Chapter THIRTY: He Disappears

Swiftly and silently along the quiet, winding road sped the dispatch-rider. Away from the ocean he was hurrying, where the great ships were coming in, each a fulfilment and a challenge; away from scenes of debarkation where Uncle Sam was pouring his endless wealth of courage and determination into bleeding, suffering, gallant France.

Past the big hotel he went, past the pleasant villa, through village and hamlet, and farther and farther into the East, bound for the little corner of the big salient whence he had come.

He bore with him a packet and some letters. One was to be left at Neufchatel; others at Breteuil. There was one in particular for Cantigny. His name was mentioned in it, but he did not know that. He never concerned himself with the contents of his papers.

So he sped along, thinking how he would get a new headlight for _Uncle Sam_ and a new mud-guard. He thought the people back at Cantigny would wonder what had happened to his machine. He had no thought of telling them. There was nothing to tell.

Swiftly and silently along the road he sped, the dispatch-rider who had come from the blue hills of Alsace, all the way across poor, devastated France. The rays of the dying sun fell upon the handle-bar of _Uncle Sam_, which the rider held in the steady, fraternal handshake that they knew so well. Back from the coast they sped, those two, along the winding road which lay on hill and in valley, bathed in the mellow glow of the first twilight. Swiftly and silently they sped. Hills rose and fell, the fair panorama of the lowlands with its quaint old houses here and there opened before them. And so they journeyed on into the din and fire and stenching suffocation and red-running streams of Picardy and Flanders--for service as required.

(END)

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

EVERY BOY'S LIBRARY BOY SCOUT EDITION SIMILAR TO THIS VOLUME

The Boy Scouts of America in making up this Library, selected only such books as had been proven by a nation-wide canvass to be most universally in demand among the boys themselves. Originally published in more expensive editions only, they are now, under the direction of the Scout's National Council, re-issued at a lower price so that all boys may have the advantage of reading and owning them. It is the only series of books published under the control of this great organization, whose sole object is the welfare and happiness of the boy himself. For the first time in history a _guaranteed_ library is available, and at a price so low as to be within the reach of all.

