ndy. I
have never inquired as to where Tish secured these articles, but I have
learned that very early Tish adopted an army term called salvage, which
seems to consist of taking whatever is necessary wherever it may be
found. For instance, she has always referred to the night when she
salvaged the ambulance and the extra tires; and the night later on, when
we found the window of a warehouse open and secured seven cases of
oranges for some of our boys who had no decent drinking water, she also
referred to our actions at that time as salvage.

In fact, so common did the term become that I have heard her speaking of
the time we salvaged the town of V----.

_In re_ the matter of passports--_in re_ is also military, and means
referring to, or concerning; I find a certain tendency myself to use
military terms. _In re_ the matter of passports and permits, since the
authenticity of our adventure has recently been challenged here at home,
particularly in our church, though we have been lifelong members, it is
a strange fact that we never required any. The sacred emblem on the
ambulance and ourselves, including Mr. Burton, was amply sufficient. And
though there were times when Mr. Burton found it expedient to lie in the
back of the car and emit slow and tortured groans I have always
contended that it was not really necessary in the two months which
followed.

Over those two months I shall pass lightly. Our brave Tish was almost
incessantly at the wheel, and we distributed uncounted numbers of
cigarettes and so on. We had, naturally, no home other than the
ambulance, but owing to Tish's forethought we found, among other
articles in the secret compartment under the floor, a full store of
canned goods and a nest of cooking kettles.

With this outfit we were able to supplement when necessary such
provisions as we purchased along the way, and even now and then to make
such occasional delicacies as cup custard or to bake a few muffins or
small sweet cakes. More than once, too, we have drawn up beside the road
where troops were passing, and turned out some really excellent hot
doughnuts for them.

Indeed I may say that we became quite well known among both officers and
men, being called The Three Graces.

But when so many were doing similar work on a much larger scale our poor
efforts are hardly worthy of record. Only one thing is significant! We
moved slowly but inevitably toward the Front, and toward that portion of
the Front