On the Edge of the War Zone / From the Battle of the Marne to the Entrance of the Stars and Stripes

Produced by A. Langley
On the Edge of the War Zone
From the Battle of the Marne to the Entrance of the Stars and Stripes
by Mildred Aldrich
Author of A Hilltop on the Marne Told in a French Garden
To The Public The Friends, Old and New, Whose Persistent And Sympathetic Demands For News Of Us On The Hilltop After The Battle, Inspired The Collecting And Editing Of These Letters, This Little Book Is Gratefully Dedicated
On the Edge of the War Zone
La Creste, Huiry, Couilly. S et M.
September 16, 1914 Dear Old Girl:—
More and more I find that we humans are queer animals.
All through those early, busy, exciting days of September,—can it be only a fortnight ago?—I was possessed, like the busy bee, to employ each shining hour by writing out my adventures. Yet, no sooner was the menace of those days gone, than, for days at a time, I had no desire to see a pen.
Perhaps it was because we were so absolutely alone, and because, for days, I had no chance to send you the letters I had written, nor to get any cable to you to tell you that all was well.