All things, big and small, were out by one
o'clock, and just in time, too, to avoid a collision with the colored
soldiers of the incoming cavalry officer, who commenced taking
furniture and boxes in the house at precisely that hour.
Of course there was no hotel or even restaurant for me to go to, and I
was too proud and too indignant to beg shelter in the house of a
friend--in fact, I felt as if I had no friend. So I sat down on a
chair in the yard with the little dog by me, thinking, I remember,
that the chair was our own property and no one had a right to object
to my being there. And I also remember that the whole miserable affair
brought to mind most vividly scenes of eviction that had been
illustrated in the papers from time to time, when poor women had been
evicted for nonpayment of rent!
Just as I had reached the very lowest depths of misery and woe, Mrs.
Vincent appeared, and Faye almost immediately after. We three went to
Mrs. Vincent's house for luncheon, and in fact I remained there until
we came to this house. She had just heard of what had happened and
hastened down to me. Captain Vincent said it was entirely the fault of
the commanding officer for permitting such a disgraceful order to
leave his office; that Captain Park's family could have remained one
night longer in tents here, as they had been in camp every night on
the road from Fort Sill.
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