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During the days that followed Cameron spent most of his leisure time in the Salvation Army Hut

He did not hover around the victrola as he would probably have done several tiardless of nearby shells, and usually accompanied by another tune on the victrola He did not hover around the cooks and seek tohiry--as didletters or reading his little book, orthose last days at camp, and the faces of his mother and Ruth

There was more than one reason why he spent much of his tih they did come sometiht would not be likely to be about and it was always a relief to feel free froradually a third reason ca him here, and that was the at real people ere living life earnestly, as if the present were not all there was

There came a day when they were to move on up to the actual front Cameron wrote letters, such as he had not dared to write before, for he had found out that these wo should happen to him, and so he left a little letter for Ruth and one for his et them back home somehow

There was not much of moment in the letters Even thus he dared not speak his heart for the iron of Wainwright's poison had entered into his soul He had begun to think that perhaps, in spite of all her friendliness, Ruth really belonged to another world, not his world Yet just her friendliness ht of loneliness He would take that much of her, at least, even if it could never be more He would leave a last word for her If behind his written words there was breaking heart and tender love, she would never drea another farewell of her, what harood to write these letters and feel a reasonable assurance that they would sometime reach their destination