Produced by D Alexander and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) A PADRE IN FRANCE BY GEORGE A. BIRMINGHAM AUTHOR OF "THE MAJOR'S NIECE," "GENERAL JOHN REGAN," "SPANISH GOLD" "BENEDICT KAVANAGH," ETC. HODDER AND STOUGHTON LONDON NEW YORK TORONTO _Printed in Great Britain by Hazell, Watson & Viney, Ld., London and Aylesbury._ _WORKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR_ THE MAJOR'S NIECE MINNIE'S BISHOP GENERAL JOHN REGAN HYACINTH BENEDICT KAVANAGH LONDON: HODDER & STOUGHTON TO R. M. L. FRIEND AND FELLOW-WORKER CONTENTS PAGE CHAPTER I THE UTTERMOST PART 15 CHAPTER II GETTING THERE 27 CHAPTER III A JOURNEY IN THE WAR ZONE 40 CHAPTER IV SETTLING DOWN 52 CHAPTER V KHAKI 63 CHAPTER VI LEISURE HOURS 78 CHAPTER VII COMING AND GOING 95 CHAPTER VIII WOODBINE HUT 115 CHAPTER IX Y.S.C. 131 CHAPTER X THE DAILY ROUND 151 CHAPTER XI ANOTHER JOURNEY 164 CHAPTER XII MADAME 177 CHAPTER XIII THE CON. CAMP 194 CHAPTER XIV A BACKWATER 214 CHAPTER XV MY THIRD CAMP 229 CHAPTER XVI LEAVE 245 CHAPTER XVII A HOLIDAY 261 CHAPTER XVIII PADRES 275 CHAPTER XIX CITIZEN SOLDIERS 289 A PADRE IN FRANCE CHAPTER I THE UTTERMOST PART