ALONG THE MOHAWK TRAIL
Percy K. Fitzhugh

ANIMAL HEROES
Ernest Thompson Seton

BABY ELTON, QUARTER-BACK
Leslie W. Quirk

BARTLEY, FRESHMAN PITCHER
William Heyliger

BE PREPARED, THE BOY SCOUTS IN FLORIDA
A. W. Bimock

BEN-HUR
Lew Wallace

BOAT-BUILDING AND BOATING
Dan. Beard

THE BOY SCOUTS OF BLACK EAGLE PATROL
Leslie W. Quirk

THE BOY SCOUTS OF BOB'S HILL
Charles Pierce Burton

THE BOYS' BOOK OF NEW INVENTIONS
Harry E. Maule

BUCCANEERS AND PIRATES OF OUR COASTS
Frank R. Stockton

THE CALL OF THE WILD
Jack London

CATTLE RANCH TO COLLEGE
Russell Doubleday

COLLEGE YEARS
Ralph D. Paine

CROOKED TRAILS
Frederic Remington

THE CRUISE OF THE CACHALOT
Frank T. Bullen

THE CRUISE OF THE DAZZLER
Jack London

DANNY FISTS
Walter Camp

FOR THE HONOR OF THE SCHOOL
Ralph Henry Barbour

A GUNNER ABOARD THE "YANKEE"
From the Diary of Number Five of the After Port Gun

THE HALF-BACK
Ralph Henry Barbour

HANDBOOK FOR BOYS, REVISED EDITION
Boy Scouts of America

HANDICRAFT FOR OUTDOOR BOYS
Dan. Beard

THE HORSEMEN OF THE PLAINS
Joseph A. Altsheler

JEB HUTTON; THE STORY OF A GEORGIA BOY
James B. Connolly

THE JESTER OF ST. TIMOTHY'S
Arthur Stanwood Pier

JIM DAVIS
John Masefield

KIDNAPPED
Robert Louis Stevenson

LAST OF THE CHIEFS
Joseph A. Altsheler

LAST OF THE PLAINSMEN
Zane Grey

THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS
James Fenimore Cooper

A MIDSHIPMAN IN THE PACIFIC
Cyrus Townsend Brady

PITCHING IN A PINCH
Christy Mathewson

RANCHE ON THE OXHIDE
Henry Inman

REDNEY MCGAW; A CIRCUS STORY FOR BOYS
Arthur E. McFarlane

THE SCHOOL DAYS OF ELLIOTT GRAY, JR.
Colton Maynard

SCOUTING WITH DANIEL BOONE
Everett T. Tomlinson

THREE YEARS BEHIND THE GUNS
Lieu Tisdale

TOMMY REMINGTON'S BATTLE
Burton E. Stevenson

TECUMSEH'S YOUNG BRAVES
Everett T. Tomlinson

TOM STRONG, WASHINGTON'S SCOUT
Alfred Bishop Mason

TO THE LAND OF THE CARIBOU
Paul Greene Tomlinson

TREASURE ISLAND
Robert Louis Stevenson

20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA
Jules Verne

UNGAVA BOB; A TALE OF THE FUR TRAPPERS
Dillon Wallace

WELLS BROTHERS; THE YOUNG CATTLE KINGS
Andy Adams

WILLIAMS OF WEST POINT
Hugh S. Johnson

THE WIRELESS MAN; HIS WORK AND ADVENTURES
Francis A. Collins

THE WOLF HUNTERS
George Bird Grinnell

THE WRECKING MASTER
Ralph D. Paine

YANKEE SHIPS AND YANKEE SAILORS
James Barnes

GROSSET & DUNLAP, Publishers, NEW YORK

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

THE EVERY CHILD SHOULD KNOW SERIES

May be had wherever books are sold. Ask for Grosset & Dunlap's list

BIRDS EVERY CHILD SHOULD KNOW
By Neltje Blanchan. Illustrated

EARTH AND SKY EVERY CHILD SHOULD KNOW
By Julia Ellen Rogers. Illustrated

ESSAYS EVERY CHILD SHOULD KNOW
Edited By Hamilton W. Mabie

FAIRY TALES EVERY CHILD SHOULD KNOW
Edited By Hamilton W. Mabie

FAMOUS STORIES EVERY CHILD SHOULD KNOW
Edited By Hamilton W. Mabie

FOLK TALES EVERY CHILD SHOULD KNOW
Edited by Hamilton W. Mabie

HEROES EVERY CHILD SHOULD KNOW
Edited by Hamilton W. Mabie

HEROINES EVERY CHILD SHOULD KNOW
Coedited by Hamilton W. Mabie and Kate Stephens

HYMNS EVERY CHILD SHOULD KNOW
Edited by Dolores Bacon

LEGENDS EVERY CHILD SHOULD KNOW
Edited by Hamilton W. Mabie

MYTHS EVERY CHILD SHOULD KNOW'
Edited by Hamilton W. Mabie

OPERAS EVERY CHILD SHOULD KNOW
By Dolores Bacon. Illustrated

PICTURES EVERY CHILD SHOULD KNOW
By Dolores Bacon. Illustrated

POEMS EVERY CHILD SHOULD KNOW
Edited by Mary E. Burt

PROSE EVERY CHILD SHOULD KNOW
Edited by Mary E. Burt

SONGS EVERY CHILD SHOULD KNOW
Edited by Dolores Bacon

TREES EVERY CHILD SHOULD KNOW
By Julia Ellen Rogers. Illustrated

WATER WONDERS EVERY CHILD SHOULD KNOW
By Jean M. Thompson. Illustrated

WILD ANIMALS EVERY CHILD SHOULD KNOW
By Julia Ellen Rogers. Illustrated

WILD FLOWERS EVERY CHILD SHOULD KNOW
By Frederic William Stack. Illustrated

GROSSET & DUNLAP, PUBLISHERS, NEW YORK

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

THE CHILDREN'S CRIMSON SERIES

May be had wherever books are sold. Ask for Grosset & Dunlap's list

THE EDITORS; AND WHAT THE CHILDREN'S CRIMSON SERIES OFFERS YOUR CHILD

In the first place, "The Children's Crimson Series" is designed to please and interest every child, by reason of the sheer fascination of the stories and poems contained therein.

To accomplish such an end, a vast amount of patient labor, a rare judgment, a life-long study of children, and a genuine love for all that is best in literature, are essential factors of success.

Kate Douglas Wiggin (Mrs. Riggs) and Nora Archibald Smith possess these qualities and this experience. Their efforts, as pioneers of kindergarten work, the love and admiration in which their works are held by all young people, prove them to be in full sympathy with this unique piece of work.

Let all parents, who wish their little ones to have their minds and tastes developed along the right paths, remember that once a child is interested and amused, the rest is comparatively easy. Stories and poems so admirably selected, cannot then but sow the seeds of a real literary culture, which must be encouraged in childhood if it is ever to exercise a real influence in life.

EDITED BY KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN AND NORA ARCHIBALD SMITH

THE FAIRY RING: Fairy Tales for Children 4 to 8

MAGIC CASEMENTS: Fairy Tales for Children 6 to 12

TALES OF LAUGHTER: Fairy Tales for Growing Boys and Girls

TALES OF WONDER: Fairy Tales that Make One Wonder

PINAFORE PALACE: Rhymes and Jingles for Tiny Tots

THE POSY RING: Verses and Poems that Children Love and Learn

GOLDEN NUMBERS: Verses and Poems for Children and Grown-ups

THE TALKING BEASTS:
Birds and Beasts in Fable Edited by Asa Don Dickinson

CHRISTMAS STORIES: "Read Us a Story About Christmas"
Edited by Mary E. Burt and W. T. Chapin

STORIES AND POEMS FROM KIPLING:
"How the Camel Got Its Hump," and other Stories.

GROSSET & DUNLAP, PUBLISHERS, NEW YORK