A knight of Columbia; a story of the war . waiting guards-men grinning at the joy of bringing a regular to bay. I am Colonel Hunters orderly, he called, and orderedto waste no moment, and he waved the paper slip overthe sentrys head in hopes of hastening the sergeants com-ing, but that worthy seemed to rejoice in deliberation, andwhen at last he had spelled out the words of the pass heprofessed inability to decipher the signature. And thelieutenant aint here just now to help me, said the NewEnglander. Whats your hurry ? The hurry is my orders, was the indignant answer,and Ingraham was flushing
A knight of Columbia; a story of the war . waiting guards-men grinning at the joy of bringing a regular to bay. I am Colonel Hunters orderly, he called, and orderedto waste no moment, and he waved the paper slip overthe sentrys head in hopes of hastening the sergeants com-ing, but that worthy seemed to rejoice in deliberation, andwhen at last he had spelled out the words of the pass heprofessed inability to decipher the signature. And thelieutenant aint here just now to help me, said the NewEnglander. Whats your hurry ? The hurry is my orders, was the indignant answer,and Ingraham was flushing now, with exasperation. Where is your lieutenant, anyhow ? Gone over for a snack at the sutlers, answered thenon-commissioned officer, with a toss of his head over hisbroad blue shoulder. You cant follow him there,anyhow. Then call for him, or send for him, if you cant read,shouted Ingraham, now mad clear through, as the sen-try swore to it later, and one object of his shouting was toattract attention at the sutlers, a rambling, roadside. *THK GliEAMING BAYONKT WAS CLOSE AT HIS BELT BUCKLE A EIDE OF MISHAPS 99 shanty, with long counters of unplaned pine, alluringlygarnished with all manner of emergency items: pies, pea-nuts, cakes, fruits, cigars, tobacco, blue flannel garmentsalready turning ruddy, red flannel underwear alreadyturning brown, shirts, shoes, socks, soap, kerchiefs, neck-ties, Havelocks, caps, fezzes, playing cards, stationery,etc., etc. About the counters clustered a motley array ofmilitiamen from Fort Runyon and the neighboring camps,especially about that section of the establishment where iced beverages warranted to contain no intoxicant werebeing sold in copious lots under the supervision of certainmembers of the guard, while a side door, opening fromwithin only in response to certain signals from a uni-formed guardian stationed without, gave ingress or egressto a favored few, mainly wearers of shoulder straps, whosegeneral appearance warranted the belief th
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