. St. Nicholas [serial] . rne would have to be one of a smallparty of friends Eleanor was having on Friday, thegirl declared the boarder was a dark cloud without anylining. Hes older than the rest, a business man, and wontcare for our little parties, anyway, she s bad enough to have him around the house eve-nings, but to invite him to meet the bunch—no siree! However much Eleanor wished him to refuse, said he would be glad to accept. Thatnight he ate more strawberry shortcake than even littlebrother. He was certainly a nuisance. Until about nine oclock, the evening of the
. St. Nicholas [serial] . rne would have to be one of a smallparty of friends Eleanor was having on Friday, thegirl declared the boarder was a dark cloud without anylining. Hes older than the rest, a business man, and wontcare for our little parties, anyway, she s bad enough to have him around the house eve-nings, but to invite him to meet the bunch—no siree! However much Eleanor wished him to refuse, said he would be glad to accept. Thatnight he ate more strawberry shortcake than even littlebrother. He was certainly a nuisance. Until about nine oclock, the evening of the party,the boarder was in the background. Then came a lull,and Eleanor proposed story-telling. The boarder beganit. For the first time that evening he was useful—per-haps even ornamental. He told war stories—suchvivid ones that the thought of refreshments altogethervanished from the guests minds. The boys began thequestioning, and Thorne became the hero of the occa-sion. He had been to France, was a non-commissioned. BY CHARLOTTE WHITE, AGE IS officer. Yes, he d actually possessed a uniform, hadseen Pershing and Foch—oh, he was useful! Eleanorwondered what she would have done without need do no more entertaining that evening. Later, as she prepared the refreshments in the din-ing-room, Eleanor laid an extra piece of cake on theplate that was to go to the boarder. As a penance,she explained; every cloud has a silver lining. MAKING THE BEST OF IT BY MARION BRONSON (AGE I3) (Silver Badge) In the year 1914, when the great hordes of the Germanarmy prepared to march through Belgium, little didthe Germans think they were going to meet with re-sistance. Yet they did. Belgium realized that she could not hold out againstthe Germans, yet she made the best of it. You all know the story, or, rather, the history of howshe made the best of it. How, by long, hard fightingshe saved unprepared France. The Germans had expected her to offer no country offer resistance,
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