ºjº, $º sº; ** *º-ºº: X&º º- ºr xº \º s”. & ºt :: ***, º ºf s.3% ** # f : :* º, ºn §§ y 4. ...i …a ". § { * §§ § º: .. #3 § º; *f & sº § #4 ...; 3. ". * * *$gºº, ºś’, ¥º f; § *: * º sº $ * º **** § $ g º *** ** # * . $ 4 3. v. 3", ***** 3. * * : ; * , * ~, ** 34** . . : ; * + ºx * $ r- * ge. * * *. * * -: $. à... ' t i. & §.-- §§ º: IRE GIRLS"...º. * * g *: 3- Yº... * # d r & * i- .* « . $: *s-y **. * <, "... sº * < *- ... He turned then to the lighter side of the war. He spoke of many heroic deeds. But the thoughtfulness of his listeners did not wear off during the whole evening. Sunday proved a fine day. The Cameron , party spent the morning motoring and the aft- - ernoon in various ways. The Saunders and Mary Lee had found the week end more than worth while. Captain McAllister drove to town with them in one of the Cameron cars. f & s.sºs ºś * :*ś * CHAPTER V A LETTER FROM JIM LEE LETTER was waiting for Mary Lee. It had come on Saturday. The censor's stamp was on it and on one side was the mark —“Soldier's Mail.” It was from Jim Lee and came from England. Mary Lee received it with mixed feelings. It was so good to know that her friend had reached the other 'side safely, that he had es- caped the dangerous submarines, but it also gave her a realization of how close to the dan- ger line he now was. The girl found a quiet corner. She wanted to be alone. Then she opened the letter and eagerly read the contents. Jim Lee made some general comments and then continued: I thought you might be interested in our trip across. Nothing very much hap- 35 * \\ } ſã94 ; : º, .º 3:6 gº?' ºf "£ºº, º sº. º.º.º. ** = } * fºr *...*&# ***, *...* :* -ºº: §ºś3, #####!.S. º. º. º.º. * § 3 jº, gº ** *#2; • ** * 3. * * * º, ; fº...ºx rº *†† : xx * 3.3, *; º …º. jº "8 < * º 3. 3. £º. #" * , § 3. 3.; * St. #x? * +: * A * *, . + º, " ’ - * . &. & * g .* } ,” g *. sº p. * ºf t; pened and the idea of keeping a dairy did not occur to me until the sixth day out. Here it is—and please show it to Mr. and Mrs. Saunders and Letty; and please also remember me to Bob Cameron and to Dr. and Mrs. Anderson as well as the others I have met:— SIXTH DAY OUT I suppose you are wondering if I am still alive. Well, we have been spared so far and I guess we will get through O. K. This is our sixth day on the trip and our eighth day on the boat and the most of us are enjoying the trip, with the excep- tion of some of the fellows who have been sea-sick; to me it has not been any more exciting than a Sunday boat trip to Al- bany. I am one of the fortunate ones who has not been sea-sick so far. After we marched into the boat termin- al, the Red Cross served coffee and bums to us. We then received our bunk num- bers; and marched on board. Battery C had the honor of being the first bunch on board. We were assigned to quarters in the forward hold on a deck just above the water line. The bunks are arranged one above the other, three high, with a two- foot aisle between them. The frame work is of iron piping, with canvas stretched < * * • *. #. *: # 37. . . ; , * § tº #: º, * , ºf * . . * $ -č f , ; ... Nº tº sº; -- #x. sº * *- : **. ... } { 2 *, ~~ *** * ~. # as T 38 º: *. •º *3 $$.” **, * :* * : *-* * k * * & A. (just as much so as an army cot) and I have slept real good so far. Saturday and Sunday we spent most of the time on deck watching the boats in the harbor and longing for just one more chance to visit New York. Troops were embarking all day Sunday and by night we were ready for our trip across the At- lantic. We pulled out Monday morning and they kept all troops below deck until we got outside the harbor; therefore, we did not get a chance to see the Statue of Liberty. I stayed on deck until New York faded in the distance. We have had very pleasant weather so far, although we have had a taste of rough sea. Some of the fellows, started getting sick the first day out, and most of them have been taking turns ever since, supplying the sea animals with army ra- tions. As one of the fellows said “We are getting four meals a day—two down and two up.” - Our schedule for the day is made up as follows: 5:30 First call. 6:00 All out. 7:30 Mess. to ! 10:00 At leisure. $.”g & & *grº & $g sº rº, + A* *.*.*.*.*.*.* ºº: º, º º ºsº Wºłº .xr. tº. ºº, sº § & + sº * * * •& ‘’’: sº º **: §, ; * * * ***. *…*.* * * $-y * $ * -- 2: * º x - Sº $ * * , ... ', -: * : * : ? * tº * “. c s ** *33 º $, º, º *t, 3. * $ * º : * * * ** *, *,x*.*, *, **** * --- = ----------> - *** - , s , : ºº º'º, -- THE GAMPFERE GIRLS “º º' * “. *3 * … ** A. *r & **. g * * across them. They are quite comfortable s: º º §§ º, :*,x. k ****** , , ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ...' ... ." . . . : Ar A LETTER FROM.JIM 10:00 Inspection of quarters. 10:30 to 1:00 At leisure. - . 1:15 Life Preserver and Abandon Ship Drill. jº, i 3:00 Mess. to 5:30 On deck. The boat is well protected, having water tight doors in different sections, so that if a torpedo hits one part, it can be shut off from the other part, and thus keep the boat afloat. Some of the precautions that are taken are as follows: * All of the matches and searchlights are taken away from the fellows until they reach the other side. No one is al- lowed to smoke, only on deck and then not after dark. No one is allowed to throw any refuse, not even a match, overboard, f ** * + ‘r .** ºf * * * “. -*, ** as it all leaves a trail. All lights are turned out at six o'clock, except certain blue lights which cannot be seen at any great distance. Not any of the troops are allowed on deck after 5:30. At the abandon ship drills, each com- pany or battery has one certain station to gather at and certain boats to use. There -sº *** * *** AJ, ºr , tº ºx" x * º J. A, ## 3: º, S. * ; ... º. 4 3. > & :* *:::::::::::::: * 2: gº º wº 3. º * . * * * : *. , sº 54. * > # , , , 2." fº.º. ** **. g"-2 * A- 39 *** * * 3. * *...* --~ * 3. * * -- THE CA MP*FIRE GIR I. Sº .* º is really no danger, unless a life boat * ~"... • $” - * * *- * ~$ §: would capsize or someone would jump overboard. Each man carries or wears his life preserver, canteen filled with water, one blanket, and dressed in regular uniform. ** We entered the danger zone last night and from now on we are obliged to keep our uniform and life preservers on, all the time. (Safety first.) The waves today were dashing clear over our deck at times and a good many of the fellows received a free shower bath. At five o’clock tonight I had the pleasure of seeing my first whale and also a small school of sharks. The whale was about a hundred yards away and we had a fine view of him. The sharks were right alongside of the boat. I will ring off for tonight as it is very difficult writing by this light. Now, for my first sleep in my uniform and life preServer. TTH DAY ouT Still in the land of the living and very healthy. Nothing exciting happened over night and we were all up bright and early and ready for our morning meal. Believe me, there is one grand rush for the mess { A • * * * * s, * * * *.x ºr \ga. *.*, *, ºf £ºº sº, tºº # :*}}}''... º.º.º. } : *}Yºº º t r ** **** & gº º *.*.*.*.*.*. §§§ , r < , # w A. :- * * ~, * * sº *"; 2. § * * ** * :-ºº: * † ** A. " ; rº, sº * * #* * rº * * zº *** ** x^ tº gº º , , , eº f : * : *. *. * ,s's ** * *...* . sº. º. º.º. * 3 * r: * # *** * * x *" Aº * * • * ... º. ... Kº % * 4 ºr 4 ºr e *** .* *: 3, 1 º' * . .; ºft.*.*. fy * { -* x+ * # * hall just as soon as we are up and washed. Most of our washing is done in salt water. We were confined to our quarters most of the time today. Our officers took us out on deck for air at 11 to 12 and 4 to 5 as we are now in the danger zone prop- er. As yet we have no convoy, but they expect it at any time now. We are not even allowed to sing now, but we can talk as much as we please. The ocean is very rough today and we are getting a good taste of boat rocking. Some of the waves dash clear over the deck, and quite a few of the boys got drenched, Will finish tomorrow if we don’t get torpedoed tonight. 8TH DAY OUT When we arrived out on deck this morning we were given a pleasant sur- prise of seeing our convoy. They picked it up during the night. It is made up of a certain number of torpedo destroyers, and believe me, it is some amusement watching them ride the waves. They rock around just like a cradle. They are speedy little devils and plough through the waves like a torpedo. I have been out on deck most of the time today, watching them. We are now & .# * f -4. 2 rº, .* * *v. * * * * _re -º * * * \ * 3. * **, °, ..?: **, wº % $. ~ ; ** 41 - 3. * A yº * 3. *ſº & zº. * . * ***** ‘.... ? ** ** *: • ‘J. **...* 3. º ºs. ‘ ‘a’ G., &, "sº * 'º ºf , ... sº * ". * : * # **. * * * * * * *. * ? cº- 42 HE CAMPFIRE GIRLs within easy reach of land but they wiłł not attempt to pull in until tomorrow. We will likely anchor, off the coast tonigi.