This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1918 Excerpt: ...patted his wife's shoulder comfortingly. A crumpled newspaper lay on the floor. The soup pot bubbled over the fire; the tea kettle puffed its cloud of steam. In Jacques rushed, wild with excitement. "War!" he cried. "We are at war! War is declared!" Odette understood now. "And father--?" she cried. Her mother nodded. ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1918 Excerpt: ...patted his wife's shoulder comfortingly. A crumpled newspaper lay on the floor. The soup pot bubbled over the fire; the tea kettle puffed its cloud of steam. In Jacques rushed, wild with excitement. "War!" he cried. "We are at war! War is declared!" Odette understood now. "And father--?" she cried. Her mother nodded. "He must go," she answered, and the voice did not sound like her own. "Last year, when he served for twenty-eight days at the autumn maneuvers, we could scarcely get along without him." "France needs me," replied Monsieur Armand, mn ill ipiili "You are right," his wife replied, "and we will do our part. It is fortunate that we are all well and strong and that we have money in the bank. We will work and wait--until you return to us." And she rose, herself once more, sweet, cheery, full of courage. If something was gone from her old gayety, there remained a quiet cheeriness to give courage and faith to others. The regiment was to leave for the north of France almost immediately, and the bustle and confusion of departure began at once. Jacques and Gabrielle were in the wildest state of excitement. Odette, no less stirred, understood better than they what war might mean. She was very quiet and grave as she helped her mother in the packing. It was she who slipped into the pack a little snapshot picture of the family, taken about a month before on the French Independence Day, the fourteenth of July. When the goodbys had been said, the wise mother at once took up the baskets and with two eager children to help her went about the usual task of feeding the always hungry silkworms. IN PARIS Life went on much as usual in the little home in southern France. That the children mi...
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