e spindley, little dry-goods clerk
of a lieutenant telling me where to get off at; and I don't fancy living
in Washington as a dollar-a-year man. I rebel against restraint and
routine."

"John, though I would miss you greatly, as you know a few months'
foreign service would help you politically. All the boys and younger men
in the eastern end of the State are in Europe, or preparing for foreign
service. It would be a mistake to wait and be drafted. When the women
begin voting, as they will in a year or two, they will vote for the
ex-soldier."

"Foreign service is all right, if the war don't last too long. It is the
training camp I want to dodge. Well, this might help out--'The
International Y. M. C. A. desires several hundred men for immediate
service abroad. Kentucky is expected to furnish thirty of this number.
They must be over the present draft age and contract to serve one year
or for duration of the war. Applicants please write or call upon Mr.
Theobald Burton, Y. M. C. A. Building, Louisville, Ky.'

"Suppose we go to Louisville tomorrow? Then I will call upon Mr. Burton
and learn what would be expected of me."

Mr. and Mrs. Saylor went to Louisville and to see Mr. Burton. John
Calhoun made out an application for service, which was held up until he
furnished a physician's health certificate and the declarations of three
reputable citizens, including the pastor of the church he attended, as
to his moral fitness for the work. Then his application was forwarded
for approval to the general offices.

Then he made application for a passport for service in Italy and France,
which was forwarded by the Clerk of the United States District Court to
Washington. He was then vaccinated and given the typhoid serum
treatment--precautions required under army regulations.

Feeling assured that the Y. M. C. A. could not do without his services,
he returned home and made preparation for a year's absence.

He so managed that the local papers gave him quite a boost. They told
how he had gone to Louisville, where he had made repeated efforts to
enlist in both the army and the navy, but had been rejected. He then
made application to enter the International Y. M. C. A. for foreign
service and had been accepted. "This Mr. Saylor had done at great
personal inconvenience and considerable business sacrifice, feeling that
it was his duty to serve his country. He expects to sail for Europe
before the end of the month."

On the morning