º. and pull in some time in the morning. * * Have enjoyed the trip very much and it seems hard to realize that I have crossed the Atlantic and am just about to enter Europe. It certainly must be great to take the trip as a first class passenger. Anyone looking at the bunch on this boat, would not think that they were in danger or going over to a war. They are more like a bunch of kids out on a recre- ation trip. * § I certainly have come through this trip fine, not even a sign of sickness and I think I have a lot to be thankful for. 9TH DAY OUT Good morning. Still safe and happy. We are all packed, ready to leave the boat and put our feet on terra firma once more. It certainly will seem good to get back on earth after seeing so much water. Last night a tank steamer was tor- pedoed about two hours ahead of us so I guess luck is with us. This morning our convoy put a submarine out of commis- “ion, another death blow to the Kaiser. We have not been out on deck this morn- % : Rººn .#1, #iº ºf * tº: Jº sº gº ºf t. º.º. 3.3% *: *g .* * *š' *** ** , , § º “... * *** **, ** ** * ***.*.*.*.* *...*.*.*.*.* tº ...'; jº º'ez , i. *...º.’, ‘’ ‘. 2. F. * * * ~ * * ** 2 * *, *.*, gº. . . ; ^.” # , º, . . ; #. $. -g, “ , ”, z. r ºr * * * * ** * * * * $ , ; * * * wº .." s' º * * { 3. F & sº:-- * ; * * *. * ** * º * 3. & W. * : * , " tº {". * * * * “r **** * ... " * T - A . .”. ,. ... • * * sº. # , § i # ing and I guess we will not get out until afternoon. We expect to land any time now, so I guess the excitement is all over. LATEST BULLETIN Back again. We have arrived safely inside of the submarine nets. We are now anchored in the harbor waiting for an- other boat to clear port, so we are now safe, somewhere in a harbor in England. No more worry. I can just picture you at home waiting for the word. One more night on the boat. We have been in the harbor all afternoon, but are just pulling up to dock. It is so. late, that they will not unload ship until tomorrow. Sincerely, your friend, Jim Lee. * CHAPTER VI LETTy's Blustra IIE GIRL read the letter again. The pic- ture Jim Lee had drawn of the trip across —a simple, matter-of-fact narrative, was the more impressive because of its very simplicity. Mary Lee could almost see these boys, could visualize the trip across, the precautions and the easy, come-what-may spirit of these Amer- 1CàIlS. , Letty, it was, who finally intruded upon her thoughts. “Will I be bothering you, dear?” she asked. “Mother thinks it is almost bedtime.” * Mary Lee, smiling, held up the letter of Jim Lee. She and her thoughts were far away and so she made no reply to her chum. Letty forgot her errand and instead turned to the letter. Eagerly she turned the pages of gº 44 3. ł zºº ºf *ś,"...º.º.º. ºf tº gº 'º 3 ºf sº,” º ż ż Kºś, sº sº gº 2 3 4, ºr ſºft" “ . .” -ºº º # * * & ; **ś ºf ºr 3, § º 'º *** ** º, * * * , #;" #2 º' º < 1. * # § ...” *** *; § A. sº . . $ 's ** **. * * * **, ' , & ". . .”. ; , , ºr Å. & #:4. * : * { # # , “’. ºt *** .* & {} : 3, * * * *. 3. # & S. # * … * f * , * * , º, *...* • Tº * * X* - tº ’. ~ #. : 3. & * ** * * A. g * * ** f .# .* Ar A # * it and when she was through, she handed it back without comment. W “One can almost see them, can’t they?” Mary Lee remarked slowly. } “That's it,” Letty replied. “It grips you, all of it.” ſt “What is it that grips you?” interrupted Mrs. Saunders, who had followed Letty when the latter had not returned after a reasonable time. And then she saw the letter. “I suppose it's from Mr. Lee,” she added. “It is good to know that he got across safely, isn’t it?” * 3. g And she, too, read the letter and asked per- mission to retain it to show to Mr. Saunders. A few minutes later found the girls preparing for bed, quite tired and finding sleep extremely inviting. *- Monday and the days that followed were active ones. The girls of the Campfire Group as well as of the school were anxious to know the results from their representatives in per- son. They had been told something of what had transpired by Edith, who had received a letter from the girls on the Friday before. sº st t ... } *. 3 * • ‘f ºx . .e., " . $46 THE CAMPFIRE GIRLS . . . So Miss James and Letty made a report. It would be a month before any definite work would be started, a month of preparation. In the meantime there began active prep- arations for the Big Rummage Sale which had been put off until the business at Wash- ington had been completed. Grace Olcott, who had suggested the plan, was made chairman and a large number of girls were placed on the various committees. There was a good deal of work ahead and every girl in the Group was placed on one committee or another.- Then, too, space was assigned for storing the manythings that were to be offered for sale. It was no unusual sight to see the girls of the High School bring their contributions day after day. There were, of course, a great num- ber of girls who brought nothing—they had s , , , , -, “* : . . . . . . . . . . .”.’s, sº : "Yºğ * Yº.… " , * *...* * * $º }: 3ºz. ºº *...* * **) ºx . . . . * * * , , , º 'º º: º * & ** **, *; º; *g .**, r* r * a #y 2. ~ * 3. * * ** % * * * **,x. : ** º & ** nothing to bring. The Stowe High School made up its membership from the richest and poorest of New York. It speaks well for our democracy and for our public schools when it can be said that seldom was snobbishness ap- parent. In school, most of the girls forgot their circumstances. It was always a case of Mary and Ann and Grace and Ruth. The value of a girl was weighed by what she did, * $5, ºr,” “... ; ; ," § 2" A cºrº - ~ * * * * * * * * * * * * * *- : 3; * * *** * > *z, * *** **, *, *.*, *. yº & 1. * * {} ºš º ..., * ... tº "º § -- ~. r". k ...? 2. s." .# # .*- : * : * : * . . . 3. ºś; * *- :* * -- %. 3 ºf #. *- .* * * * * 3. yº ..."; ...& 3 ... , 3 “ . sº ... ".3 : *...*** wº. ** ºf #, *ś Y. 3.2 a- ,” " * * * *. ** . * *'...} * * * * -** - y •4, - ~ : º &- * * * s, sº r 4. ** * ** t 3. * $ * * , . " Sº . * , ... • * : * > X. *~ 2. *…* * * • ‘s %. * *. , a * * *. ... } w * * promptly realized how hard that would be. She looked to Mary Lee for understanding. She had been so far from meaning offense; and Mary Lee smiled at her and Letty knew that she understood. The girls went back to their places while Letty's chum folded the garment and wrapped - it very carefully. A little later Sonia left the TOOINT, - “We have to think of a way to make Sonia understand the spirit which prompted you, dear,” Mary Lee said when the door had closed after Sonia's departure from the room. , “I’m so sorry she was hurt,” Letty, sobbed, and tears rolled down her face. CHAPTER VII DISCUSSING SoNLA ETTY was depressed for many days over the incident. She vowed she could not look without shame at the offended girl. But if Sonia felt it at all, she gave no sign of it; and, as often happens in such cases, where before the girls seldom saw her, they seemed to run across Sonia at every turn. In the meantime the work in preparing for the big event had not slackened. The chums found themselves often in the company of Pau- line and it was through Pauline that they were given the opportunity to straighten matters with the Russian girl. - The two had been discussing the affair, or rather, Letty had come back to the subject be- fore Pauline. The latter heard her mention Sonia's name. \º. 51 .**º- ºr **, * 3. § * .* “a º * †, * #8 } & A. Y. 3. *- 14. * * * JA ** * . # f { . & Rºß. '8"> *: 3. §º * Fº x, *: §§§ 5 §§ º: #3. sº *:::: §º * * **. * *, *, * ...?: # \ § -º & $º. $. s’ ‘, ‘4 t \; \* jº. £º º * * º # º * e * * Sºº. § yji § Sº...º.º. º. Sº, #3. "...º.º.º.3; § º: * * ? ‘. . . sſ §, sº § $3, sº tºº, sº gº º, *…* ~. * *.*. . * **, * * ... } $ 3’-3 #: £8 ; : * º * 3" * *. sº & * * §§ & * l } § much interest. * * * , “Do you know her?” Mary Lee asked eager- ly. ' t & “We are good friends.” the other replied quietly. “My father and her brother are very well acquainted and when she came to the High School I met her.” Mary Lee explained, what had happened. Pauline smiled but there was a tender light in her eyes. “Sonia is fearfully proud. They are very poor and she sees the garb of charity every- where. You couldn't make her believe that Charity was the greatest of the trio—of Faith, and Hope and Charity. She suspects the offer of it in everything. Proud? Why, I have known her ever so many months and I have learned that I must not in any way make any offers to do things for her.” rº- “But I would gladly have worn that suit myself if it had fitted me,” Mary Lee said. “However, I can understand her point of view in part,” she added. { “And you should have seen her in it.” added Letty tearfully. . . f 3 º ääß. tºº sº § º: ºzº º sº § º: § łºg 3 * * . §s *: *:::, ; 3.3.3 J. * *::::: * * * **** §§ * * * * g. + ºx , - . . .