# The Next of Kin: Those who Wait and Wonder

Author: McClung, Nellie L., 1873-1951

Genre: World War I

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/16552

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Next+of+Kin%3A+Those+who+Wait+and+Wonder+McClung&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

When a soldier's watch, with its luminous face, Loses its light and grows dim and black, He holds it out in the sun a space And the radiance all comes back; And that is the reason I'm thinking to-day Of the glad days now long past; I am leaving my heart where the sunbeams play: I am trying to drive my fears away: I am charging my soul with a spirit gay, And hoping that it will last!

## Chapters

- [Chapter 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-next-of-kin-those-who-wait-and-wonder-16552/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-next-of-kin-those-who-wait-and-wonder-16552/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Chapter 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-next-of-kin-those-who-wait-and-wonder-16552/chapters/11/index.md)
- [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-next-of-kin-those-who-wait-and-wonder-16552/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Chapter 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-next-of-kin-those-who-wait-and-wonder-16552/chapters/10/index.md)
- [Chapter 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-next-of-kin-those-who-wait-and-wonder-16552/chapters/13/index.md)
- [Chapter 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-next-of-kin-those-who-wait-and-wonder-16552/chapters/12/index.md)
- [Chapter 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-next-of-kin-those-who-wait-and-wonder-16552/chapters/14/index.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-next-of-kin-those-who-wait-and-wonder-16552/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-next-of-kin-those-who-wait-and-wonder-16552/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-next-of-kin-those-who-wait-and-wonder-16552/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Chapter 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-next-of-kin-those-who-wait-and-wonder-16552/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Chapter 16](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-next-of-kin-those-who-wait-and-wonder-16552/chapters/16/index.md)
- [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-next-of-kin-those-who-wait-and-wonder-16552/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Chapter 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-next-of-kin-those-who-wait-and-wonder-16552/chapters/15/index.md)
- [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-next-of-kin-those-who-wait-and-wonder-16552/chapters/4/index.md)