Page 65 - Among the camps, or, Young people's stories of the war

order to make a dish for the houses in the yard, to hts hor­
ror he saw a little girl in a white dress and with flying hair

suddenly run out into the clear space right between him and
the soldiers on the other side, and stop under a tree just in
the line of their fire, His heart jumped into his mouth as he
sprang to his feet and waved his hands wildly to call atten­
tion to the child. Then shouting to his men to stop firing,
he walked out in front of the line, and came at a rapid stride

down the slope. The others all stood still and almost held
their breaths for fear some one would shoot; but no one did.
Evelyn was so busy trying to coax Kittykin down that she
did not notice anything until she heard some one call o u t:

“ For Heaven's s^ke, run into the house, quick I "
She looked around and saw the gentleman hurrying
toward her. He appeared to be very much excited,
“ W hat on earth are you doing out h ere?" he gasped, as
he came running up to her.
He was a young man, with just a little light mustache,

and with a little gold braid on the sleeves of his gray jacket;
and though he seemed very much surprised, he looked very
kind*
" I want my Kittykin,1’ said Evelyn, answering him, and

looking up the tree, with a little wave of her hand, towards
where Kittykin still clung tightly. Somehow she felt at the
moment that this gentleman could help her better than any
one else.
Kittykin, however, apparently thought differently about