Joel: A Boy of Galilee $1.50 In the Desert of Waiting .60 The Three Weavers .60 Keeping Tryst .60 The Legend of the Bleeding Heart .60 The Rescue of the Princess Winsome .60 The Jester's Sword .60 Asa Holmes 1.25 Travelers Five Along Life's Highway 1.25 =THE PAGE COMPANY= =53 Beacon Street= =Boston, Mass.= [Illustration: "'Do you suppose that I could train my dogs to do that?'" (_See page 39_)] THE STORY OF THE RED CROSS _AS TOLD TO_ THE LITTLE COLONEL _By Annie Fellows Johnston_ AUTHOR OF "THE LITTLE COLONEL SERIES," "ASA HOLMES," "THE JEWEL SERIES," ETC. _Illustrated by John Goss_ [Illustration] THE PAGE COMPANY BOSTON MDCCCCXVIII _Copyright, 1902_, BY THE PAGE COMPANY _Copyright, 1918_, BY THE PAGE COMPANY _All rights reserved_ First Impression, October, 1918 THE COLONIAL PRESS C.H. SIMONDS CO., BOSTON, U.S.A. Publisher's Note This story in its original form appeared in =The Little Colonel's Hero=, the fourth volume in the famous =Little Colonel Series=. The publishers would have appropriately used on the cover of this book the Red Cross on a white field, adopted as its emblem by the Red Cross Society, but any use of that emblem for purposes other than those of this society has been prohibited by law. The Red Cross Society adopted its emblem in honor of Switzerland, where the society originated, but reversed the colors of the Swiss flag, which are a White Cross on a red field. It is consequently, under the circumstances, appropriate that the cover design should show the White Cross of Switzerland, where the Red Cross Society originated, and where its story was told to =The Little Colonel=. [Illustration: The LITTLE COLONEL] [Illustration: CONTENTS] CHAPTER PAGE I Lloyd Meets Hero 1 II Hero's Story 24 III The Red Cross of Geneva 44 IV Homeward Bound 69 V In After Years 82 [Illustration: The MAJOR] [Illustration: LIST of ILLUSTRATIONS] PAGE "'Do you suppose that I could train my dogs to do that?'" (_See page 39_) _Frontispiece_ "He stepped aside to let the great creature past him" 8 "But it did not stop their mad flight" 16 "He plunged out alone into the deep snow" 30 "The two were wandering along beside the water together" 62 "He fastened the medal to Hero's collar" 67