Chapter 25

The next morning they awoke hot and sticky in the tent. It was going to be a hot humid day and the sun was just peaking over the horizon. No sooner had the bugler finished morning revellie than the commander, the officers and the trainers were all going down the line and pulling men out of their tents. Will could hear them coming their way. He quickly grabbed Seline’s clothes and the two blankets. He stood up hunched over in the tent and wrapped the blankets around her. At the mouth of the tent he stuck her clothes in her hands and told her to head into the woods to get dressed and then come back quickly. Seline ran out of the tent and darted into the woods. Will had stuck her hat on her head, over her newly cut hair, as she ran out. She got into the woods and out of sight just in time the sounds of hooves and the groans and shouts of men could be heard just out of sight.

Seline stopped and leaned on a tree and pulled on her pants as she listened. “Where is your brother boy?” The com