"Go and find your men."
"Very good, sir. May I include Sergeant Terry?"
"If he can arrange for relief at the telegraph station."
In his spare time during the rest of the day Sergeant Hal Overton was extremely happy. He was busy interviewing soldiers, and in finding out who were the most experienced hunters, for there was big game to be had up in the mountains.
Noll was invited first of all. Terry succeeded in arranging for relief from telegraph duties, so that he could go.
Corporal Hyman proved to be one of the skilled hunters, and he at once agreed, besides suggesting others who should be invited.
"It's a great picnic, Kid Sergeant; you don't know what bully fun it is until you get there," Hyman assured Hal.
Lieutenant Ferrers dropped in at the officers' club well ahead of the dinner hour that evening.
"Yes, fellows," he drawled, "I'm going back to life and civilization. No more of this boarding school and chain-gang life for me."
The other officers present laughed good-humoredly.