He Has Command, Of Course, As
Colonel Knight Is East On Recruiting Service, And The First Lieutenant
Is Abroad.
General and Mrs. Bourke could not understand at first why I would not
go with them to the park, just the same, but I understood perfectly,
and said at once that I would go to Maginnis with Faye.
For, to go in
one direction where there is only a weekly mail, and Faye to go in
another direction where there is no mail at all, and through an Indian
country, was not to be considered one second. I was half afraid that
the commanding officer might forbid my going with Faye, as he could
have done, but he did not, and when he saw that I could not be
persuaded to change my mind, an ambulance was ordered to go with the
command, so I can have a shelter when it storms, for I shall ride
Bettie on the trip.
The distance over is one hundred and fifty miles right across
mountains and valleys, and there will be only a faint trail to guide
us, and I am anticipating great delight in such a long horseback ride
through a wild country. We will have everything for our comfort, too.
Faye will be in command, and that means much, and a young contract
surgeon, who has been recently appointed, will go with us, and our
Chinese cook will go also. I have always wanted to take a trip of this
kind, and know that it will be like one long picnic, only much nicer.
I never cared for real picnics - they always have so much headache
with them.
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