I. An Old House 7 II. Explanations 24 III. "A Long Time Going Over There" 39 IV. Chaperoning the Chaperon 47 V. The Confession 66 VI. A French Farm House on the Field of Honor 78 VII. Becoming Adjusted 98 VIII. The Old Chateau 113 IX. A Mystery 126 X. Breakers Ahead 138 XI. The Return 154 XII. Other Days and Other Ways 165 XIII. A Departure and an Arrival 176 XIV. A Warning 193 XV. The Discovery 205 XVI. An Unexpected Shelter 223 XVII. Two Officers 233 XVIII. The Expected Happens 254 XIX. The Field of Honor 263 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Sally and Lieutenant Fleury were Walking Side By Side away from the Farm House Frontispiece Have You Nothing Better to do than Steal? 14 The Figure Was that of a Young Soldier 122 She and Old Jean Took an Entirely Opposite Direction 208 THE CAMP FIRE GIRLS ON THE FIELD OF HONOR CHAPTER I AN OLD HOUSE There are certain old houses in New York City built of rose-colored brick and white stone which face Washington Square. On this morning in early winter a light snow covered the ground and clung to the bare branches of the shrubs and trees. In a drawing-room of one of the old houses a young girl was moving quietly about at work. She was alone and the room was almost entirely dismantled, the pictures having been taken down from the walls, the decorations stored away and the furniture protected by linen covers.