When I Told Her That It Was
Through My Own Choice That I Was "Tramping," That I Enjoyed It She
Looked At Me With Genuine Pity, And As Though She Had Just Discovered
That I Did Not Have Good Common Sense.
We start on early in the morning, and it will take two three days to
cross the mountains.
The little camp of one company looks lonesome
after the large regimental camp we have been with so long. The air is
really wonderful, so clear and crisp and exhilarating. It makes me
long for a good horse, and horses we intend to have as soon as
possible. We are anticipating so much pleasure in having a home once
more, even if it is to be of logs and buried in snow, perhaps, during
the winter. Hal is outside, and his beseeching whines have swelled to
awful howls that remind me of neglected duties in the tent.
CAMP BAKER, MONTANA TERRITORY,
November, 1877.
IT was rather late in the afternoon yesterday when we got to this
post, because of a delay on the mountains. But this did not cause
inconvenience to anyone - there was a vacant set of quarters that
Lieutenant Hayden took possession of at once for his family, and where
with camp outfit they can be comfortable until the wagons are
unloaded. Faye and I are staying with the commanding officer and his
wife. Colonel Gardner is lieutenant colonel of the - th Infantry, and
has a most enviable reputation as a post commander.
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