# : g *, * * •. # of our Campfire Group p. Mary Lee specu. lated. * * , “I wouldn’t be at all surprised,” Sonia's friend answered. “It would be quite in line with her conduct, wouldn't it? She couldn't help by personal donations, she couldn't get - contributions from her immediate circle; there- fore, not to have the need of making explana-, tions, she kept out of things.” . “Well,” said Mary Lee, and there was that in her voice that spoke decision and a set in- tention. “We must find a way to get her into things. I remember very well how hard it was for me, and it seems to me that as soon as she becomes actively interested in our aims she will naturally lose a great deal of her oversensitive- ness and we, in turn, will reap the benefit of her companionship.” t “I'suppose there is a way,” said Letty, stilr quite dubious. d There's always a way,” replied her chum decisively. “It’s for us to find it.” f CHAPTER VIII THz SALE TNHE day of the Big Rummage Sale, as it had been so well and successfully adver- tised came at last. It had meant a good deal of hard work to all of the girls—and as is usual in such cases, there was doubt up to the last moment as to its success. ... " It really was remarkable how much the girls had found for the sale and the number of sources of supply. What is one man's food is another man's poison—and so the things that Mary Ann did not want were just what Josephine wanted. It was a matter of wonder to everyone present how much in demand everything was and how easily things were sold on the afternoon and evening of the sale. There were, of course, a number of things that were new and every- , thing was priced ridiculously low. 55 f : ***, *, g º ºr * * *** : e 4 ºr º: * * * *r * * * sº . § 3 º'º. 3. º , * S º ** * $3 { • ? Jºk. % * ~ * *** * * * i. f 3. tº. } * f & * * 3. *.* %. 3. * i.º. * *. “I don't see Sonia, do your Letty said to W Mary Lee. It still was troubling Letty. * : *.*... ', sº fºs * * * , "º: º3.º.º. tº, *...g., $ 3.3 ºf: $; $º ,” ºr º, ..º.º.º.º. * *:: * º A. * §. * * + º, *: J º *::: < " *. 3. * - º: **. “No, dear. But she hasn't come, I am sure, $ simply because she hasn’t the money to spend on things.” º, -ºr “It’s too bad,” Letty remarked heatedly. “And I don’t think it fair, that some of us' should have so much and some so little.” Mary Lee smiled at her friend. “From the way you talk one would imagine you were one of those who had little. You're a nice unselfish dear.” And the speaker glowed with pride in her friend. te “Look at these pumps,” Letty remarked. She had already forgotten her heat of a mo- ment before over the world’s wrongs. “Aren't they wonderful? I must simply get them. They’re new too and such a bargain.” “But Letty, you don’t need them. And you know our pledge.” “Oh–” There was a wealth of meaning in her exclamation. “I forgot.” Mary Lee watched her friend curiously. Was she going to succumb to the temptation of t ** / gº ºf ºfºº *...*.*.* tºº, º Łºś.3. ~ , i §§§ 3; ſº “f ºzºtº ºr f º gº; #.; º 3. * g"º ##$º: £º:flºº ** *:::: #º * º 3 * * * *:::::: :* . . . kº º: #: * *: is ty, ºft.* 3 * **: ſº ºn 3 º' ºº # * : . 2- sº *, **** , , , º 'º r". ***:: &# ... * * * * , ºº's jº, º, ºs ºf ** **ś Å" . . . ; ; ; ; ; * , ººººº; sº * , , ; **º %. ,-- ~~ sº ; $ º Å si i’,‘s ºr , -c". F -s." 3. $$.2 * > * • * * * * * : *- * * *** * A ºx ºf * † **** * A *** * ; : t 3. * $ge *}. 3. * * *** * * , .s * x ºx * , .# -- **, t q * a wonderful bargainſ she knew Letty and she also knew that her afterthoughts were so much saner and showed the real Letty. r “I’m a silly,” Letty finally said. “I would have been furious at myself if I had bought them.” g -- Af It was close to eleven o'clock at night when the sale was over. Some of the girls insisted on staying and counting the receipts. Mrs. Saunders, who had been of great help to the girls, needed but little persuasion to per- mit Letty and Mary Lee to stay with the oth- . ers. She was as keen about the result as any of the girls. …º- A number of them checked each department and gave the results to Grace Olcott who with the help of Pauline was approximating the total. \ There was a hushed silence as the grand total was being figured. t “It must be eight hundred dollars at least, it seems to me,” optimistic Edith whispered to Alice Brown. “It can't be that much,” the other replied in a low voice. # 58 THE CAMPFIRE GIRLS “You surely must have made a mistake, Pauline,” Grace exclaimed when the former had made her final addition. It can’t be that much. Let me add it.” “Are they correct?” Pauline asked. , Grace nodded. Her flushed face indicated her excitement. “How much do you think it is?” she asked. And then without waiting for an answer, she added, “Eleven hundred and sixty-four dol- lars. Isn’t it wonderful?” There was a shout and everyone broke loose in loud chatter. - “It certainly was a wonderful idea, Grace,” Mary Lee said warmly. She was standing next to the proud chairman of the committee. “And it couldn't have worked out better. You should feel proud.” r - “Weren't the girls fine and didn’t they work hard?” Grace replied. She was anxious to share the credit with the rest. “Time for home now, girls,” Mrs. Saunders reminded the two girls. sº CHAPTER IX SoNLA at Home ONIA was busy over the evening meal which she was preparing for her brother and herself. It was a simple meal and required but little culinary skill. *- The Laskers, brother and sister, followed a simple schedule. On Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturday evenings Sonia was employed at one of the local moving picture places as pian- ist. It was her ability that held this work for her—the owner of the place wanted her to play every evening but was content with the com- promise of three days a week, employing one of less ability on the other evenings. Emil, her brother, worked every evening but was per- mitted enough free time during the day to con- tinue his studies at the medical college. It had been a hard and fast rule that Sunday should be a free day. There was need for it, 59 2 º §º ºś §§ §§§ º §§§ ×5 §§ºś º 㺠§§º º: § §§§º §§ §: § § §§ sºº §: g º § §§ º & > frºg º º Gºjº.º. - . Cº. x3 . fºgº **; jº &º: ºbºx: #EAM: ;GERI:Sº *::: § { *. -- * . ** s" sº 1. º. 3,, sº º Fº º sº -: * tº sº gº. ‘a as axe -: 4-r # e." §: §3. ~ y, i. º ºx 8 ºr ºve: * . §: sº :* sº . . . . . . . . . . º, *34 *... • ‘ * }, * * * .# * * * , , & xx. *. , , , " : - . $. • *; * 3. ** - “. . . $º- & ..fºr * * * *, * * * >3. ** † % * **** # A Y- *, sºr V& * * , you may be sure—for ë. girl on her free eve-, x '. 8, \ \ s wº *. g * 3, # s ſº. ! 4 * * t; Il th evenings that fe SUI 2- º, nungs or ra ef O € at were t º j posed to be free, devoted her time to her study, '' in music. She, like many Russians, had talent in that direction—and her study there was fun to her. -& \ She was a highly emotional girl, with quick impulses and a fierce pride that kept her from making friends easily. Both the Laskers were determined to be self-supporting and yet each had a consuming but not an unhealthy ambi- ar tion to move ahead. Greatly gifted, each of them, one in medicine and one in music, they permitted nothing to interfere with these am- bitions. ~ \ \. The reader must not understand. There are ambitions that are fine, ennobling things and there are ambitions that are anything but that. In one, one deprives oneself of everything for the greater goal; in the other, one uses every means and every end, uses them selfishly and recklessly to further one's end. The ambitions of the Laskers were built on solid rock, built on self-denial and devotion to the goal ahead. They sought no aid, if the goal was gained, it was to be their own achievement, $ •v. * Ar t # * #. § *::: º - * gº. A. ? $º. *ś, 3. *śjº £ºſº sº * * * * *:::::::::º &’ ºr º 3. 4..." “. . & olºfº'º. § *: -* * , 3. ; : 3. 3. 'º §§ %. ? ~# * * H ºf; ** * 61 - * Z, ‘. . * . .” ! +: +, f † :- * * ## ** §§ gº § r §ºg.º.º. Ž. sº ºf. sº Žſº # , , +. ** * * * A •4. * ~~ On this late afternoon, a Tuesday, Sonia, ... following her usual custom, was preparing the 3. meal for herself, and her brother. She was : thinking of the sale of the Saturday before. She had heard while at school the day before how successful it had been. She had been , tempted to attend Saturday afternoon but had fought the temptation down, “Someone would have tried to be offensively nice,” she thought. “I’m glad I didn't go.” She tried to convince herself of that but there was in her mind a suspicion that she was not glad and that she would have liked to at-' tend. “Well, at any rate, I didn't go and it's over and I'm glad they made lots of money. And some day when I am successful and Emil is a great big doctor, we'll be able to join in all of these things and be as good and as important as the best of them.” *- So she mused and her thoughts of the mor- row, the days of prosperity made her quite cheerful. Someone knocked at the door. It was Pau- line. * r * * . . ~ * ** “Hello, Pauline,” she greeted her friend; . warmly. * ſ +. v + * “Hello, Sonia,” the other responded just as: warmly. • . 