No nurse, surgeon or ambulance bearing that sign can be fired upon."
That part is no longer true, although the day is coming soon when we
shall make it true for all time.

She cannot tell him that the very nation which was first and foremost in
training such dogs as Hero in service for mankind has violated its
treaties and filled the world with horrors and suffering unspeakable.
His trusting baby heart could not understand such treachery. But young
as he is he knows what that red and white symbol means.

Because "daddy" wore one on his arm when he marched away with the other
soldiers, he must have one on the sleeve of his little blue rompers.
Because "deah muvva" wears one on the veil which binds her forehead,
when she comes back from the unit where she has spent long hours away
from him, he associates it with all that is loveliest to him--her lovely
face, her arms that are his peace and comfort and safety, her lips that
kiss away all his hurts and make them well.

Long before he is old enough to hear the terrible war-part of the story,
War shall be at an end, please God, and the Red Cross shall mean to the
nations left upon the earth what it means to him--arms that enfold a
suffering humanity, lips that press a great mother-love to all its hurts
and make them well.


THE END.


Transcriber's Note: On page 81, the word "acounts" was changed to
"accounts."