Page 43 - Among the camps, or, Young people's stories of the war

Pretty cold,” said the sentry.
11 Y e — es/f gasped Bob.
11 Your mother's been out here, looking for you, I guess/’

said the soldier, with much friendliness.
" I rec— reckon so/'panted Bob, moving toward the door.
Did that mean that his father was caught? H e opened the
door, and slipped quietly into the corridor.
General Denby still sat silent before the hall fire. Bob
listened at the chamber door, Hia mother was weeping ; his

father stood calm and resolute before the fire. He had
determined to give himself up,
" If you only did not have on those clothes! 1 sobbed
Mrs. Stafford. fl If 1 only had not cut up the old uniform

for the children !"
" M oth er! m other! I have one !" gasped Bob, bursting
into the room and tearing off the unknown major's uniform.