Then I Sat Upon A Rock Back Of
Some Bushes And Waited For Miss Hayes, Who Appeared After A Few
Minutes.
We rested for a short time and then went on and on, and still
there was nothing to be seen of the meadow where the camp was supposed
to be.
Finally, after we had walked miles, it seemed to us, we saw an
opening far ahead, and the sharp silhouette of a man under the arch of
trees, and when we reached the end of the wooded road we found Captain
Spencer waiting for us. He at once started off on a fine
inspection-day reprimand, but I was tired and cross and reminded him
that it was he who had told us that the camp would be only one mile
from us, and if we had not listened to him we would not have stopped
at all. Then we all laughed!
Captain and Mrs. Spencer had become worried, and the ambulance was
just starting back for us when fortunately we appeared. Miss Hayes
cannot understand yet why I went down to that wagon. The child does
not fear tramps and desperadoes, simply because she has never
encountered them. Whether my move was wise or unwise, I knew that down
on the road we could run - up among the rocks we could not. Besides, I
have the satisfaction of knowing that once in my life I outgeneraled a
man - two men - and whether they were friends or foes I care not now.
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