, was her twin sister, Helene.

Of course she and her mother could manage to take the child in. Their
quarters were extremely crowded, and there was an absence of many of the
comforts of life, but those warm-hearted women and girls who worked for
the happiness of the boys in khaki would find some way to crowd a
little closer for once. Even if Bessie herself had to sit up the rest of
the night Helene should have a cot to lie upon.

"We'll see you in the morning, and tell you all about it," Jack said,
anxious not to detain the tired worker longer than necessary.

"And as I'm going over to the hospital," Tom remarked, with somewhat
studied carelessness, "I'll be only too glad to see Helene safely there.
I suppose you'll want Nellie to start her along the same road for Paris
that Jeanne took."

"We'll both go," said Jack, with the air of a general, at least. "And if
Bessie can get off for a couple of hours, she might accompany us."

When morning came the boys found it easy to get permission to take a
half-day off. They had been doing great work recently, and deserved this
small favor. Besides, the commander to whom the request was made found
himself greatly interested in the brief account Tom gave of the strange
happenings that had been the portion of the air service boys after they
discovered their petrol was exhausted, and realized the necessity for
landing in order to procure a new supply in order to get home.

There was no reprimand coming to the boys for having attempted the
rescue of Jeanne's twin sister. On the contrary the officer complimented
Sergeants Raymond and Parmly on their exceedingly clever method of
making the Boche supply them with the lacking fuel necessary to their
safe home-coming.

Great was the astonishment of Nellie when they walked in on her. She
stared at Helene for half a minute before something of the truth dawned
upon her mind; and then it was the smiling faces of the other three that
betrayed the fact.

"And so you've been at it again, have you, Jack?" she asked.

"Tom and I found a chance to drop in on Jeanne's wicked old uncle when
in desperate need of petrol," he hastened to explain. "We happened to
alight far back of the Hun lines, and discovered that we were close to
the chateau where he has his headquarters. And so, to kill two birds
with one stone, we concluded to take Helene along with us. Here she is."

"Not a very comprehensive story, it must be confessed," laughed Nellie.