Grace Harlowe with the American Army on the RhineChase, Josephine
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Grace Harlowe with the American Army on the Rhine
Chase, Josephine
Rhine River -- Juvenile fiction; War stories; World War, 1914-1918 -- Juvenile fiction
CHAPTER VIII--HUNLAND IS REACHED AT LAST 86
“Captain” Grace barred from her billets. A soldier
policeman offers to break in the door. The girls
make their beds in an army truck. Leading a gypsy
life. Overton women placed under arrest. Grace and
Elfreda smash the door of their prison.
CHAPTER IX--AN IRATE OFFICER 97
On the enemy’s threshhold. The intelligence captain
smooths the way. Grace cooks mess at headquarters.
“Bacon in the chest and potatoes in the woodbox.”
Signed up for a voyage in the skies. Making their
beds in the kitchen.
CHAPTER X--GRACE TAKES THE SKY ROUTE 105
Taking no chances with the Hun. “Good luck, and
don’t fall out.” Elfreda has no desire to go skyward
on a bubble. Grace dons a flier’s harness. Lifted
cloudward by the big “sausage.” “One balloonatic
in the family is enough.”
CHAPTER XI--ROUGH GOING IN CLOUDLAND 116
The swaying basket arouses Grace’s apprehension.
Hearing miraculously restored. The Overton girl eats
her luncheon three thousand feet above the earth.
“Haul in, you idiots!” The balloon begins to buck.
“We are adrift!” announces the major.
CHAPTER XII--A LEAP FROM THE SKIES 128
The runaway balloon soars high. “We are in a fix!”
A cheerful outlook. Clouds blot out the earth. Grace
and her companion are buffeted back and forth by the
winds. Victims of Hun bullets. Grace Harlowe is
suspended between earth and sky.
CHAPTER XIII--“CAPTAIN” GRACE INVADES GERMANY 137
The major shakes the Overton girl loose. How it feels
to fall a mile through space. The officer floats into
view like a giant spider. “My, but the earth does
look good.” Grace partially wrecks a German vineyard.
CHAPTER XIV--A GUEST OF THE HUNS 146
Grace Harlowe awakens in an unfamiliar place and
overhears an enlightening conversation. The German
woman seeks information. “Captain” Grace finds
herself a prisoner in a German castle. Signals for
assistance. A night prowler in her room.
CHAPTER XV--AN INTERRUPTED INTERVIEW 159
The inquisitive frau gets a terrible fright. “You
shall suffer for this!” Morning brings more trouble.
Discovered! A Hun threat. A demonstration of Hun
“kultur.” Safe in the American lines. The intelligence
officer is aroused.
CHAPTER XVI--ELFREDA HAS A SUSPICION 170
Yvonne names the yellow cat. How Hippy cured
Nora’s admirer. Molly Marshall open to suspicion.
Billeted in a German home. “There’s a real mystery
for you.” An explosion wrecks the canteen.
CHAPTER XVII--THE TREACHERY OF THE HUN 182
Grace rescues the major. The ammunition dump
furnishes fireworks. Mrs. Smythe is shaken with
fear. “Captain” Grace refuses to obey an order.
“Something queer about that man.” The Overton
girl has bad dreams.
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