"Just me. Pay a little attention to yours truly. Remember that in a week I shall go aboard the transport again, and then----"

"Oh, Tom!" she murmured, clasping her hands, "I don't want to think of it.

If this awful war would only end!"

"It's the only war so far that hasn't ended," he said. "And I have a feeling, anyway, that it may not last long. Henri and I have got to hurry back to finish it up. Leave it to us, Ruth," and he smiled.

But Ruth sighed. "I suppose I shall have to, Tommy-boy," she said. "And do finish it quickly! I do not feel as though I could return to college, or write another scenario, or do a single, solitary thing until peace is declared."

"And _then_?" asked Tom, significantly.

Ruth gave him an understanding smile.

THE END

THE RUTH FIELDING SERIES By ALICE B. EMERSON

_Ruth Fielding will live in juvenile Fiction_.

RUTH FIELDING OF THE RED MILL _or Jasper Parloe's Secret_

RUTH FIELDING AT BRIARWOOD HALL _or Solving the Campus Mystery_

RUTH FIELDING AT SNOW CAMP _or Lost in the Backwoods_

RUTH FIELDING AT LIGHTHOUSE POINT _or Nita, the Girl Castaway_

RUTH FIELDING AT SILVER RANCH _or Schoolgirls Among the Cowboys_

RUTH FIELDING ON CLIFF ISLAND _or The Old Hunter's Treasure Box_

RUTH FIELDING AT SUNRISE FARM _or What Became of the Raby Orphans_

RUTH FIELDING AND THE GYPSIES _or The Missing Pearl Necklace_

RUTH FIELDING IN MOVING PICTURES _or Helping the Dormitory Fund_

RUTH FIELDING DOWN IN DIXIE _or Great Days in the Land of Cotton_

RUTH FIELDING AT COLLEGE _or The Missing Examination Papers_

RUTH FIELDING IN THE SADDLE _or College Girls in the Land of Gold_

RUTH FIELDING IN THE RED CROSS _or Doing Her Bit for Uncle Sam_

RUTH FIELDING AT THE WAR FRONT _or The Hunt for a Lost Soldier_

RUTH FIELDING HOMEWARD BOUND _or A Red Cross Worker's Ocean Perils_

RUTH FIELDING DOWN EAST _or The Hermit of Beach Plum Point_

RUTH FIELDING IN THE GREAT NORTHWEST _or The Indian Girl Star of the Movies_

RUTH FIELDING ON THE ST. LAWRENCE _or The Queer Old Man of the Thousand Islands_

RUTH FIELDING TREASURE HUNTING _or A Moving Picture that Became Real_

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THE BETTY GORDON SERIES BY ALICE B. EMERSON

_A series of stories by Alice B. Emerson which are bound to make this writer more popular than ever with her host of girl readers._

1. BETTY GORDON AT BRAMBLE FARM _or The Mystery of a n.o.body_ At the age of twelve Betty is left an orphan.

Her uncle sends her to live on a farm.

2. BETTY GORDON IN WASHINGTON _or Strange Adventures in a Great City_ In this volume Betty goes to the National Capitol to find her uncle and has several unusual adventures.

3. BETTY GORDON IN THE LAND OF OIL _or The Farm That Was Worth a Fortune_ From Washington the scene is shifted to the great oil fields of our country. A splendid picture of the oil field operations of to-day.

4. BETTY GORDON AT BOARDING SCHOOL _or The Treasure of Indian Chasm_ Seeking the treasure of Indian Chasm makes an exceedingly interesting incident.

5. BETTY GORDON AT MOUNTAIN CAMP _or The Mystery of Ida Bellethorne_ At Mountain Camp Betty found herself in the midst of a mystery involving a girl whom she had previously met in Washington.

6. BETTY GORDON AT OCEAN PARK _or Gay Days on the Boardwalk_ Adventure in high society let loose on the seash.o.r.e.

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THE GIRL SCOUT SERIES BY LILIAN GARIS