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GEORGINA'S SERVICE STARS
"If anyone comes along I begin knitting."]
GEORGINA'S SERVICE STARS
BY ANNIE FELLOWS JOHNSTON
_Author of "Georgina of the Rainbows," "Two Little Knights of Kentucky," "The Giant Scissors," "The Desert of Waiting," Etc._
_Illustrations by Thelma Gooch_
"For the deed's sake have I done the deed." --"Idylls of the King."
NEW YORK BRITTON PUBLISHING COMPANY
Copyright, 1918 BRITTON PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC.
Made in U. S. A. All rights reserved.
_To THOSE BEHIND THE SERVICE FLAGS_
_whose part in this world-struggle can never be chronicled. Theirsacrifices are unnumbered and their wounds are within._
_To the silent Heroism which shoulders the double load and faces theloneliness undaunted._
_To the Patriotism which, denied the sword, takes up whatever weaponlies at hand and wields it valiantly at home._
_To the Love which "beareth all things, endureth all things," that inits "Service Stars" may be written a righteous destiny for the Nations,and the prophecy of a lasting peace._
CONTENTS
PART I
CHAPTER PAGE
I. GEORGINA BEGINS HER MEMOIRS 13
II. THE MISUNDERSTOOD 'TEENS 26
III. IN THE SHADOW OF WAR 37
IV. HER IDEAL GIRL STEPS IN 46
V. A PHOTOGRAPH AND SOME DAY-DREAMS 56
VI. THE ONE AND ONLY STAR 66
VII. A MODERN SIR GARETH 79
VIII. DISILLUSIONED 91
IX. SEVEN MONTHS LATER 104
X. AT HARRINGTON HALL 116
XI. THE MIDSHIPMAN HOP 126
XII. "SHOD GOES SURE" 140
XIII. A WORK-A-DAY VACATION 151
PART II
XIV. THE CALL TO ARMS 163
XV. "THE GATES AJAR" 173
XVI. HOME-COMINGS 184
XVII. BACK WITH THE OLD CROWD 198
XVIII. A WAR WEDDING 210
XIX. THE VIGIL IN THE SWING 224
XX. THE HIGHWAY OF THE ANGELS 238
XXI. "PIRATE GOLD" 243
XXII. "THE MAID WHO BINDS HER WARRIOR'S SASH" 257
XXIII. MARKED ON THE CALENDAR 267
XXIV. BRAVE LITTLE CARRIER PIGEON! 277
XXV. "MISSING" 289
XXVI. "THE SERVICE OF SHINING" 300
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
"If anyone comes along I begin knitting"--_Frontispiece_
FACING PAGE "I don't think compliments are good for the male mind" 56
Richard salutes "Sallie Jane" 216
"Lieutenant Richard Moreland Missing----" 298
BARON: "What guerdon will ye?"
GARETH: "_None._ For the deed's sake have I done the deed."
--_Idylls of the King._
GEORGINA'S SERVICE STARS
PART I
"_My salad days, when I was green in judgment._"
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