"
"Go ahead, then. I'd like my staff to know."
"Well, sir, having got the enemy on the run, we kept them going so
they could not mask what was behind them. There's a large force
coming up."
"As large as ours?"
"I think so. I gained an eminence from which I obtained a good view.
Major Jones told me to say that he would skirmish with the advance,
delay it, and send word from time to time."
"All right. Get some dinner, then report to me."
"Yes, sir;" and Scoville saluted and departed without a glance at
any one except his commander.
"What do you think of my scout, Miss Baron?" asked the general with
a humorous twinkle in his eyes.
"He proved himself a gentleman last evening, sir, and now I should
think he was proving a very good soldier, much too good for our
interests."
"You are mistaken about your interests. Don't you think he was
rather rude in not acknowledging your presence?"
"I don't know much about military matters, but I reckon he thought
he was on duty."
The general laughed.
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