th' kilt,
A screech frae th' pipers
In blood-stirrin' lilt;
They step out together
As pibroch notes swell--
Oh, they're bonny, braw fighters,
"The ladies from Hell."

They're far frae th' heather
An' far frae th' moor;
As th' rocks o' their hillsides
Their faces are dour.
Oh, Th' Campbells are Comin'
Frae corrie an' fell--
What a thrill to their slogan!
These "Ladies from Hell."

As they charged at Culloden
Like fire o'er th' brae,
Their brothers are charging
In Flanders to-day.
One lesson in manners
The boche has learned well:
'Tis: Make way for the ladies--
"The Ladies from Hell."

THE END

THE COUNTRY LIFE PRESS
GARDEN CITY, N. Y.

Footnotes:

[1] Since my discharge and residence here in America, I have heard several
other cases of this kind, but the one narrated above is the only one I
actually came in contact with. THE AUTHOR.

[2] This was Ned's individual experience. Prisoners in other hospitals and
prison camps may have been allowed to write home even at that time. In
talking to others I have learned that the prison camps in Germany vary a
great deal.--THE AUTHOR.

Transcriber's Notes:

Passages in italics are indicated by _italics_.

The following misprints have been corrected:
"in in" corrected to "in" (page 33)
"sightest" corrected to "slightest" (page 211)

Other than the corrections listed above, inconsistencies in spelling and
hyphenation have been retained from the original.

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