"I can't be a soldier, dear, and support a wife on the pay I get,"
he said with a smile.

"You shouldn't marry,"

"But I am going to marry," he said.

"I have decided to become a nurse. It is my intention to give my
whole life to---"

"The Red Cross?"

"No. The hospitals at home--the hospitals for the poor and homeless."

Ethel Harbin was coming through the grounds toward them. Her face
was clouded by a dark frown and she was visibly excited.

"It's all off," she announced as she came up.

"Where is the usual hero?" asked Graydon.

"I'm through with the real army. They've dismissed me. That is father
and mother have. They are driving me into the Salvation Army," she
exclaimed, seating herself beside Graydon. "I wish I were Jane and
my own mistress."

"Dear me, Ethel, what an ambition!" said Jane. "What has happened
to upset you so?"

"Father has."