"I am very glad to have this resignation, Mr. Ferrers," declared Colonel North, speaking more gently at last.
"You can't be any more glad than I am to write it, sir," Algy replied, his face now beaming. "I am glad to cut loose from it all. From the very first day I've been coming more and more to the conclusion, sir, that the Army is no place for a gentleman!"
CHAPTER XV
PLANNING FOR THE SOLDIERS' HUNT
"I'LL go away on the eleven o'clock train to-morrow, sir," stated Algy, as he rose to go. "I won't bother about the few things in my room until I go to Denver and engage a man. Then I'll send my man here to pack up whatever of my belongings are worth having."
"Do you really imagine you can leave the post to-morrow, Mr. Ferrers?" demanded the colonel, a good deal astonished.
"Yes; can't I?"
"Mr. Ferrers, you are of the Army until your resignation has been accepted in the usual way."