The Guard Is Always Mounted With The Long Steel Bayonets On The
Rifles, And I Knew That Faye Had On His Sword, And Remembering These
Things Made Me Almost Scream At Each Wicked Flash Of Lightning,
Fearing That He And The Men Had Been Killed.
But he came to the tent
on a hard run, and giving me a long waterproof coat to wrap myself in,
gathered me in his arms and started for Mrs. Tilden's, where I had
been urged to remain overnight.
When we reached a narrow board walk
that was supposed to run along by her side fence, Faye stood me down
upon it, and I started to do some running on my own account. Before I
had taken two steps, however, down went the walk and down I went in
water almost to my knees, and then splash - down went the greyhound
puppy! Up to that instant I had not been conscious of having the
little dog with me, and in all that rain and water Faye had been
carrying me and a fat puppy also.
The walk had been moved by the rushing water, and was floating, which
we had no way of knowing, of course. I dragged the dog out of the
water, and we finally reached the house, where we received a true army
welcome - a dry one, too - and there I remained until after breakfast
this morning. But sleep during the night I did not, for until long
after midnight I sat in front of a blazing fire holding a very sick
puppy.
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