9 September, 1914. THIS morning at nine, armed boats went down the canal towards Trilport. A French cavalry division on the way to Paris gave us news to-day of victory. The Germans have been pushed back forty-five miles! Miss Aldrich came hurrying down the hill at the very moment I was starting to run up. With a single impulse, each rushes to share her joy with the other. We feel as if we had just awakened from a dream. It seems to me these three days have decided the fate of |