BELINDA

CONTENTS

I.[A Young Man Out of the Air]
II.[The Wreck of His House of Cards]
III.[Crossed Wires]
IV.[A Decision]
V.[The Runaway Shipmaster]
VI.[Fellow Voyagers]
VII.[The Monster]
VIII.["Pour la Patrie"]
IX.[First Experiences]
X.[Belinda at Work]
XI.[An Unexpected Meeting]
XII.[The Other Side of the Shield]
XIII.[The Preparation]
XIV.[Amid War's Alarms]
XV.[At the Mercy of the Enemy]
XVI.[A Threatening Situation]
XVII.[Excitement Enough]
XVIII.[Perils Increase]
XIX.[Over the Enemy's Lines at Night]
XX.[The Duel]
XXI.[Across Burning Sands]
XXII.[Love at War]
XXIII.[Beclouded]
XXIV.[Her Fears are Sharpened]
XXV.[Paul in a Whirlpool of Doubt]
XXVI.[Touch and Go]
XXVII.[Renaud]
XXVIII.[The Hero]
XXIX.[At Last]
XXX.["Those Eyes—That Hand!"]
XXXI.[The Escape]
XXXII.[From War to Peace]

BELINDA OF THE RED CROSS

CHAPTER I

A YOUNG MAN OUT OF THE AIR

Two white-uniformed orderlies guided the stretcher on its rubber-tired wheels into the corridor—the corridor which was all white tile, marble, enameled steel and glass.

The military-looking surgeon stalking ahead had not adjusted his mask; the jetty, cropped beard he wore on his full chin gave his countenance an especially sinister expression. His black eyes—their glance of a peculiarly penetrating quality—embraced the two immaculately dressed nurses on the settee beside the door of the operating room. Sue Blaine and Belinda Melnotte had just been speaking of the Herr Doktor; perhaps they looked conscious under his swift, keen scrutiny.

Sue Blaine had begun tragically: "Belinda, I hear the elevator creaking again. It's either you or me to assist the Herr Doktor. And I'm so tired of it all!"