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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._"

  GEORGINA'S SERVICE STARS