3 * “Come in. Excuse me, if I don’t entertain you except by the way I prepare this meal. Cooking isn't my strong point. It’s a cultivat- ed art with me.” s' “You do it quite well,” Pauline made an- swer. “But that isn’t what I came for. I’m having my friends at the house, the day after tomorrow. Will you come?” There was a perceptible stiffening of the girl's shoulders. “I do not think I can come,” she replied. “It’s none of my business, of course, but why can’t you come?” Pauline inquired. “I just can't.” *, “You mean you don’t want to come,” Pau- line replied. “I see.” *. “I’m sorry Pauline. I just can’t go. Why don't you understand? I don't want to hurt you.” # 8 ºr 3xxº: tº sº; sº, ; : * * *:::: tº: sº & & 4 < * * * * * : * * * * * ºśt: ºg º żºłº, º _* 3: . g * 4. *, gº g & *& # * , Ž % Ax * -ºº. * * * { *...* •+ .** * º *. *…*, f ~. :- * sie.” & * -- *" * * §§, ; 3. ..º. ºff, “ ; *42: %2fºra 2 * { ‘. .*.*. º * * > 33 5%, g tº ºrs. *; ~ “vº -º 2? { º t • *. # * ‘. #. * . * * * re ** x * <3 & “º * ‘. * . ...sº, * * y xt 3. §º. * * . º §ºgº tº *, *: .. * *. * A $. * * ~ * # “But you are, Sonia. I come here and am glad to come. Sometimes I come uninvited, sometimes I am invited. You are my friend. I come and go freely as I would with other friends. But you never feel that way—and I think it's just selfish pride.” “I can’t mix with your friends. You should understand that, Pauline.” “Why not?” the other girl questioned. “Are you their inferior?” “I don’t think so,” the other replied with simple pride. “But they think so.” “You mean that you think they think so. None of my friends do, as a matter of fact. I count friendship too much to think that they WOUl .” y “Pauline, I just can’t go. Don’t you see, can’t you undestand? Everyone present will think I am an interloper.” # ~” “Listen Pauline. Do you mind if we speak frankly, absolutely so?” “Gladly,” the other replied. “But won’t you stay for supper! Emil will be home soon and - you can run downstairs and telephone home.” t & “What are you laughing at? Me?” Sonia º, questioned uncertainly. . . . . . . . . . sº “Yes, at you, silly. But I’ll stay for supper and I'll go downstairs and telephone. And when I come upstairs and when supper is over , I'll tell you just what makes me laugh.” ! * Pauline returned in a few minutes. A little later Emil arrived. The two girls had set the … table and supper was ready in jig time. Y * \ CHAPTER X EMIL ENTERTAINs T was a merry supper party, for Pauline . . was thoroughly at home. Emil had grown accustomed to her, he liked her, and there was no feeling of constraint on the part of any one. Neither Pauline nor Sonia made any refer- . ence to their discussion before supper; they seemed to have agreed to keep the discussion to themselves. Emil was full of stories and ex- periences at the medical school. * “But, if you think that was interesting,” he said after the girls had laughed over one of the fool incidents at the school, you should have been at the drug store the other day. A woman came in and she seemed to be suffering greatly. “Mr. Calhoun, my employer, waited on her. ‘What can I do for you, madam?" he inquired politely. * 65 gºsº & º º tº º, . ; ; Sºº. jº ... " º lºg º §§ ºš § 3: . o º º ºx.º.º.º.º. § - - º: -- ºw---> Žiš §§ } . . .3 sº sº wº 3. §§ º º ºś ºšº & ; : &# § -º º º ºf º .*.*, * º § §§ X: ºfº, §§ &º º A% k * * , 3 * * * 3. \{* * , £ * * $º -, * ** * tº *. º > . “, -i. x * * “, . º & $. v. . . .*. , * * *, § **. .*. º: º 3. ºf * *3. t tº “You see, he is a physician too, so : º tºº § {< j “, he has the . . . & J y # \ , # * , .*, *-* ‘. . ex " ' * tº right to prescribe. , , , ... . --> cº- ºś. ..º §. sº Pºś 㺠£, * §ºž% tºpºnºś sº- 'º. . . . . .” --~~~~~~~~~~~~~ : * ~ : ‘. . .”.º.º. *** * } * - ~ * t ; + f º' s º y …” r , t y & # • * > * . . º “‘I think I know what will fix .” Mr. * * n 3. ow what you up, Mr. '4 Calh ared &T. L. " º !------ ~ : J. " alhoun asured her. ‘It is a special medicine. ... - * {* 2 r & of my own. 2 * w ! . * jº # & * gº * 66 b * tº a tº - . “So he went behind the partition. And when w I came back there, he had some bitters, a little f sugar and some coloring extract.” *- “‘What medicine are you giving her? I asked, for I, wanted to know how he had di- agnosed her case. “‘Something that tastes bitter enough and has a little color,’ he replied. te .* { “‘Why, what's her ailment?' I asked inno- cently. “Mr. Calhoun's eyes twinkled. “Her ailment is in finding ailments. There are any number of people like that. She wants to be told she is sick and treated for it.” “He came back to the woman. “You’ve got appromatix, I think, Mrs. McGuire. I think this will help you,” he said. “It costs a lot, how- ever,’ he added, and he charged her one dollar and fifty cents.” - **, ºgº & ; gº sº à. sº º $º º º, º ſº...º. º *-yx §: §º § à * ºf ººººººººº ſº; * §§ * ...ºf º §§ § … -º §º § : * .º.º. ººººººººº. c §% * $ § §º sº {&#". *4 evº s § ºf tº-º: º *; tº gº .*.* .** $, * s ** 3: , ś §§ 3. *...*.*. iš i §§ § º §. §º º ś #. $º * f. ; * ºº:: g * J “A }, % *~, * , \. 3. 73. A far 3. & º--> t *; * * * : ** * * ~~ * : *. .*- ~r “w # : * § º **** - *.*.* 3. ºr < *.*. A. * x * , º % ºf *::::::º • ?” * * ** r * ,3 i if she was going to refuse. It really could be done, it would be quite simple. But do you think it is fair to Sonia?” “I think it will make her see better than . anything I know. It will make her realize that an offer of help should be taken in the spirit in which it is made. I say, let's try it.” “All right then. Now can we persuade Let- ty? Let's find her.” Mary Lee suggested. But Letty was busy in one of her classes. So the girls had to wait until after school hours. Because of the fact that two other girls were with them Pauline and Mary Lee could not bring up the subject until they were almost at ºn º º ----- §º sº sº º §: : º: Xº º jº: 3. #; tº: ; § º : º º º : : *** * * **ś - T & "A Yº: sºft", º żºgº; º: * * ** * : * º º: 30. **. A. 3. 2 * - ; : .*** *3 -. * * 'sº *ś ..? : * > ::--------- . . . . . . . . . . ;--, 3: ºr . . . . . . . gº; f : ... * * 4 º' A 3. g .iº. + cº .*ś, .# - & 3: Pauline's door. When the other girls had gone & is " *. # t * *. º \, on their way, Mary Lee turned to Letty. º: w 4 • 4. } º * º,"; - £& 3. f f W. º * Let's stop here for a few moments. We -A bave a conspiracy to unfold to you.” c. * “Is it about tomorrow?” “Letty inquired . - curiously. gº. #. - “Yes—and you are to be the villainess.” Pauline made answer. * º “Unfold your plot then. I make a very good villain I guess.” . , CHAPTER XIII AT PAULINE’s HoME. NTOT altogether to the girl's surprise, Letty l, would have nothing to do with the plot. “It isn't because I mind showing how little I know. I don’t. And I wouldn’t have need to pretend difficulty in playing the Sextette—I would be in it, if I attempted it at all. But I don’t think it is fair to Sonia. Suppose she suspected?” * * “But suppose she doesn't. Suppose she finds out that she can be of assistance to you—and at the same time realizes how crestfallen a thing it is to have her offer misunderstood. She won't suspect, Letty, if you play your part.” But it took almost an hour of further per- suasion on Mary Lee's part and on the part of - Pauline before she would consent. , 78 §a º’s ºxfº, º ##***.s.º.º. ºf & Tº A ºff... º.º. &e. * : * **ś #: *º ... tº **ºrsº  & f * *. *º- ºg *.* *** ****** ;º º } º i. ºº * 3. * T.º. tº:*ś º i; a º # # wº- º * 3. <> t g? 4 x = } g º # # £ }r *} … • * : Š- $ 3 * *... " -> * & 4 s $, § * # * $ 3. & ~ * * * ... f : k ** ... ." y” $ º s: rº * # , &- ... ** : → *, * * * * , g * * } * f * * •. * sk 2 ºz. * ... 34 .* * • "º 3. *. * * g; * # * * # * * 3r j. “Don’t blame me if things go wrong,” she warned them. * • * gº º “But that's just what we will do, if they do. For it's all up to you. And remember, Letty, it's the way to make Sonia understand and once she understands it will be so much easier to make friends with her. And now, let's go home.” j “Come early tomorow, won't you?” Pau- line said to them as they left. Mary Lee found quite a job on her hands that day and the next to keep Letty from changing her mind. After school hours Thurs- day, when Letty realized that there was no way - out, she spent all her free time in practising the part she had selected. w tº The girls arrived quite early at the home of the Antisdales. They were the first but Grace Olcott, Alice Brown and Edith Atkinson came almost immediately. Then Sonia arrived and after her some others. It was quite a merry party and Sonia lost a good deal of her aloofness during the evening. Someone suggested that Letty play and Pau- line overcame her apparent reluctance. So tº sº. §º fºg 3.-", sº *...** sº §§ *-x sº. * ** rºº ºs- ºx • ** -º-, $º º 3 * § * $ ić, w tº “... * * sº § * * º * 3. * 3. 3. * . . * " ; , * ** $r *g # !, *: A. * sº, cº- * sº , cº- 3. * * * § * t -5 £3 s.3° lº,"; t & " ". .* § 3. {sº} 3. * Aş *; *- * ** 2, * gº $º # º słº, {{* º § §: **ś º” . y #. * * * *.