Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) [Illustration: Private James H. Rawlinson] Through St. Dunstan's to Light BY PRIVATE JAMES H. RAWLINSON 58TH BATTALION, C.E.F. TORONTO THOMAS ALLEN 1919 COPYRIGHT, CANADA, 1919 BY THOMAS ALLEN CONTENTS CHAPTER I PAGE My Ticket for Blighty 1 CHAPTER II In Blighty 14 CHAPTER III At St. Dunstan's 23 CHAPTER IV Braille 32 CHAPTER V The Spirit of St. Dunstan's 37 CHAPTER VI Air Raids 45 CHAPTER VII Royal Visitors 55 CHAPTER VIII In Playtime 61 CHAPTER IX Memories of the Fighting Front 68 CHAPTER X The Point of View of the Sightless 74 ILLUSTRATIONS Private James H. Rawlinson _Frontispiece_ The Boot-Repairing Workshop _Facing Page_ 12 Sir Arthur Pearson " " 16 St. Dunstan's: The House " " 24 The Carpenter Shop " " 30 The Braille Room " " 34 Mat Weaving " " 56 Sightless Canadian Four " " 66 Basket Weaving " " 84 THROUGH ST. DUNSTAN'S TO LIGHT CHAPTER I MY TICKET FOR BLIGHTY