By
ANNIE FELLOWS JOHNSTON
Author of "Georgina of the Rainbows," "Two Little
Knights of Kentucky," "The Giant Scissors,"
"The Desert of Waiting," Etc.

Illustrations by Thelma Gooch
"For the deed's sake have I done the deed."
—"Idylls of the King."
New York
BRITTON PUBLISHING COMPANY


Copyright, 1918
Britton Publishing Company, Inc.
Made in U. S. A. All rights reserved.


To
THOSE BEHIND THE SERVICE
FLAGS

whose part in this world-struggle can never be chronicled. Their sacrifices are unnumbered and their wounds are within.

To the silent Heroism which shoulders the double load and faces the loneliness undaunted.

To the Patriotism which, denied the sword, takes up whatever weapon lies at hand and wields it valiantly at home.