happened 'over there,' and any sort of celebration brings the whole
thing vividly before them again."

"Yes, that's true, too," Mollie agreed. "I remember our doctor telling
mother that if people only wouldn't try to force confidences from the
boys and would try to keep all thought of the awful things they had
been through out of their minds, there would be fewer cases of nervous
breakdowns."

"Pop!" said Grace, snapping her finger resignedly. "There go all our
hopes of a good time, Amy. When the boys come home all we shall be
allowed to do will be to smooth their fevered brows and hold their
hands

"Well, we might do worse things even than that," said Betty, with a
light laugh, and Mollie shot her a malicious glance.

"Just watch Betty objecting to that," she said wickedly. "Before we
know it she will be sighing that Allen has only one fevered brow to
smooth!"

Amy and Grace looked at Betty mischievously-- at Betty who could not
for the life of her look as unconcerned as she would have liked.

"Don't be so foolish," she said hastily, at which the girls only
laughed the more.

"Never mind, honey," said Amy, putting an arm fondly about her chum.
"I guess we will all be crazy with joy to get the boys home again,"