Some failed--through Love, or Liquor--while the parish looked askance. But--you cannot _die_ a Failure if you win a Cross in France! The brightest gems of Valour in the Army's diadem Are the V.C. and the D.S.O., M.C. and D.C.M. But those who live to wear them will tell you they are dross Beside the Final Honour of a simple Wooden Cross. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Young Guard, by E. W. Hornung