Christine Blashford
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Recording by Christine Blashford A Daughter of the Sioux by General Charles King Chapter four The Sign of the Bar Shoe
Many a time has it happened in the old days of the old army that the post adjutant has begged to be allowed to go with some detachment sent after Indians, and
Rarely has it happened, however, that without any request from the detachment commander or of his own, has the post adjutant been ordered to go.
No one could say of Beverly Field that he had not abundantly availed himself of every opportunity of active service in the past.
During his first two years with the regiment he had spent more than half the time in saddle and afield, scouting the trails of war parties or marauding bands, or watching over a peaceable tribe when on the annual hunt.
Twice he had been out with Ray, which meant a liberal education in planescraft and frontier duty.
Twice twenty times probably had he said he would welcome a chance to go again with Captain Ray, and now the chance had come, so had the spoken order, and so far from receiving it with rejoicing, it was more than apparent that he heard it with something like dismay.
But Webb was not the man to either explain or defend an order, even to a junior for whom he cherished such regard.
Field felt instinctively that it was not because of a wish expressed in the past he was so suddenly bidden to take the field.
Ray's senior subaltern, as has been said, was absent, being on duty at West Point, but his junior was on hand, and Ray really did not need, and probably had not applied for the services of Mr Field.
It was all the Major's doing, and all, reasoned he, because the Major deemed it best that for the time being his young adjutant should be sent away from the post.
Impulse prompted Field to ask wherein he had offended or failed.
Reflection taught him, however, that he would be wise to ask no questions.
It might well be that Webb knew more of what had happened during the night than he, Beverly Field, would care to have mentioned.
You can be ready, can you not?
asked the Major.
I am ready now, sir, was the brief, firm reply, but the tone told unerringly that the lad resented, and in heart rebelled at the detail.
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