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Show i r -1M THIS IS THE TRUE RED CROSS SPIRIT A Utile Story With a Big Thought in It. A month ago tho lied Cross chapter In Bay City, Mich., received n hurry up call for 120 dunnage bags. Troops were ubuut to move, and through an oversight their equipment was not complete. The bags had to bo mado and sent within 48 hours. A request for help was sent over tho town, and tho stores wero searched successfully for tho right materials. Among thoso who quickly responded and enmo to tho chapter workrooms to help were two llttlo girls, sisters, about ten and twelvo years of age, each cngcr to lend a lmnd and do something for tho boys who wcro going to tho front. All day long tho llugcra of the women nnd tho llttlo girls wcro fairly flying. Bag after bag received tho last stitch un I til scores wcro piled up ready for shipment. Closing tlmo came; and tho woman superintending tho making of the bags counted thoso completed and announced that If every ono Of the workers could como early tho next morning nnd work nil doy tho bags would surely bo finished In tlmo for hipping by evening. Two crestfallen llttlo girls, tho llttlo sisters, were watting watt-ing for her nt tho door ns she de parted. Red Cross Dunnage Bag. "Wo uro awfully sorry, ma'am," said the older of tho two, "but we can't cuino back tomorrow. You see tomoi row wu havo to" And, without (la Ublng tho sentence, sho looked back wistfully ut tho pile of bags. "It 1b too bad you can't como back,'' aid the superintendent, "but I want to tlmnlt you, nnd wo ull thank you, for the work you've done today. You two havo been n wonderful help, nnd Hint pllo of bags wouldn't be nearly sj big If you budu't been here. Good night" Tho next morning when the superintendent super-intendent came down to unlock the workrooms for tho day she was nston-Ishcd nston-Ishcd to see the two little girls stand-Ing stand-Ing In the cold by tho locked door. "Oh. I'm so glad to see you I" sho snld. "I thought you uld you couldn't co'mo?" "Oh. we knew thoso lied Croxn liacs Just had to be finished for tbu sol-1 dlcrs," cxclnlmed tho little one, with (listening rycH, "and we got up nt lirco o'clock tlils morning and got tli Slashing dono early I" 1c-ti 1c-ti - |