TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES: The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain. Inconsistencies in spelling, hyphenation, and punctuation have been standardized. [Pg 0] [Pg 0] Page 93 "EMMELINE," HE SAID GENTLY, "DO YOU SUPPOSE YOU COULD HELP ME?" EMMELINE BY Elsie Singmaster With Illustrations BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY The Riverside Press Cambridge COPYRIGHT, 1915, BY PERRY MASON COMPANY COPYRIGHT, 1916, BY ELSIE SINGMASTER LEWARS ALL RIGHTS RESERVED TO Miss Annie Wallace Horner IS DEDICATED THIS LITTLE STORY OF HER NATIVE TOWN CONTENTS The Sound of Bugles Emmeline and the Schmidts take a Journey Emmeline meets the Enemies of her Country The Second Day of Battle Private Christy says Farewell The Terror Past ILLUSTRATIONS