Chapter I: Foreword

The authors of these letters are two young American girls, one from New York and the other from Boston.

They first met in Paris, each having volunteered her services to the Rev. and Mrs. Ernest W. Shurtleff, to aid in relief work among the refugees, or, as Dr. Shurtleff expressed it, "To help in our effort to get under part of the burden of humanity."

The letters were written (as is evident) for the family eye only, and consent to their publication has been given by cable with much hesitation.

To me they are revealing of the spirit of feminine young America--a brave and self-sacrificing spirit which shines out through irrepressible youthful humor and vivacity, and is a worthy complement to the unquestioning and unquestioned valor shown by the brothers of such girls to-day.

CLARA LOUISE BURNHAM.

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CONTENTS

Foreword by CLARA LOUISE BURNHAM
I. FROM ESTHER
II. FROM ESTHER
III. FROM ESTHER
IV. FROM MARJORIE
V. FROM ESTHER
VI. FROM MARJORIE
VII. FROM ESTHER
VIII. FROM MARJORIE
IX. FROM MARJORIE
X. FROM ESTHER
XI. FROM ESTHER
XII. FROM MARJORIE
XIII. FROM MARJORIE
XIV. FROM ESTHER
XV. FROM MARJORIE
XVI. FROM MARJORIE
XVII. FROM ESTHER
XVIII. FROM MARJORIE
XIX. FROM ESTHER
XX. FROM MARJORIE
XXI. FROM ESTHER
XXII. FROM MARJORIE
XXIII. FROM ESTHER
XXIV. FROM ESTHER
XXV. FROM ESTHER
XXVI. FROM MARJORIE
XXVII. FROM MARJORIE
XXVIII. FROM MARJORIE
XXIX. FROM MARJORIE
XXX. FROM ESTHER

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ILLUSTRATIONS

Marjorie Crocker and Esther Sayles Root No. 6 Place Denfert-Rochereau Women's Vestiaire and Men's Vestiaire Dr. and Mrs. Shurtleff in the Office Marjorie and Mrs. Shurtleff, with the Leopard Skin Esther and Marjorie in Ford Truck Rootie in Park at Saint-Germain Marje in the Salon at No. 12 Place Denfert-Rochereau "Bettina" at Saint-Germain Le Cèdre at Saint-Germain Will Irwin in the Garden at Blérancourt Mrs. Williams, Miss Dobson, and Mrs. Wethey in the Garden at Blérancourt Luncheon in the Garden at Blérancourt The Cathedral at Soissons Very Old and Beautiful House at Roye: Interior completely gone A German Graveyard The Air Raid on Paris on the Night of January 30, 1918

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