hould be proud beyond words to know that my son had offered his life
for his country. But now--well, before I received this Oxford paper I
felt ashamed to meet my friends."

Bob closed the letter with a sigh. He was wounded in the house of his
friends. If it were only right, if it were Christian to----; but no,
it was not. It was a violation of every known principle of Christ.
Because the Germans used murderous means to make Europe a hell, it did
not follow that England should do the same. Two wrongs could not make
a right Besides, how much peace and good-will was there in it all?

The next day he saw an announcement that a great meeting was to be held
that same night at the Imperial Opera House, to be addressed by certain
well-known statesmen. The purpose of the meeting was to instruct the
public as to the real causes of the war, and to point out the nation's
duty. Bob made up his mind to go. Throughout the day he applied
himself to his work, and then after an early dinner he left the Temple,
and going out by way of the Temple Church found himself in Fleet Street.

Everywhere the evidences of the war were manifest. On every conveyance
was a call to arms. Newsboys were eagerly shouting the contents of the
papers, people were talking in the streets of the one prevailing topic.

Presently he stopped at a bookshop, and was immediately struck with the
changed character of the literature in the window. There were no
"latest novels," no "new and important biographies"; instead every
shelf was weighted with books about the war.

"GERMANY AND THE NEXT WAR, by General von Bernhardi. Startling
disclosures of Germany's aims and plans, by a well-known German
General," he read. "This is one of the most popular books in Germany,
and is recommended by the Kaiser and the Crown Prince of Germany, as a
book which every patriot should read. It explains why we are at war
to-day."

Side by side were others of a similar description, all written by men
who bore the greatest German names.

Prince von Buelow, ex-German Chancellor, Nietzsche, Trietschke, and
similar great names were given as the authors of the books.

Bob entered the shop, and having selected three which he thought
promised to give him the best idea of Germany's aims and methods,
ordered the bookseller to send them to his chambers.

When he reached the Great Opera House, early as it was, he found a vast
concourse of people. After some little difficulty he