"Yes," Joan whispered. Her eyes looked out over the crowded station; the little groups of weeping women; the sadder faces of those who did not weep and yet were hopeless. Her own eyes were full of great faith and a radiant promise. "He will come back, I know he will come back," she said. Outside the band played ceaselessly and untiringly to drown the sound of the women's tears: "It's a long way to Tipperary, It's a long way to go; It's a long way to Tipperary To the dearest girl I know. "Farewell, Piccadilly, farewell, Leicester Square, It's a long, long way to Tipperary But my heart's right there." * * * * * THE END _Printed at The Chapel River Press, Kingston, Surrey._ * * * * * Transcriber's note Minor punctuation errors have been corrected without notice. The following words were spelled in two different ways and were not changed: arm-chair, armchair ball-room, ballroom over-worked, overworked A few obvious typographical errors have been corrected and are listed below. Page 11: "older women were belating" changed to "older women were debating". Page 22: "settled the had sat" changed to "settled she had sat". Page 32: "at firs thought was love" changed to "at first thought was love". Page 51: "must be ome explanation" changed to "must be some explanation". Page 53: "ushered in M Jarr.vis" changed to "ushered in Mr. Jarvis". Page 59: "talking to each other in whsipers" changed to "talking to each other in whispers" Page 81: "Half-olay out," changed to "Half-way out,". Page 107: "the crowded steeets" changed to "the crowded streets". Page 140: "ladies to go ground" changed to "ladies to go around". Page 151: "found her downstars" changed to "found her downstairs". Page 162: "s not to be believed" changed to "was not to be believed".