Clyde Corners (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1918. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XVII AT THE RED CROSS ROOMS A WEEK or two passed by with nothing very different in the daily life at Clyde Corners to mark the days, but with much to occupy the minds and hearts of all the people, old and young alike. Diplomatic relations with Germany had now been broken off, the busy Ambassador had been sent home at last, and every day brought nearer the hour which to many had seemed too long in coming--the hour when war should be declared by this country. In the little town of Clyde Corners there had been much activity for some time in Red Cross work, but the probability of going into the war ourselves, when our own men would be in need of help, had brought home to people a great sense of necessity, and many appeals had been made in the local papers as well as in other ways for more women and girls to come to the rooms to sew and to make surgical dressings. This work was done in a large building belonging to the town which had been given to the Clyde Corners Branch of the Red Cross, and the rooms were open every day. Elizabeth Clyde, whose knee was slowly recovering, went there regularly, and Juliet was there whenever she could spare the time, for she of course was busy at school in the morning. One afternoon in March, Juliet, who had just come from school and was on her way from the station, happened to meet Frederica Brown, who seemed to be out for a walk. "I have a holiday," said she. "The children are off somewhere for the afternoon, and Mrs. Clyde is away, you know. I have done everything she left for me to attend to, and she told me before she went that if I had, I could take the time off and do what I liked, and now do you know I can't think of anything I wish to do Is it not aggravating? Perhaps you can suggest some pleasant way of pass...