*. & % Letty played a light thing and did it fairly well. ... " . There was quite some applause and then Letty tried the difficult piece. Things worked out almost as planned. She found herself in difficulty at the right point. There was a pause, then she tried it again. The practiced ear of Sonia realized where the trouble was and with- out another thought than that of having good music rendered right and helping someone in distress, she hastened to her help. “Oh, let me help you please. It should be this way.” d f º & *. *. & & * * *, * ; º 3.2% & # “r -- .# * * * * * * *, ' ... *** * tº • * ** X.” *. §§§ºś’; #º *ś sº I No one could have taken offense at her prof- fer of help. But Letty acted her part beauti- fully. ** - She looked up, uncertain. “Oh–” she said. And Sonia gathered what was intended that she should gather. She read in Letty’s attitude the hurt feeling, the hurt pride. “But I didn't mean it that way, Letty,” Sonia exclaimed, “I really didn't.” And then Letty forgot the part she was sup- posed to play. *. % ** * * f sº i.” ? & ** {3,333; sº ºf * ºg Fºº ** *; *ś •rºs X ºfº.º. º. ****, ºf ºº:::::::::::: ***::::::::::º. sº º **** * +, ſº 2. * i. * x, ‘...º. A r .* - * - 7 A, ºr A. : *- f ~ f 2 : ** .# - . * * * * :ºx. 34 -- 3 * t 3. ---, .* ... * * * * **, *, *, *** º, §: #8 2- ... * º, * . . . . . . .- º ... - * * ~" ** : *...* a . . . .” - ; jº. ** {,” * : & ; 1:0 * r * - , , .# *, * * * 4. $ -: à- * * * * \ f *** + $ * * #. * * º ** A f f * -t: -* * “Oh, I know it, of course I know it.” She forgot that she was in the middle of the difficult. piece but stood up and threw her arms about the other girl. - # , * Av “It was nice of you to offer to help me. Kind and generous.” …' “I’m sorry, Letty,” Sonia remarked con- tritely, “that I acted so horridly that time.” “It was all my fault, dear Sonia. I just didn’t use any sense.” And while the two, forgetful of the other girls present, went off by themselves, it was Mary Lee and Pauline who distracted the at- tention of the others... That night, when the girls were on their way home, Sonia, without any loss of her fine pride, had learned that friendship must always be a matter of give and take—and mostly of under- standing CHAPTER XIV Sosia and Larry Become Fairsps | *NYOW there came a call of the girls who had $ been appointed to the Executive Board : of the Girl Workers and Mary Lee was called to Washington. She made a report of the Sale, and the Gen- eral Committee was interested because of the possibilities of such work elsewhere throughout the country. She came back enthusiastic. The develop- ment of plans had progressed in great fashion. —and the girls everywhere throughout the land were responding to the demand for their serv- ices. ** } There is always something fine in the en- thusiasm of girls—and that fineness is of course doubly worth while when it is for a big cause. It had been heralded everywhere of how boys ſ t | 82 * * * 4 * > r r. * Fºrwºº-ºº: --- *…*-ºs. º.º. ~52 # *-*.** 23 ºf Jºaº fºgº.º. º. £º..";º, 2** sº - * - § 3 ; , to -- ... * * * * * * > . !, z º." #####">,” ſº 3ºz.: £º. º. º, £º.º. ºf 'º'; ' ', º, ; * : * : :: * : 2 * * * * k {4 fº. x7:3. ... : :"...,’ ‘’’ ‘’’. Aft: * † - ? ) - 2: - - * * ~ * ~5 #;" * * §§ * , r < * * * * + ; , , ” x* , , A * 3 * x * x F. .*.* • * , * x * * -** SO A *- * .." ; º: * } º º .# t y r .* -*. A. 2- : ~ * : f d ! 2. - ~, g } * , *** were helping; so many had gone to the farms, ſº ' ' , so many had helped as Boy Scouts. The girls, who had learned some of the freedom of thought and action of the present day, found something inspiring in the call. They were *. proud of the fact that there were ways in which they could help. . . Mary Lee's work was quite heavy and re- quired much detail. Miss James was always a source of inspiration and Pauline was soon ap- pointed to help her. The big city gave her fruitful ground and the girls to whom she had to appeal were glad for many reasons that it was another girl who was making the call. It is not our purpose to go into details of this work. This story must deal primarily with the doings of Mary Lee and her friends. It is - only necessary to say, however, of the events relating to this activity, that the success of the Committee elsewhere did not surpass the suc- cess in the big city. Sonia and Letty had found much in each other to admire. They were so much alike in so many ways and yet no two girls could have s been more different. Sonia's friendship for Mary Lee had consid- * * 3. & *, & * A v. & P *- ~ *,” & “... • *. ... 3.- : * . a. * * 3:3. º } * * 2. 3. * * * % ~, * sº * ºś $º gº & *: §: *º- *; § Ş. § fºx. *3. †º .* §§ ..º. § 3. º º §§§ tº sº sº. 33.33 sº, º ºsº * º § º *. s: k 3, º.º. º.", »s $s "Tºxº 3: *ś f \, ', " $, "... : S. * º- ač * * : s } Kº- ºr #~ * * : º: 25; gº º gº sº ºx *** * .*.*.*.*, *s *…*&S : .º... * * * E GIRL } $ * f erable more restraint in it. Possibly this was because of Mary Lee's many duties, her lack of free time. Sonia admired that efficient girl greatly, yet she found herself greatly re- • strained in her presence. It was but a question of time, however, when this restraint would wear away. It need not be supposed that Sonia’s conversion was sud- den. It was not. And being tempermental, she had moods when she found herself con- trolled by that fierce pride of hers that saw nothing else in the friendships but a growing loss of self-respect. Possibly no one more than her brother, he who understood her so well, helped her to see things more clearly. She was well aware of his pride, sq much like her own. But it was after the girls had come to Sonia's home one day, when he had been there and he had realized their fine simplicity and absence of even the slightest taint of snobbery, that he gave expres- sion to his opinion. “They’re certainly fine, aren’t they? And I'll bet they make fine friends.” So Sonia's false reserve wore away. She f 3. 3-. J. ** ~ * * ** ~ * _º. º:8 ź .* º º º: •º &#. *. tº jº * .* + £º Fº * * ;: 2%, 3... * - f * • ' ' ... * . . ; + ~& -4 - * } ...” - soon found herself giving no questioning thought to the friendships she had made—she took the whole thing naturally. And as is true with all friendships—she got a good deal from it—and her friends got just as much. The chronicle of Mary Lee in after life will not be complete without including something of Sonia Lasker. *. sonIA AND LETTY " . . ss. ºfºº ºft *º. % gº ºvº #. # *g. Tºšº Kºśrº ºf " , ºr ºf gº º & § sº #### §.º. ###. *'. § * & % * * Y- §§ º#3...? **ś **. º§§§ * ** : *, *, f .# 3. ... & .* ... … * *. º * -* ~e, * CHAPTER XV JIM LEE MAKEs THE GREAT’SACRIFICE IME seemed to carry no leaden wings -3 these days. May came. Mary Lee received reports and letters from Jim Lee. Soon too, she heard from Tom Marshall who had been made a lieutenant. Both of them were in . France—part of that million that was so effec- tively to influence the decision. There was a long interval in which the girls' heard nothing from Lee. But the papers were 'full of the part the Americans had taken in holding the Hun. A glorious part—such a part as was to be expected from American Youth—imbued by the high purpose and strength of the Cause. * , , So June came—and with it news of an American soldier's death. In that gallant struggle at Chateau Thierry—Jim Lee made º ** 86 , * # g § 3; r 㺠#k: ** **śſ *"...º.º. **s." º: ºft’.” ...?'. :*: ſº .# 3.5% º; gº; ##!º *:::: **** gº ... £. * ..& $: ". *3% **** 3, 3.3% ºt" gº; 6.3,...º.º. º.º.º. ..., A., “ ” * * §§§ # §: § h *.*.* gº ºś * # ** ºt º ** + * * * *; **.**i. 3. Y. & #: % ſº * 't...,’ ” º 'º ºf .** * , " : ºf * * f \- + ** ºr r” . *.* ‘º ** *** * . . ; * 3: ...& A .* : * ~ * J. A * # * } * **** »” $ > :- Ar -i. 3%. 3, . .” § { *** .” } * , .* -R r -- jºr; ' '. * P t * * -- * * * - i. * * , *. º * * § - the great sacrifice. In a heroic charge in which º he led all the rest, a German shell brought him º down. He died smilingly, and we do not doubt as he would have wanted to die. It was a blow to Mary Lee. That was what . war meant! Friends and loved ones must be sacrificed. She would miss Jim Lee, he was the last tie that held her to her family. To Mr. Saunders, the death of Jim Lee, brought back to mind, the certainty of the In- dian on going that he would never return. What curious agencies, what inheritance of his ancestors had made the Indian see so clearly the things ahead? “To think of it, Mary Lee, that we will never see him again?” Letty said to Mary Lee with that quick sympathy and understanding that was hers. “It is hard. Do you know Letty, he has come to mean a lot to me—and I am so glad to have had that last talk with him before he went. He told me so much and so understandingly. “I just can’t believe he is dead, Letty.” And then and there, Mary Lee rushed to her room. Up to that moment, she felt she could not cry. 3. r f ...” s % 4. º * > r r * ** " ….. , ºº & J & Y, ºr * *. *...* ºr **** ºf .” r- º sº #º sº ºś twº tºs.. . . . . ." §: **.*.*** ***, * º' '....SYº : -ºs- § 3º sº tº º zºğ ºf ...º. º.º.º.º. * # -- º R * # * * . .* ** à *. *3. :* sº •K. is z º.