Produced by David Garcia, D Alexander and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) By Ian Hay THE LAST MILLION. How They Invaded France—and England. ALL IN IT: K I CARRIES ON. PIP: A ROMANCE OF YOUTH. GETTING TOGETHER. THE FIRST HUNDRED THOUSAND. SCALLY: THE STORY OF A PERFECT GENTLEMAN. With frontispiece. A KNIGHT ON WHEELS. HAPPY-GO-LUCKY. Illustrated by Charles E. Brock. A SAFETY MATCH. With frontispiece. A MAN’S MAN. With frontispiece. THE RIGHT STUFF. With frontispiece. HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY BOSTON AND NEW YORK THE LAST MILLION The Last Million How They Invaded France—and England BY IAN HAY [Illustration] BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY The Riverside Press Cambridge 1919 COPYRIGHT, 1919, BY IAN HAY BEITH ALL RIGHTS RESERVED TO THAT BORN FIGHTER AND MODERN CRUSADER THE AMERICAN DOUGHBOY CONTENTS A WORD TO THE DEDICATEE ix I. THE ARGONAUTS 1 II. SHIP’S COMPANY 10 III. THE LOWER DECK 21 IV. THE DANGER ZONE 29 V. TERRA INCOGNITA 36 VI. SOCIAL CUSTOMS OF THE ISLANDS 46 VII. THREE MUSKETEERS IN LONDON 58 VIII. THE PROMISED LAND 78 IX. THE EXILES 91 X. S.O.S. TO DILLPICKLE 104 XI. THE LINE 125 XII. CHASING MONOTONY 138 XIII. AN EXCURSION AND AN ALARUM 148 XIV. THE FOREST OF THE ARGONNE 164 XV. THE ELEVENTH HOUR 174 XVI. GALLIA VICTRIX 193 A WORD TO THE DEDICATEE [_Note: The following is the substance of a little “Welcome” which the author was requested to write to American soldiers and sailors visiting England for the first time during the fateful days of 1918. It was distributed upon the transports and in various American centres in England. Its purpose is to set forth some of our national peculiarities—and incidentally the author’s Confession of Faith. It has no bearing upon the rest of the story, and may be skipped by the reader without compunction._] I. A WORD OF EXPLANATION