Front matter

BOOKS BY MARGARET VANDERCOOK

THE RANCH GIRLS SERIES

The Ranch Girls at Rainbow Lodge The Ranch Girls’ Pot of Gold The Ranch Girls at Boarding School The Ranch Girls in Europe The Ranch Girls at Home Again The Ranch Girls and their Great Adventure

THE RED CROSS GIRLS SERIES

The Red Cross Girls in the British Trenches The Red Cross Girls on the French Firing Line The Red Cross Girls in Belgium The Red Cross Girls with the Russian Army The Red Cross Girls with the Italian Army The Red Cross Girls Under the Stars and Stripes

STORIES ABOUT CAMP FIRE GIRLS

The Camp Fire Girls at Sunrise Hill The Camp Fire Girls Amid the Snows The Camp Fire Girls in the Outside World The Camp Fire Girls Across the Sea The Camp Fire Girls’ Careers The Camp Fire Girls in After Years The Camp Fire Girls in the Desert The Camp Fire Girls at the End of the Trail

Sally and Lieutenant Fleury were Walking Side by Side Away from the Farm House.

THE

CAMP FIRE GIRLS

ON THE

FIELD OF HONOR

BY

MARGARET VANDERCOOK

Author of “The Ranch Girls” Series, “The Red Cross Girls” Series, etc.

ILLUSTRATED

PHILADELPHIA

THE JOHN C. WINSTON CO.

PUBLISHERS

Copyright, 1918, by

The John C. Winston Company

STORIES ABOUT CAMP FIRE GIRLS

List of Titles in the Order of their Publication

The Camp Fire Girls at Sunrise Hill The Camp Fire Girls Amid the Snows The Camp Fire Girls in the Outside World The Camp Fire Girls Across the Sea The Camp Fire Girls’ Careers The Camp Fire Girls in After Years The Camp Fire Girls at the Edge of the Desert The Camp Fire Girls at the End of the Trail The Camp Fire Girls Behind the Lines The Camp Fire Girls on the Field of Honor

CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE

I.An Old House7

II.Explanations24

III.“A Long Time Going Over There”39

IV.Chaperoning the Chaperon47

V.The Confession66

VI.A French Farm House on the Field of Honor78

VII.Becoming Adjusted98

VIII.The Old Château113

IX.A Mystery126

X.Breakers Ahead138

XI.The Return154

XII.Other Days and Other Ways165

XIII.A Departure and an Arrival176

XIV.A Warning193

XV.The Discovery205

XVI.An Unexpected Shelter223

XVII.Two Officers233

XVIII.The Expected Happens254

XIX.The Field of Honor263

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Sally and Lieutenant Fleury were Walking Side By Side away from the Farm HouseFrontispiece

Have You Nothing Better to do than Steal?14

The Figure Was that of a Young Soldier122

She and Old Jean Took an Entirely Opposite Direction208

The Camp Fire Girls on the Field of Honor