A Daughter of the Sioux: A Tale of the Indian frontier

Ray's Troop.
AUTHOR OF THE COLONEL'S DAUGHTER, FORT FRAYNE, AN ARMY WIFE, ETC., ETC.
He is bred out of that bloody strain That haunted us in our familiar paths.
King Henry V.
ILLUSTRATIONS BY
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Copyright, 1902, BY THE HOBART COMPANY.
The major commanding looked up from the morning report and surveyed the post adjutant with something of perturbation, if not annoyance, in his grim, gray eyes. For the fourth time that week had Lieutenant Field requested permission to be absent for several hours. The major knew just why the junior wished to go and where. The major knew just why he wished him not to go, but saw fit to name almost any other than the real reason when, with a certain awkward hesitancy he began:
W—ell, is the post return ready?
It will be, sir, in abundant time, was the prompt reply.
You know they sent it back for correction last month, hazarded the commander.