Then the finding of the Major by his faithful dog on the dark mountain after the storm.

Betty's turn came next.
She repeated some of the stories they had heard on shipboard.

Mrs.Walton added her part afterward, telling her personal experience with the Red Cross work in Cuba and the Philippines.
"That is one reason I took such a deep interest in your little entertainment," she said, "and was so pleased when it brought so much money.

I know that every penny under the wise direction of the Red Cross will help to make some poor soldier more comfortable; or if some sudden calamity should come in this country, before it was sent away, your little fund might help to save dozens of lives." The fire had burned low while they talked, and Elise was yawning sleepily.
Miss Allison looked at her watch.

"How the time has flown!" she exclaimed in surprise.