º. ºs ** •º § * * * t Crying WºłS & thing that was rare with her. But for one half hour she cried quietly and for- lornly. : * She felt much better then. She saw clearly then that death was but a beautiful adventure 2 when one died as Jim Lee did. She forgot herº own hurt, she forgot her own loss. After all America came first. - There were quite a number of details with Jim Lee's death that required Mr. Saunders' attention. The mine that belonged to Tom Marshall and the dead Indian had proven ex- tremely successful. And because Jim Lee had willed his share in it to Mary Lee, the girl had come into considerable fortune. But, as may be supposed, it made no differ. ence with the girl. She gave the matter little thought. She went about her duties in, her quiet, thorough way. a" .# There were also days of play—days when the girls went to the country, or motored. And vacation time was very near at hand. * On a Friday afternoon Ruth and her mother came up from Washington—to stay over the *. *::: *ś tº;gººgº ~ . . . … " - . * g. . . . . • * . y * . * , º, weekend. She was given a great reception and . ." it was the occasion for a grand reunion. 3 “Let’s plan something for tomorrow and 2 . Sunday,” Edith suggested when there was a lull. * 2 “What can we do?” Letty responded. ' “Where can we go?” * “It’s too bad it’s only for two days or we might have obtained permission from Aunt Madge to use their place in up the Adiron- dacks.” Letty added. * “That's out of the question,” Mary Lee de- cided, “It’s much too far.” It was Ruth who had the idea that met in- stant favor. * * CHAPTER XVI Arº t A week END “Lºs go to a place much nearer home. Let's go to the Quinns. It may be a hard thing for them to accomodate us but on the other hand—we wouldn’t do much.” “What would we do there?” Edith asked doubtfully. " & * y / “We could do most anything. It's quite pretty country.” Ruth replied. * ... “We could work on the farm during the two days,” Letty suggested laughingly. “We certainly could,” Mary Lee agreed. “It would be lots of fun and while I suppose we wouldn’t be of much help—still it would be . a little.” i ‘. . f “Will you call them up, Mary Lee?” Letty inquired. * * , , 90 ‘A WEEK END 91 “I will. Of course I'll make certain we won't inconvenience them,” she added doubt- fully. --- g “Of course,” the girls replied. “We could sleepin any old place, in the barn or anywhere,” Ruth added. ** So Mary Lee telephoned to Mrs. Quinn. “Why of course you can come, all of you. We’ll make room, even though we crowd you. Be sure to come, we're awfully anxious to see you.” ***. “How many of us can come?” Mary Lee inquired. º “Six wouldn't be too many,” Mrs. Quinn re- plied. “I shall expect you on the nine o'clock /train tomorrow—unless you come earlier by auto. Good-bye.” “Good-bye, Mrs. Quinn, we'll be sure to come.” * * * * “She says she will have room for as many as six of us,” she reported. “Well there's four of us here. Pauline might come. Who shall the other be?” Mary Lee -added. 3. 8 $ § º §§§ tº: § 3.3 3. *: * f Sº S §§ Rāº; *:: *** sº §§ §§§ § gº º § § -ºš º, & º § Y º: & # - *:: sº sº §§§ * 3 ºr 3, XY §§ 3. sº º §§ . sº *...* *ś º * *** w * Ka #. * * ** “. . ***, * tº : * rº { : < . +. E}. #. º © * * Å, »º * **. fift x trºitºu, Kīltº, sº º ż, , , wº: 3. * , *. * sº * , 3. . . . . . . . .'; sº “I wonder if Sonia would come,” Letty re- ... marked doubtfully. & “Let’s go over to her house and find out. It will be fine to have her?” Mary Lee suggested. y The four girls went there at once. They were fortunate in finding that young lady home. “Letty immediately told her about the party. “We are going to take Edith’s car,” she added. “We’d like you to come if you can.” “How jolly if I could. But I have to play tomorrow night at the movie.” Sonia replied. ** “Couldn’t you find a substitute?” Mary Lee inquired. * “Perhaps I could. I tell you what I’ll do. I’ll speak to Emil about it when he comes home and then I’ll call you up. I’m sorry. I can’t give you my answer at once,” she added. § 4 “That will be all right,” Mary Lee agreed. But we are going in the early morning. Wouldn't it be best for you to come over to- night to complete arrangements?” . i . “No, I have to study tonight,” Sonia re- plied. “But I’ll telephone and if I can go, I'll be ready when and wherever you say.” **ś º: º: #3; * • * * * *.. *f; # § º 3. º t; § <º. .# ** #: * * -: , º .xx. *** * § & §r; 3. #. **. .# *::: #4. "...º. rº . º > sº. * ... * * * # * & f * º: A. ğ, 3. # gº. * ...?" i." A *::: * 4* -i. * • e , , , ” & vºr ºw' *…** * #. #. § , --> * . - . :*: # J. - g: º * * ~ * ; :-- * *; .* * º f 3 * # *y *3. The girls found Pauline at home when they called there. That young lady found no trouble tº in receiving the necessary permission and so : the only one still uncertain was Sonia. At eight that night Sonia called up on the . . telephone. * She sounded as if she was quite excited. *. “I’ll be glad to go, Letty. I’m going to sub- , stitute another night for the girl who'll play for me tomorrow. Thank you for asking me.” “We’re glad to have you. We'll call for you in the morning, then. Good-night.” ...? CHAPTER XVII AT THE FARM ; º T was much before nine that the girls after a very early start arrived at the Quinn's farm. Mrs. Quinn had an appetizing breakfast. ready for them which the girls did justice to. If she had had her way they would have loafed through the whole morning. But that was not the girls’ intention—they wanted to be tried out as farm-girls. º ‘. . Mr. Quinn, considerably amused, gave them easy jobs about the farm. The two boys had their regular chores which kept them busy all of the morning but they gave Mary Lee a warm greeting and the other girls a shy one. By midday the girls were quite tired but gamé. They had found fun in the work and Edith and Sonia, neither of whom were fitted for the work, were the cause of much merri- ment to the other girls. 94 *º # *śºrººººº; º * * º-3 º:####2, #; * & .* 3ºz. • y l , . gº * * * A * -y A. * It was fun to watch their clumsiness but the © } g g’ laughter at their expense was not the kind that could offend. And the two tried hard and probably worked harder than the other girls, - even though they accomplished very little. ** & * 3r * * .*,x* x A 3. ** .*; 2 * -- g After lunch the girls were quite rested and . voted to continue the work, overcoming the strong objections of Mrs. Quinn. ty “Let them, mother,” Mr. Quinn advised. “The six of them are just a little better than one farm hand and goodness knows, farm hands, are scarce enough. And if they work through the day I will pay them in accord- ance.” * “You mean we are going to be paid?” Letty asked joyfully. “Of course,” Mr. Quinn replied with a twin- kle in his eye. “Exactly what you are earn- © 35 Ing. \ g * “How fine,” Ruth exclaimed. ' \ “You’ll probably be surprised at how little it will be,” Mary Lee cautioned them. “Don’t forget he said we will be paid what we earn.” The girls worked with added west during the % i sº sº ; ºr 6, 3. ºx. sº * 3:r • ºf ºt, A § ºt^* £º : S., “...” ..., º, 3 r x >3.7, 2 ... " ‘. ... * * * * . " º t g *"º wº. 㺠º ..., gº. & **, ; : : sº & Sirº * * * . . •º §3. a " *. • * , ºr 3, *. - * * , º 2. * . . $4 ,, ... * 3. ‘, *: * * 3. s y º 5 *. ** afternoon. And when six o'clock came, Mr. , & *; * ; ** ſº *. .* *3 ". Quinn gave each of them fifty cents. He did it with an air of great seriousness. “I really believe I am overpaying some of * you. But after all there are some farmhands , one overpays too. So we'll call it square.” It was quite an experience for some of the girls. To Mary Lee and Sonia it brought nothing new. But to the other four, it was the-first money they had ever earned and it naturally meant much to them. That evening the six girls took a long walk. Mr. and Mrs. Quinn went with them. But, at nine º'clock they were quite ready for bed and sleep came almost at once. You can be quite sure that they enjoyed the 'rest of Sunday. And each of them found amusement in the others’ sunburnt, freckled. faces. * \ For the afternoon the girls with the Quinn boys went on another picnic lunch similar to the year before when Bob was with them. . - Mary Lee and Letty still remembered how good the steak Bob had made for them tasted. #Tom Quinn and his brother surprised the girls º #ºr + zºº.º. º. º.º.º. ..º.º.º s ºf it 3: ºº 373 ºil, º' W, " ... A , º, & '... x 25-3. *** * : * > * & r .. fºgº.º.º.º.º.º.ºt gº ºf “. . . . . . : º *: :- & sº ºr * g. -. §§ 2. “ .# $, $ f º * . .*.*.* rº. *3.3% . §§§ “j , rº, ºf “ ” ; : * ,”,” 2 - ? 3. r • , - sº º º &” # 3. ** …:” ..., , ... *.*** * * *...* * * º **** * * *** * * $. . . .” # , º r r *g .* bºº * #4, ‘. .*.* A is sº §2. r # 2 A. -º 4 : ** 3. * * * or * * * * * * ; &" ** & *; 2. … } f 3: * 97. *… º * ... 