I have not given up hope , and I shall not , Tomascow and Mobbage and all such barbarous names to the contrary notwithstanding . Mrs. Dr. dear , can you tell me if R-h-e-i-m-s is Rimes or Reems or Rames or Rems ? '' `` I believe it 's really more like ` Rhangs , ' Susan . '' `` Oh , those French names , '' groaned Susan . `` They tell me the Germans has about ruined the church there , '' sighed Cousin Sophia . `` I always thought the Germans was Christians . '' `` A church is bad enough but their doings in Belgium are far worse , '' said Susan grimly . `` When I heard the doctor reading about them bayonetting the babies , Mrs. Dr. dear , I just thought , ` Oh , what if it were our little Jem ! ' I was stirring the soup when that thought came to me and I just felt that if I could have lifted that saucepan full of that boiling soup and thrown it at the Kaiser I would not have lived in vain . '' `` Tomorrow -- tomorrow -- will bring the news that the Germans are in Paris , '' said Gertrude Oliver , through her tense lips . She had one of those souls that are always tied to the stake , burning in the suffering of the world around them . Apart from her own personal interest in the war , she was racked by the thought of Paris falling into the ruthless hands of the hordes who had burned Louvain and ruined the wonder of Rheims . But on the morrow and the next morrow came the news of the miracle of the Marne . Rilla rushed madly home from the office waving the Enterprise with its big red headlines . Susan ran out with trembling hands to hoist the flag . The doctor stalked about muttering `` Thank God . '' Mrs. Blythe cried and laughed and cried again . `` God just put out His hand and touched them -- ` thus far -- no farther ' , '' said Mr. Meredith that evening . Rilla was singing upstairs as she put the baby to bed . Paris was saved -- the war was over -- Germany had lost -- there would soon be an end now -- Jem and Jerry would be back .
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