Copyright, 1918, by
CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY
RUTH FIELDING AT THE WAR FRONT
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | |
| I. | [TO GET ACQUAINTED] |
| II. | [AT THE CHATEAU] |
| III. | [A PERILOUS PROJECT] |
| IV. | [UNDER FIRE] |
| V. | [MOTHER GERVAISE] |
| VI. | [THE MYSTERY] |
| VII. | [WHERE IS TOM CAMERON?] |
| VIII. | [THE CHOCOLATE PEDDLER] |
| IX. | [COT 24—HUT H] |
| X. | [DEVOURING SUSPICION] |
| XI. | [THE FLYING MAN] |
| XII. | [AUNT ABELARD] |
| XIII. | [AN UNEXPECTED MEETING] |
| XIV. | [MORE SACRIFICES THAN ONE] |
| XV. | [BUBU] |
| XVI. | [THE HOLLOW TOOTH] |
| XVII. | [THE WORST IS TOLD] |
| XVIII. | [BEARING THE BURDEN] |
| XIX. | [ADVENTURE] |
| XX. | [ON THE RAW EDGE OF NO MAN'S LAND] |
| XXI. | [A NIGHT TO BE REMEMBERED] |
| XXII. | [THROUGH THE GERMAN LINES] |
| XXIII. | [THE GARDENER'S COT] |
| XXIV. | [CAPT. VON BRENNER'S SISTER] |
| XXV. | [BACK AGAIN] |
RUTH FIELDING AT THE WAR FRONT
CHAPTER I
TO GET ACQUAINTED
It was a midwinter day, yet the air was balmy. The trees were bare-limbed but with a haze clothing them in the distance that seemed almost that of returning verdure. The grass, even in mid-winter, showed green. A bird sang lustily in the hedge.
Up the grassy lane walked a girl in the costume of the active Red Cross worker—an intelligent looking girl with a face that, although perhaps not perfect in form, was possessed of an expression that was alluring.
Neither observant man nor woman would have passed her, even in a crowd, without a second glance. There was a cheerful light in her eye and a humorous curve to her not too-full lips that promised an uplifting spirit within her even in serious mood.