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."

"Well, you needn't think you can hold hands with Will and smooth his
fevered brow all the time," said Grace unexpectedly. "Because I really
have some share in him myself, you know. Remember, mine was one of the
three pictures he kept under his pillow."

Readers of previous volumes in this series may recall that joyful letter
written to Betty not so long ago in which Sergeant Allen Washburn--now
Lieutenant Allen Washburn--had spoken of the three pictures which Will
Ford had kept under his pillow during his long convalescence in one of the
army hospitals over there. These readers may also remember that one of the
pictures was of the boy's mother, another of his sister, Grace, and the
third of shy little Amy Blackford, who now was blushing so furiously at