But No One Took Our Old House From Captain Park, Much To
My Disappointment, And He Still Has It.
The house that we are in now is built of cedar logs, and was the
commanding officer's house at one time.
It has a long hall running
through the center, and on the left side Major Hunt and his family
have the four rooms, and we have the two on the right. Our kitchen is
across the yard, and was a chicken house not so very long ago. It has
no floor, of course, so we had loads of dirt dug out and all filled in
again with clean white sand, and now, after the log walls have been
scraped and whitened, and a number of new shelves put up, it is really
quite nice. Our sleeping room has no canvas on the walls inside, and
much of the chinking has fallen out, leaving big holes, and I never
have a light in that room after dark, fearing that Indians might shoot
me through those holes. They are skulking about the post all the time.
We have another cook now - a soldier of course - and one that is rather
inexperienced. General Phillips ordered Findlay back to the company,
saying he was much needed there, but he was company cook just one day
when he was transferred to the general's own kitchen. Comment is
unnecessary! But it is all for the best, I am sure, for Farrar is very
fond of Hal, and sees how intelligent he is, just as I do.
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