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Ruth entered into the ith zest She took the children's class which for theed onder and their little hearts almost burst with love of her Love God? Of course they would Try to please Jesus? Certainly, if "Mrs Ruth," as they called her, said they should They adored her

She fell into the habit of going down during the week and slipping into their hoarden which she distributed to young and old Even the men, when they happened to be hoer reverence Somehow the little cohts an to be troubled that some of the men drank and beat their wives and little children in consequence She set herself to devise ways to keep them from it She scraped acquaintance with one or two of the older boys in her own church and enlisted the picture machine which she took to the settle picture shows that she ht filh for all her scheh Aunt Rhoda did object strenuously at first on the ground that she " But Ruth only smiled and said: "That's just what I'm out for, Auntie, dear! I want to catch them all, and try toto France I haven't got a chance to go yet, but while I stay here II can't be an idler"

Aunt Rhoda looked at her quizzically She wondered if Ruth orried about one of her men friends--and which one?

"If you'd only take up soirls are doing!" she sighed, "work that would bring you into contact with nice people! You always have to do soot your low tendencies!"

But Ruth would be off before more could be said This was an old topic of Aunt Rhoda's and had beenyears of Ruth's life, so that she did not care to enter into it further

But Ruth was not fully satisfied with just helping her Italians The very week she caone to their old fah and responsible position in the medical world, andher old childish nao over there and help the war I know I don't know , but I'm sure I could learn I've taken care of Grandpa and Auntie a great many times and watched the trained nurses, and I'et into the Red Cross and go over in such a short tiht as they"