Kelly Says, "Yer Cawn't Feel Yerse'f On Her, Mum."
Faye Is Quartermaster, Adjutant, Commissary, Signal Officer, And Has
Other Positions
That I cannot remember just now, that compel him to be
at his own office for an hour every morning
Before breakfast, in
addition to the regular office hours during the day. The post
commander is up and out at half past six every workday, and Sundays I
am sure he is a most unhappy man. But Faye gets away for a hunt now
and then, and the other day he started off, much to my regret, all
alone and with only a rifle. I worry when he goes alone up in these
dense forests, and when an officer goes with him I am so afraid of an
accident, that one may shoot the other. It is impossible to take a
wagon, or even ride a horse among the rocks and big boulders. There
are panthers and wild cats and wolves and all sorts of fearful things
up there. The coyotes often come down to the post at night, and their
terrible, unearthly howls drive the dogs almost crazy - and some of the
people, too.
I worried about Faye the other morning as usual, and thought of all
the dreadful things that could so easily happen. And then I tried to
forget my anxiety by taking a brisk ride on Bettie, but when I
returned I found that Faye had not come, so I worried all the more.
The hours passed and still he was away, and I was becoming really
alarmed.
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