"Go," whispered Jeanne as the train began to move. Hastily her father left her. Jeanne leaned from the window and waved her hand as long as she could see him. But soon the train rounded a curve and he was lost to view. Then leaning back in her seat she gave herself up to her tears. CHAPTER IV A TIMELY RENEWAL OF ACQUAINTANCE Jeanne sobbed unrestrainedly for some time. A sense of forlornness oppressed her, and the magnitude of the task she had undertaken weighed upon her spirits. As Mr. Vance had said she had never traveled alone before, and now that she had actually started upon the journey a thousand fears assailed her. The idea of being engaged upon a mission that involved something of risk had seemed a noble thing, and easy of accomplishment in her own home. Here, lacking the sustaining presence of her parents, and the relaxation after the excitement of the day, made the enterprise seem formidable indeed. So absorbed was she in her meditations that she had not noticed the other occupants of the coach, but presently there was borne in upon her senses the sound of singing. "Oh, what is it?" she exclaimed with a nervous start. "Some soldiers on their way to Washington," answered a lady who sat behind her. Jeanne's interest was aroused at once, and she looked about her. In the rear of the car were a number of soldiers clad in blue. They seemed in high spirits and were singing lustily: "'Yes, we'll rally round the flag, boys, We'll rally once again, Shouting the battle cry of freedom; We will rally from the hillside, We will rally from the plain, Shouting the battle cry of freedom.'" "They are going to the war with a song upon their lips, perhaps to be killed, while I am afraid because I am alone," mused Jeanne, her lip curling in self-contempt. "I don't believe that girls amount to much after all." "'We are marching to the field, boys, Going to the fight, Shouting the battle cry of freedom! And we'll bear the glorious Stars Of the Union and the Right, Shouting the battle cry of freedom.'" "I will be brave," and the girl sat up very straight. "I will not be afraid any more, for I, too, am battling for the right. I am just as truly serving my country as they are, and I will be just as brave. Besides, father would be sorry if he knew that I felt so bad."