's *s tº q º for they prepared another one and it brought full and grateful praise and appreciation. It was after five when the party started for home, Mary Lee driving. She had obtained a chauffeur's license some time before and so it had not been necessary to have a chauffeur with them, All of them declared it to have been a de- lightful holiday. But probably no one had en- joyed it more than Sonia, * * CHAPTER XVIII W t AT THE ANDERSONs - “. ARY LEE, oh, Mary Lee,” Letty . called to her chum, who was busily at work in her room. . f f “Yes, dear,” the latter responded as she came to the head of the stairs. “What is it?” “You’re wanted on the telephone. I think it's Aunt Madge.” . . It was Aunt Madge. , “Good afternoon, dear. I wondered if you could come over for dinner this evening. Could you? - “I wish I could, Aunt Madge. But Letty. and I are expecting Pauline and Sonia this evening and I.would just have to rush away. Could I make it tomorrow?” # 93 ºfºº *A , ºf ++ y * * *.*.*.*** 25, fº,"; J.º.º. ºf gººgº.--'ºz “.2 : * * * sº ºr * ... *, **** * #. §§ º źº ği §ººp:%; tº '... º.º. --, "tºº º ps --- -a - --- jº-gº #9, ** §§ # , . * g *; ; #2% : rº, 23 3: 8. .2° & #.” ... : * gº; ‘. . * : * ~ * §º $ºf £º ºf , º, wº- " - :- º,” ". . . . . . . . ; , " gº ... . ,' s º * A * * → -* * .* * º & > $.” $ * ... ; *. 4. * , ** 2 : “...” # 3 - % ‘. r * A- **** ***, *, *- : , , , , * .* ºf . * * • ? { - “Yes,” Aunt Madge replied slowly. “I think so. Wait a minute and I’ll make sure.” z- She departed from the phone for a moment. It was Dr. Anderson's voice the girl next heard. “Can't you cut your engagement for this evening? If you don’t, you won’t see me for quite some time.” ...” t “Why, are you going away?” Mary Lee . questioned excitedly. * “Come and find out,” the doctor replied." “But if you want to see me—if you want di- . rect information better come tonight.” " “I will,” Mary Lee replied. “I’m sure I can arrange it.”- * “All right do. we'll expect you then.” “Oh, Letty,” Mary Lee turned to her friend. “Do you suppose Pauline and Sonia would mind if I were not here when they come?” “I’m sure they would,” Letty replied. “Are you going to the Anderson's?” • * “Dr. Anderson said something about going away for quite some time. Or rather he hinted *** § 3. * * , •r § { & **. * #, . . ** *, * *** 4 ×, ºr sº sº.” tº gº"...º.º. ºº, º ºxº * §: * ** § ºrºž. £ººk §ºś ; sºjº º 'º'; º; §§§ $º * . . . . J. * *** ** tº 9% g 8. * § $3: sº sº *:::.. º, Jº, º * §: # º < x ºf º 3. * } * sy º: i. ..º.º. º. _*s-, §4. *T**** -$3° 3. * , * 4.3.3. * * *...* * §: * *2. %. *”; 3. ºr, rººrººz. ….” Sº 100 THE CAMPFIRE GIRLs ºf at it. And Aunt Madge's voice was quite ex- cited, too. I really think I ought to go.” “Of course you had better go,” Letty re- plied. “But wait until I call up the girls and tell them.” Sonia came to the phone after a long wait. “Of course I’ll come some other night,” she agreed. . * ~ “Tomorrow?” Letty queried. “I can't tomorrow. I have to stay at home. But I'd love it if you two will come over. I'll take you to a place that sells old brasses and coppers that come from Russia, if you eome at five o'clock. I’ll get Pauline to come, too,” she added. t “We'll do that,” Letty replied after consult- ing with Mary Lee. “That will be a lark. I’ll . arrange with Pauline as I have to call her up anyway,” she added. Pauline consented to the new arrangement and a little later Mary Lee left for the Ander- son's. º *; Ay º * > * , * * sº Żºł, àº; …º.º.º.º..." 3. ſ: $º º AºEAND • **... 101 ºf . : , "º * , -* # 3. * , & . . . .” ". 3. * * * * * te ... * 3; r ^ - r f & d jº 3. & © **- sº The girl’s quick eye noticed a trace of tears ” # * t ... • lº 5 * .." tº * < in Aunt Madge's eyes but the latter smiled º r. o o * bravely and cheerfully in greeting. 3. “The doctor will soon be here. It will seem like old times to have you with us for dinner all by yourself, won’t it dear?” * º *º- * º r Mary Lee agreed. She was always comfort- able at this place which was a second home to her. “Make yourself comfy,” her friend told her. She, herself, proceeded to make herself so and Mary Lee did likewise. *. I They talked about many things but the girl knew Aunt Madge was avoiding the subject , that was closest to her at the time. Then, in the midst of some remark, she suddenly changed the subject. W =. ;/ “Do I-look as if I had been crying, dear?” she asked. “Why—" Mary Lee replied, “I thought you had, when I came in, but you smiled so cheerfully I was sure I was mistaken. You don’t look it now,” she added. ; & % & §§§º sº Jº **. *: sº • ; } * | ºś *ś ºf ‘sº É. §: is *ś *102” • * * * 3. • . ** E $. 3 * | * * , " . & 3. y t & , 3, 4 * : “I don't want the doctor to see that I have.” Aunt Madge said. “We'll tell you the news .. when he comes. Do you know, dear, he's the most thoughtful, unselfish strong man you could ever hope to meet. And he does so much, —a true doctor. He does not choose his pa- tients—he shows the rich and the poor the same fine consideration and each of them pays him according to his means and feels that he is paying for services rendered. § “The poor man pays him fifty cents, if he can; the rich man pays him well. But if the poor man comes first, if he calls for him before the rich man does, he goes to the poor man.” “He is what a doctor should be, what I have always pictured the ideal physician,” Mar Lee replied thoughtfully. . * * # Aunt Madge nodded. There was the won- derful light of pride and love in her eye. “The doctor got a long letter from Lieuten- ant Eichel the other day. Remember we told you about him that Sunday afternoon?” “Is he alive? Did he escape?” the girl questioned excitedly. Fº º º º *…* 3,9.5%:. :: **ś sº: §§§ #.º. § §ºğ. §§ tºº.º.º. º: ,-f º *A * †º º," ** ‘. .º * !... ººk * * * - * ...” - t - ºr B º * , Yºrks * * **** º ** º º - - +- * : * ..., , ; & sº ? & #,’’’. 3. yº.” 3. * 3 * , &” & . . . " *::, & º, ~~~~ :* gº **. * * * * * * * *. & A * ~: * * * º' ##| | | - * t + 3 * § * … ', º z: # w * *: k ** *Y. t * * º ** (s Ar" { W ** * “ . ., He did. He W i * sinside the German lines. but somehow after two days he returned. He’sº now in Italy. I hope he shared in the great. Italian victory,” she added. , “ g Asºº * & *- The doctor came in a few moments later and . •g } dinner was served. CHAPTER XIX DR. Andrusos Goes Over THERE :**TNTD Aunt Madge tell you?” was his first question. Mary Lee's reply was in the negative. “I thought we'd tell her when you returned,” his wife added. n * “It isn’t much to tell,” the doctor continued. “Only it was true about your not seeing me if you did not come. I’m going away.” “Where to?” Mary Lee asked in great sur- prise. *- “Over There, my dear,” the doctor replied simply. “You mean to France?” the girl asked won- deringly. “Yes, to France.” 104 * * * ºr • * • * * * • * * * * r. *...*} ** * * “And what is Aunt Madge to do? And what * will all the patients who depend on you do?” .. “Madge and I have decided that it is the thing to do. I am needed over here—but so. many of us are needed over there. And the . call is so clear, so insistent, it keeps sounding in my ears. I just can’t stay over here—I must get across. 3. ...” º “And this brave little wife of mine has de- cided for me. It was for her to say.” “Yes, he’s going,” Aunt Madge $ºted mat- ter-of-factly. But Mary Lee, who knew her so well, knew that behind her manner and her matter-of-fact speech there were tears. Not tears of bitterness but tears which, while ac- cepting and realizing the need of sacrifice, still sorrowed over the loss. 4. “I’m going as a surgeon,” Dr. Anderson added. “It really is a great opportunity. I shall be near some of the very greatest minds in my ‘line. I shall learn much and so be able to be much more useful to my fellow men. “But now, let's forget that for awhile. Let's be merry. What shall we do?” --> º 4º $$... 3. .. 3º *&^%,” {_*}<}... * - * & ſºrº §fºãº ºš). \º º , º $ 3. Š tº: 5. A --- ** #. * *, 2* * trº- 57 *gºrº, º ºsºvº. Tº & J. & # 1''" 3 * ‘. ... t 'w ..., \ , Y. ~ ; 3 * * - Sº, A K. w 's *: º r § *** *.. % r * * * … ; * > * : --- ‘t * .*. y * * * 4. w j. . . f *: + * jº ~..."; {{ 3 -> * s º *AL3 * *$ 5. > * Let's just be like this, it's so comfy,” Aunt. * * º * ...' , sº Madge replied. “Don’t you think so, Mary's % Tee?” * . . . “It’s wonderful this way,” the girl agreed. º “But I can’t quite get used to Dr. Anderson going away and leaving you all alone.” “Oh,” Aunt Madge replied and turned to her husband as if to remind him. º , “I was coming to that. We've been wonder- ing, my dear, if you couldn’t divide your time —make this your home for awhile. It will be so nice for Madge.” Mary Lee considered thoughtfully. “It’s wonderful your wanting me. I’d like to come, too. But I may think it over, may I not?” J' “Of course you may, my dear,” Aunt Madge replied. Her arm was about her young friend in a loving embrace. “It was the doctor's idea • —a wonderful one too.” f Dinner was over and the Victrola was started. It was a quiet evening. The time flew. It was quite late when Mary Lee started for } : * f; §§ ºzº.” wº 3. {j ºs º sº, º żºłºś , - •º -** * * ... º. a. º. º.º. tº # 3 &# # * > * ...fºtº, º żºłº §§.º.º.º.º.