1 The beginning of Flag Days. 7 The nature thereof. 10The plight of the males. 14 Their efforts to escape. 17 The generosity of the people. 19 The disadvantage of a new alliance.
Now it came to pass that those who were in the land of En made them a custom, and they did sanctify certain days of the year unto charity.
2 And the days that were sanctified they did call Flag Days.
3 Now these are certain of the Flag Days that were set aside unto charity in the land of En in the days of the Great War.
4 There was Our Day, and Star and Garter Day, and Roll of Honour Day, and Red Cross Day, and Blue Cross Day.
5 And there was France's Day, and Russia's Day, and Serbia's Day, and Italy's Day, and Montenegro's Day, and Roumania's Day, and Portugal's Day.
6 And there were other Flag Days in great number so that I, even I, Artemas, the scribe, remember not one half.
7 ¶ And on a day that was a Flag Day the young maidens of the cities would gather themselves together ere the morning was weaned, and they would set out.
8 And they would hie them unto the populous places of the cities and they would place themselves in ambush behind the corners of the streets; yea, each one would take unto herself a certain corner as her own, and she would lie low.
9 And when any man approached nigh unto the place where she was hid, then would she spring out on a sudden and she would tackle him.