I Said Not A Word About Having Heard
This, But I Promised Myself That I Would Go On.
The dread of being
left with perfect strangers, of whom I knew nothing, and where I could
not possibly
Have medical attendance, did not improve my condition,
but fear gave me strength, and in the morning when camp broke I
assured Doctor Gordon that I was better, very much better, and stuck
to it with so much persistence that at last he consented to my going
on. But during many hours of the march that morning I was obliged to
ride on my hands and knees! The road was unusually rough and stony,
and the jolting I could not endure, sitting on the canvas or lying on
the padded bottom of the wagon.
It so happened that Faye was officer of the day that day, and Colonel
Fitz-James, knowing that he was under a heavy strain with a sick wife
in addition to the long marches, sent him one of his horses to ride - a
very fine animal and one of a matched team. At the first halt Faye
missed Hal, and riding back to the company saw he was not with the
men, so he went on to my wagon, but found that I was shut up tight,
Cagey asleep, and the dog not with us. He did not speak to either of
us, but kept on to the last wagon, where a laundress told him that she
saw the dog going back down the road we had just come over.
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