º. ºś%xº Sº, ºgº r. * ... < *ś , ; # ºr * ... ºr, s ºf ºğ at: -º • * *... r. sº % 2, # .* # . t. ..; º. 3-3 J. # ** 2. r ºf * g • . ," * : 3. * : 3. *ś. * : 3. * ºr § *3. * *.*.*. ; :4 rºy- as ~ 4.33% Tº 3r * * † 3, *...* ~, º .* : * f * , * , - . . . * *.*. * º *... : . . "... *; • 2 àº, , º, . . + º *** * * * * * .# º s: * # { l, $. t * - .x * º' 4 § t.” **. * * } * * +. * j zº, } A .” * 3. * * * r * * * * * - . . . . ſº ''' home. And her two friends escorted her all. the way. . . . !. x & * * . * Late though it was, Letty was still awake waiting for her. -** *: “Dr. Anderson is going to France. Isn’t , that wonderful?” . . “And leave Aunt Madge at home?” was . . Letty’s first question. f Mary Lee nodded. Then she recounted what , - she had heard. For hours the two chums dis- cussed the war and the increasing roll of those they knew who were over there. “And for one there's a gold star,” Mary Lee said reverently, as her thoughts flew to Jim Lee. . . . She said nothing that evening about the in- vitation of the Anderson's, of their desire for her to stay at their home. ** & * CHAPTER xx. DUTY CALLs ONCE MoRE “T SN’T this samovar a wonder?” Pauline was lost in admiration of the stately brass . Russian tea kettle. “Some day, when the war is over I shall get one of them,” she added. * “Look at these candlesticks,” Mary Lee re- . marked. “What beautifully shaped creatures they are?” So the girls were lost in admiration and it was long after six when they started for the home of Sonia Lasker. Letty and Mary Lee. were to stay for the evening meal, Pauline could not stay as she had to be home early. The three girls made their way up the steps of the tenement in which the Laskers lived. . Just before they reached the third floor, the sound of voices came to them. Someone heed- less of being overheard—was replying to oth- ers who were coaxing him to lower his voice. 108 º ta y x- #. & r * * --- i. ,” • *, # t * Aft # * ... * ... 3 * . > * y * . * f * - * * r’ **. . . A. , DUTY GALLS (ONCE MORE 109 ** **t, 3. *** * ** ****** * 2 & 4 a.º. 4.5 x. º. f : ** P ºr ºf * *... ." * * -s. * * :**ś, ź.º.º.º.º.g., sº *g, * : * : * : **** . . º.º.: " .. º.º.º. sº: # + #3, # ** tº 3, #3; tº erºr º **.*.*.* *** - " …, >} & º ; : *, * * x * * *... . . . g." *:::: * : & .” * * . * ~ * * rºº 3 * *...*.*.*.**** * § .* r * # * * , . 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Now it is a shameful thing.” “But where is your loyalty?” one of the men questioned. “Have you faith in the capitalists who run this war in this country?” “It is no time for such talk. I tell you I am going to be American. When America calls Aº 4- ** * * ; rº- * ... •ºº rººf”; ** ** - ** - º ºššº º tºº º :*kº ºś § §§ § *...*, *šº.º.º.º.º.º.º.º.º. * 110 º' 'THE CAMPFIRE GIRLsº oy * $ * -y + -, I. y- .**'s 4. 3. *.* " ; “, JP' º, º, * . . . * } } y * ; :: * : * ..., ... . * & \ } !. 4. *, 4-- *. - "... " ; me I shall go. I may even go sooner. And . . - * ** when I go, it is I who shall prove real worth to . . . . . Russia and not you.” * , , , ºº + ſº º * º * > “You will see the foolishness of your atti- ". . tude, very soon,” one of the men said. “Come, let's go.” 1. They departed, passing the girls on the stairs. tº f Emil stood at the door and watched them go. The girls entered the Lasker home. “Well, sis,” Emil said upon seeing her. “Those men you saw have made me realize that -- I had better consider enlisting at once rather than await my call. After all I am an Ameri- can—if I am, I must heed America's call.” * \ “You know best, Emil dear,” the girl said ſhravely. “There's one call I could heed at once—the call of food,” the brother said jovially. ", “You’ll have it in a few minutes,” Sonia re- plied briskly. She cheerfully went to the kitch- en, leaving her two guests to be entertained by her brother. Mary Lee after a few minutes excused her- * af * -3. * * *; A. z º * º * ***** - $ “º * \ ^{ * g.º. Tººs º ºr * r; **** **** ** *...º.º. º.º.º. 4 4ſ. :**g.; R. º.º., & Aº. 4 º' 34 ºr sº *** Tºi * f. º ; : **... . ºr" ºr ºf ** .*.*, -, *.*, *, r**, 3, 33% º, º 'ºzº, & , 3 ; } {* * : 3. º, º sº.º.º.”gº ºf $º º t * * . . . . ; ºr • * : : § *...* .. § ... 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It was hard for Mary Lee to break the news of her decision to stay with Aunt Madge. She knew it was going to be a blow to Retty—there was no conceit in the knowledge. Mary Lee in turn knew how much she would miss the con- stant company of her chum. “I’ve got some thing to say and I don’t know . how to say it,” she said to Letty one morning. “I almost think I know,” Letty surprised her by answering. . '. “What do you mean?” Mary Lee questioned in amazement. . .* & - “Has it anything to do with Aunt Madge?” **. Letty asked. • 112 CHANGEs ns Her chum nodded. “I was afraid so,” was the sorrowful answer. “She wants me to live with her,” Mary Lee said. “And I feel I should and I want to— except when I think it will be away from you.” “Yes, I know,” Letty agreed. She made no other somment for a few minutes. Mary Lee also remained silent. She was thinking—thinking of a satisfactory way out of the situation. - Finally Letty spoke. “There isn't anything else for you to de, Mary Lee. And when I think I have had you with me for so long a time and what good friends the Andersons are, I can’t evert be sorry. I feel I also am giving up something. “But we’ll see each other just as much, won't we?” she asked vehemently. “we certainly will. I think you're wonder- ful, Letty,” Mary Lee told her. And she thought of how this was the real Letty and not the Letty of a few years before. “I realized that it was likely to happen that *. º ; : *r **, * ºn *** * , * < ** *ś ºf ; ; , º, .º.º.º.; §§ º, y + \; ; ** *, & ‘. . .x $º º z^: " …" 3. *.* s:% s º jº # šº $3 }. ñº. %. º §§ º: ** } : " ' i Ş. , sº * ...i. " & ‘º-3 §: sº º: ; : §§ +. § * ** * , s , g *ść -- $ *... ." §§ { *; * * -, * * * * , f * ; :ºxº § }. } , , .” t; * . * > * * * . . . H º * s: 3. :* āşşº rº § {: % * t * $ * * * * gº : :** * & ( .% * f " ...,' *3. - • * * * *. s! #4. . ." .# § 3-. 's .*** º: 1 * & l # ** y $. ..","> -: , se wº ; : # , 2". * .-. f A § { 3. º - + * J ... + f evening you came back. I knew you didn't tells me everything. Shall I tell you something else, . . . . . IMary Lee?” “It’s about Sonia, isn't it?” Mary Lee re- plied, in turn understanding. * t “Yes, I was going to speak to you about devising some way of getting her to stay here. And an idea came to me, yesterday. I’m going to ask her to teach me to play better than I do. She can do it, if anyone can.” “It will be fine for both of you, I know,” Mary Lee agreed. “Wouldn’t it be a good idea, for me, as a third party to speak to her, Letty?” 3. , “Oh, would you, Mary Lee, would you really?” Letty queried excitedly. f A day later Mary Lee called on Sonia. Delicately, thoughtfully, she explained to the other how much Letty really wanted her, how much the Saunders home had meant to * her. She spoke of Letty’s keen desire to learn * to play at the piano. She told of how much Letty needed someone about her whom she would like and why she herself, was going to the Andersons. * s * } CHANGEs 115 A few weeks before Sonia could never have understood. But now, she realized it was a give and take proposition., She made no direct reply to Mary Lee nor did the latter ask for one. But when Letty again saw Sonia she felt that she could invite the girl to stay with her. And she did so. So it was that when Mary Lee went to live with Aunt Madge, Sonia made her home with the Saunders. From her Letty learned much in the way of music. And Sonia found herself in a real home. Word came with fair regularity, from Dr. Anderson, from Letty’s brother Ted and from Tom Marshall. Sonia heard from Emil, who was stationed at one of the camps. And Spring turned to Summer. It was a # summer of great activity for all the girls and especially for Mary Lee. CHAPTER XXII , CONCLUSION Nº. had the Campfire Group spent so exciting a summer. There was the wild flurry over the entrance into American waters of the Hun boats. For many days New York was darkened during the evening as a precaution against night raids. The war in France was coming to a critical point. All this time the American people, the men ever there, these who were over here, the men and the women, the boys and the girls, were re- alizing what war meant. Not in the way that Belgium and Serbia and France and England too, had been made to realize it but sufficiently to put all of themselves into the big job on hand. * *s. Columbia, trumpet at lips, was calling to . America to awake. And America's response was as the constant surging of the sea against 116 w .# * "... *f ...A.-fe ** .* ºs- A * •, } ... * ~% ; º cº º * & .* * ...' * ** * y -- , , ~ * * *. 3. *ſ 3. * * * * * ** -* º *, * As ** J. * * * * ..., …”- -- * fºr 3 * *: * 3: * , ś. º :*::: '3 × 3% is . $º sº. ºs., 8. ~ * ; :", * ~ * * 3. 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