Front matter
Reading edition
England must be fed (page 17)
A LAND-GIRL'S LOVE STORY
BY
BERTA RUCK
Author of "His Official Fiancée," "In Another Girl's Shoes," "The Three of Hearts," etc.
With Illustrations by EDWARD C. CASWELL
NEW YORK DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY 1919
COPYRIGHT, 1919 BY MRS. GEORGE OLIVER
TO ALL THE GIRLS I MET IN FARM, FIELD AND FOREST WISHING THEM THE BEST OF LUCK, AND LIFE, AND LOVE FROM BERTA RUCK
Wales, 1918
CONTENTS
CHAPTER
I "Man Made the Town" II Two Voices Call III The Toss-Up IV The First Night in Camp V The First Job VI The Farmhouse Meal VII After-Effects VIII The Plunge IX Our Mess-Mates X The Milking-Lesson XI The Land-Girls' Letter-Bag XII We "Get Used to It" XIII An Invitation XIV The Hen-Wife XV Mostly Conversation XVI Curious Conduct of the Man-Hater XVII Land-Girls go Shopping XVIII The Night of the Concert XIX The Surprise Turn XX Land Army Tests XXI The Man-Hater Discusses Men XXII Hay-Harvest XXIII Colonel Fielding Discusses "Enjoyment" XXIV Storm XXV After the Rain XXVI Colonel Fielding Discusses "Love and the Like" XXVII A Kitchen Courtship XXVIII The Onlooker XXIX Love—After the Interval XXX Colonel Fielding Discusses "The Mystery-Girl" XXXI A Few Facts about Richard Wynn XXXII Butter-Making—With Accompaniment XXXIII "Our" Germans XXXIV Harvest, Nineteen-Eighteen XXXV "Fire, Fire!" XXXVI The Harvest-Moon Postscript—The Victory-Dance
ILLUSTRATIONS
England must be fed ... Frontispiece
"I was going to ask you to join up for the Land Army"
We agreed that we were simply loving the life and the people, the work and the play
Still leaning on the gate, Captain Holiday said: "I'm glad the country won that toss"
A LAND-GIRL'S LOVE STORY
A LAND-GIRL'S LOVE STORY