{"product_id":"2940013508590","title":"AUNT JANE'S NIECES IN THE RED CROSS","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER                                       PAGE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    I THE ARRIVAL OF THE BOY           9\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   II THE ARRIVAL OF THE GIRL         25\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  III THE DECISION OF DOCTOR GYS      37\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   IV THE HOSPITAL SHIP               48\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    V NEARING THE FRAY                58\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   VI LITTLE MAURIE                   75\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  VII ON THE FIRING LINE              86\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e VIII THE COWARD                      96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   IX COURAGE, OR PHILOSOPHY?        108\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    X THE WAR'S VICTIMS              121\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XI PATSY IS DEFIANT               135\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XII THE OTHER SIDE                 146\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e XIII TARDY JUSTICE                  160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XIV FOUND AT LAST                  182\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XV DR. GYS SURPRISES HIMSELF      189\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XVI CLARETTE                       197\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e XVII PERPLEXING PROBLEMS            204\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXVIII A QUESTION OF LOYALTY          217\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XIX THE CAPTURE                    225\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XX THE DUNES                      244\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE ARRIVAL OF THE BOY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"What's the news, Uncle?\" asked Miss Patricia Doyle, as she entered the\u003cbr\u003ecosy breakfast room of a suite of apartments in Willing Square. Even as\u003cbr\u003eshe spoke she pecked a little kiss on the forehead of the chubby man\u003cbr\u003eaddressed as \"Uncle\"--none other, if you please, than the famous and\u003cbr\u003eeccentric multi-millionaire known in Wall Street as John Merrick--and\u003cbr\u003esat down to pour the coffee.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere was energy in her method of doing this simple duty, an indication\u003cbr\u003eof suppressed vitality that conveyed the idea that here was a girl\u003cbr\u003eaccustomed to action. And she fitted well into the homely scene: short\u003cbr\u003eand somewhat \"squatty\" of form, red-haired, freckle-faced and\u003cbr\u003epug-nosed. Wholesome rather than beautiful was Patsy Doyle, but if you\u003cbr\u003ecaught a glimpse of her dancing blue eyes you straightway forgot her\u003cbr\u003elesser charms.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eQuite different was the girl who entered the room a few minutes later.\u003cbr\u003eHers was a dark olive complexion, face of exquisite contour, great brown\u003cbr\u003eeyes with a wealth of hair to match them and the flush of a rose in her\u003cbr\u003erounded cheeks. The poise of her girlish figure was gracious and\u003cbr\u003edignified as the bearing of a queen.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Morning, Cousin Beth,\" said Patsy cheerily.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Good morning, my dear,\" and then, with a trace of anxiety in her tone:\u003cbr\u003e\"What is the news, Uncle John?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe little man had ignored Patsy's first question, but now he answered\u003cbr\u003eabsently, his eyes still fixed upon the newspaper:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Why, they're going to build another huge skyscraper on Broadway, at\u003cbr\u003eEleventh, and I see the political pot is beginning to bubble all through\u003cbr\u003ethe Bronx, although--\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Stuff and nonsense, Uncle!\" exclaimed Patsy. \"Beth asked for news, not\u003cbr\u003efor gossip.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The news of the war, Uncle John,\" added Beth, buttering her toast.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Oh; the war, of course,\" he said, turning over the page of the morning\u003cbr\u003epaper. \"It ought to be the Allies' day, for the Germans won yesterday.\u003cbr\u003eNo--by cracky, Beth--the Germans triumph again; they've captured\u003cbr\u003eMaubeuge. What do you think of that?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePatsy gave a little laugh.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Not knowing where Maubeuge is,\" she remarked, \"my only thought is that\u003cbr\u003esomething is wrong with the London press bureau. Perhaps the cables got\u003cbr\u003ecrossed--or short circuited or something. They don't usually allow the\u003cbr\u003eGermans to win two days in succession.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Don't interrupt, please,\" said Beth, earnestly. \"This is too important\u003cbr\u003ea matter to be treated lightly. Read us the article, Uncle. I was afraid\u003cbr\u003eMaubeuge would be taken.\"","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47121068261616,"sku":"2940013508590","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013508590_p0.jpg?v=1763582188","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013508590","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}