Transcriber's Notes:

The original spelling, hyphenation, and punctuation has been retained, with the exception of apparent typographical errors which have been corrected.

Blank pages present in the printed original have been deleted in the e-text version.



THE GREAT PUSH


BY THE SAME AUTHOR
CHILDREN OF THE DEAD ENDFourth Printing
THE RAT PITThird Printing
THE AMATEUR ARMYSecond Printing
THE RED HORIZONThird Printing

THE GREAT PUSH
AN EPISODE OF THE GREAT WAR

BY

PATRICK MACGILL

HERBERT JENKINS LIMITED
ARUNDEL PLACE HAYMARKET
LONDON S.W. MCMXVI


Wyman & Sons Ltd., Printers, London and Reading


TO
MARGARET

If we forget the Fairies,

And tread upon their rings,

God will perchance forget us,

And think of other things.

When we forget you, Fairies,

Who guard our spirits' light:

God will forget the morrow,

And Day forget the Night.