Aunt Jane's Nieces in the Red Cross

lery, dimly heard in the distance. The party aboard the Arabella quickly

nd some of them are over against Pervyse. I hear sounds from Dixmude, too; the rattl

he?" ask

told me yesterda

ambulances out at

neral excitement. "Warp up to the dock, Captain Carg, and I'll

ys, who was already bringing out ban

man, I'll drive you

n't know th

to the litt

e asked. "We want a steady, com

ou going?" a

firing

ill drive

ou underst

expert, m

in a res

show you. I can drive any car ever m

," exclaimed Mr. Mer

lowly alongside the

ore for news. When I come back-very

the insignia of the Red Cross. He watched her approvingly, with little a

t by his accident," said the girl, l

o must be ripped to pieces before they can feel an

o lower the two ambulances to the dock. They had already been set up a

gian. Although scarce an hour had elapsed since he departed, he came running back jus

nd flood all the country but the main road, and then we can hold the enemy in check. They will

fighting now?

but what is that? A few will fall, but we h

t at once,"

n ten minutes he knew all that was under the hood, had tested the

nside. Patsy had implored Uncle John not to go on this preliminary expedition and he had hesitated until the last moment; but

said, "and wherever y

ept along. Every vehicle gave them the right of way and now and then a cheer greeted the glit

allow no one to leave Dunkirk, the officer in charge realized the sacred missio

ops, military automobiles, supply wagons, artillery, ammunition trucks and bicycles. The boy clanged his bel

for a stream of refugees was coming toward them from Nieuport and a stream of military motors, bicycles and wagons, with now and then a horseman, flowed toward the front. A mile or t

and Beth sprang out and

," she said

re doing nicely, thank you. Hurry

your wounds?"

ork; but more are needed. Hurry forward, for so

eat hillocks of sand-the Dunes-lay between it and the ocean; on the other side the water from the opened dykes was alre

planted the dog-artillery and one or two large machine guns. These were trained on the distant line of Germans, who were also entrenching the

inters high into the air. A little way farther on the ruins of a house completely blocked the street and they were obliged to turn back and seek another passage. Thus pa

, their places having been taken by reserves. One of the officers told Mr. Merrick that they had been facing bullets since daybreak and the men seemed almost exhausted. Their faces were blackened by dust and powder and their uniforms torn and disordered; many stood without

tarted with a sudden jerk, made a sharp turn and ran the ambulance across a ridge of solid earth that seemed to be the only one of such character amongst

caps were passing here and there, assisting the injured with "first aid," temporarily bandaging heads, arms and legs or carrying to the rear upon a stret

creeping painfully on hands and knees. In all Mr. Merrick's conceptions of the important mission they had undertaken, nothing like the nature of this desperate conflict had even dawned upon him. He had known th

see what no one else can see. The Red Cross

ice sounding shrill through the din. "I s

each busy with lint, plasters and bandages, saw Patsy supporting a tall, grizzled warrior who came limping toward the car. Then he turned and