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It ca that she was left out of all this That really it made little difference to her whether Ao on just the same--a pleasant monotony of bustle and amuseular engagements, spiced with the excite uniforht whose going would put the light of life out for her and cause her to feel sad, beyond the ordinary superficial sadness for the absence of one's playmates

She liked theer; although it was splendid to have the real at last In truth until this er had seemed so remote; the casualty list of which people spoke with bated breath soof vast unknown numbers, that it had scarcely come within her realization as yet But now she suddenly read the truth in the suffering eyes of these people ere ood-bye, to those ere dearer than life to them Hoould she, Ruth Macdonald, feel, if one of those boys were her brother or lover? It was inconceivably dreadful

The band blared on, and the fa !

A sob at her right ht of a hter for support, sobbing with utter abandon, while the daughter kept begging her to "be calotten into this situation? Aunt Rhoda would blame her for it Aunt Rhoda would say it was too conspicuous, right there in the front ranks! She put her hand on the starter and glanced out, hoping to be able to back out and get away, but the road behind was blocked several deep with cars, and the crowd had closed in upon her and about her on every side Retreat was impossible However, she noticed with relief that theconspicuous need not trouble her Nobody was looking her way All eyes were turned in one direction, toward that straggling, deterh Hall, past the Post Office and Bank to the station where the Ho honor to the boys ere going to fight for them