VII. CONSERVATION 92

VIII. "PERMISSION" 112

IX. THE SLACKER--IN UNIFORM 142

X. NATIONAL SERVICE--ONE WAY 154

XI. THE ORPHAN 171

XII. THE WAR-MOTHER 193

XIII. THE BELIEVING CHURCH 210

XIV. THE LAST RESERVES 227

XV. LIFE'S TRAGEDY 241

XVI. WAITING! 247




The Next of Kin


FOREWORD


It was a bleak day in November, with a thick, gray sky, and a great,