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THE DAY OF GLORY

BY
DOROTHY CANFIELD

NEW YORK
HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY
1919


Copyright, 1919
BY
HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY


CONTENTS

 PAGE
On the Edge 3
France’s Fighting Woman Doctor 39
Lourdes 89
Some Confused Impressions 105
It Is Rather for Us To Be Here Dedicated 133
The Day of Glory 139

THE DAY OF GLORY


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ON THE EDGE

As far as Jeanne’s personal life was concerned,what little was left of it ebbed and flowed to thedaily rhythm of the mail. She felt it begin tosink lower with the fatigue of preparing andserving the lunch for the six noisy children,always too hungry for the small portions, sothat at the last she divided most of her ownpart among them. It ebbed lower and lowerduring the long hours of the afternoon whenshe strove desperately to keep the little onescheerful and occupied and at the same time tomend and bake and darn and clean and iron andcarry ashes out and coal in; her long slim pianist’sfingers reddened and roughened till they bled,because cold cream was far too costly a luxury.It sank to its stagnant lowest during the tiredend of the day when the younger

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