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Title: The Story of the Red Cross as told to The Little Colonel
Author: Annie Fellows-Johnston
Illustrator: John Goss
Release Date: November 18, 2005 [EBook #17094]
Language: English
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THE STORY OF THE RED CROSS AS TOLD TO THE LITTLE COLONEL
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[Illustration: "'Do you suppose that I could train my dogs to do that?'" (_See page 39_)]

THE STORY OF THE RED CROSS AS TOLD TO THE LITTLE COLONEL
By Annie Fellows Johnston AUTHOR OF "THE LITTLE COLONEL SERIES," "ASA HOLMES," "THE JEWEL SERIES," ETC.
Illustrated by John Goss [Illustration]
THE PAGE COMPANY BOSTON MDCCCCXVIII
_Copyright, 1902_, BY THE PAGE COMPANY
_Copyright, 1918_, BY THE PAGE COMPANY
All rights reserved First Impression, October, 1918
THE COLONIAL PRESS C.H. SIMONDS CO., BOSTON, U.S.A.

Publisher's Note
This story in its original form appeared in =The Little Colonel's Hero=, the fourth volume in the famous =Little Colonel Series=.
The publishers would have appropriately used on the cover of this book the Red Cross on a white field, adopted as its emblem by the Red Cross Society, but any use of that emblem for purposes other than those of this society has been prohibited by law.
The Red Cross Society adopted its emblem in honor of Switzerland, where the society originated, but reversed the colors of the Swiss flag, which are a White Cross on a red field. It is consequently, under the circumstances, appropriate that the cover design should show the White Cross of Switzerland, where the Red Cross Society originated, and where its story was told to =The Little Colonel=.
[Illustration: The LITTLE COLONEL]

[Illustration: CONTENTS]
CHAPTER PAGE
I Lloyd Meets Hero 1 II Hero's Story 24 III The Red Cross of Geneva 44 IV Homeward Bound 69 V In After Years 82
[Illustration: The MAJOR]
[Illustration: LIST of ILLUSTRATIONS]
PAGE
"'Do you suppose that I could train my dogs to do that?'" (_See page 39_) Frontispiece "He stepped aside to let the great creature past him" 8
"But it did not stop their mad flight" 16
"He plunged out alone into the deep snow" 30
"The two were wandering along beside the water together" 62
"He fastened the medal to Hero's collar" 67
[Illustration: HERO]

The Story of the Red Cross as Told to The Little Colonel
CHAPTER I
LLOYD MEETS HERO
It was in Switzerland in the old town of Geneva. The windows of the big hotel dining-room looked out on the lake, and the Little Colonel, sitting at breakfast the morning after their arrival, could scarcely eat for watching the scene outside.
Gay little pleasure boats flashed back and forth on the sparkling water. The quay and bridge