s of others.

It is this living sympathy, given so freely, that lies like a wreath
of everlasting flowers on his memory now.

It is no longer a secret that the real name of the "Sydney Baxter" of
this story is Reginald Davis; and those of us who know him and have
watched every step of his progress, from his first small job of the
"pen and ledger" to the Secretaryship of a great Company, are
astonished at the understanding and accuracy of this portrayal of a
young man's inner self and outer deeds.

It is true that Sir Ernest Hodder-Williams did little more than
comment on the diary written by Davis himself. But how well he
explains it; how well he reads into its touching cheerfulness and its
splendid sorrow the eternal truth that only by suffering and obedience
can the purposes of God and man be fulfilled.

Davis has won his spurs. He bears the marks of his service in the
Great War with honour and with never a complaint. His old chief and
chronicler was proud of him then. He would be proud of him to-day.

R. PERCY HODDER-WILLIAMS.

CONTENTS

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CHAPTER I
INTRODUCES ONE YOUNG MAN 3

CHAPTER II
ONE YOUNG MAN JOINS THE ARMY 15

CHAPTER III
ONE YOUNG MAN IN CAMP 21

CHAPTER IV
ONE YOUNG MAN ON ACTIVE SERVICE 31

CHAPTER V
ONE YOUNG MAN AT HILL 60 41

CHAPTER VI
ONE YOUNG MAN RECEIVES A LETTER 57

CHAPTER VII
ONE YOUNG MAN IN THE SALIENT 65

CHAPTER VIII
ONE YOUNG MAN'S SUNDAY 71

CHAPTER IX
ONE YOUNG MAN ON TREK 79

CHAPTER X
ONE YOUNG MAN ANSWERS QUESTIONS 91

CHAPTER XI
ONE YOUNG MAN'S LEAVE 99

CHAPTER XII
ONE YOUNG MAN AGAIN IN THE TRENCHES 105

CHAPTER XIII
ONE YOUNG MAN GETS A "BLIGHTY" 119

Introduces One Young Man

ONE YOUNG MAN

CHAPTER I

INTRODUCES ONE YOUNG MAN

The boys in the office were, I fancy, a bit prejudiced against him
before he arrived. It wasn't his fault, for he was a stranger to them
all, but it got about that th