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Rene took them in at the door, with his rifle in the hollow of his arm,

and he was as implacable as a ticket taker at the opera

Never once in all the ly

word, an offensive glance But, though she never knew this, many half

articulate and wholly earnest prayers were offered for her in those

little churches behind the lines where sometimes the men slept, and often

they prayed

She was very businesslike She sent home to the Ladies' Aid Society a

weekly record of what had been done: So many bowls of soup; so many

cups of chocolate; so many minor injuries dressed Because, very soon,

she found first aid added to her activities She sickened somewhat at

first Later she allowed to Marie er she had ready on the table basins, water,

cotton, iodine and bandages

Henri explained the method to her

"It is a matter of cleanliness," he said "First one washes the wound

and then there is the iodine Then cotton, a bandage, and--a surgeon

could do little more"