The French Twins

by Lucy Fitch Perkins

To all friends of the brave children of France

Map of the Voyage

THE FRENCH TWINS

by

Lucy Fitch Perkins

CONTENTS

I.	[THE CHURCH AND THE PEOPLE]
II.	[ON THE WAY HOME]
III.	[THE COMING OF THE GERMANS]
IV.	[THE RETURN OF THE FRENCH]
V.	[AT MADAME COUDERT'S]
VI.	[THE BURNING OF THE CATHEDRAL]
VII.	[HOME AGAIN]
VIII.	[REFUGEES]
IX.	[THE FOREIGN LEGION]
X.	[FONTANELLE]
XI.	[A SURPRISE]
XII.	[MORNING IN THE MEADOW]
XIII.	[CHILDREN OF THE LEGION]
	[PRONOUNCING VOCABULARY]
	[SUGGESTIONS TO TEACHERS]

I. THE CHURCH AND THE PEOPLE

The sunlight of the clear September afternoon shone across the roofs of the City of Rheims, and fell in a yellow flood upon the towers of the most beautiful cathedral in the world, turning them into two shining golden pillars against the deep blue of the eastern sky.