Dedication
TO
FIVE GIRLS I KNOW
IN THE TOWN OF SAINT JO
Note
If this story should seem extravagant to any of my readers, I can only refer them to some one of the many published accounts of the Spanish-American War. They will find that many delicate and tenderly nurtured girls were forced to endure dangers and privations compared to which Rita’s adventures seem like child’s play.
L. E. R.