" They smiled again, and said something to each other, but I
interrupted with, "I do not see how those big wagons and four mules
can pass you here, and it seems to me you had better get out of their
way, for soldiers can be awfully cross if things are not just to suit
them."
Well, those two men got in the old wagon without saying one word and
started on, and we watched them until they had disappeared from sight
around a bend, and then I said to Miss Hayes, "Come!" and lifting my
skirts, I started on the fastest run I ever made in my life, and I
kept it up until I actually staggered. Then I sat upon a rock back of
some bushes and waited for Miss Hayes, who appeared after a few
minutes. We rested for a short time and then went on and on, and still
there was nothing to be seen of the meadow where the camp was supposed
to be. Finally, after we had walked miles, it seemed to us, we saw an
opening far ahead, and the sharp silhouette of a man under the arch of
trees, and when we reached the end of the wooded road we found Captain
Spencer waiting for us. He at once started off on a fine
inspection-day reprimand, but I was tired and cross and reminded him
that it was he who had told us that the camp would be only one mile
from us, and if we had not listened to him we would not have stopped
at all. Then we all laughed!
Captain and Mrs.
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