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To escape the dust raised by so many hoofs and wheels we took to the fields and found a shady place on a hill which overlooked the country Then for the first time I realized the nearness of the arainst the green, and bright flags were flying from hillocks, and on a level plain that stretched away toward the Hudson I saw long dark lines lih the sunshine; and I, for the first tiade of our army at exercise

We were too far away to see, yet it was a sight to stir one who had endured that prison city so long, never seeing a Continental soldier except as a prisoner h the streets to the jails or the hulks in the river But there they were--those men of White Plains, of Princeton, of Ca Island, and Ger by the right flank, wheeling by the left,away, busy as bees in the July sun

"Ah, Elsin," I said, "when they storm New York the man who misses that splendid cliet that he has ret!"

"Why is it that you are not content?" she asked "For four years you have ht in battle," I said; "never fired a single shot in earnest, never heard the field-horn of the light infantry nor the cavalry-tru, theonset--why, I know nothing of the pleasures of strife, only the s and the ignoble pretense! At times I can scarcely breathe in my desire to washthe heaving, straininger hear or see Four years, Elsin! think of it--think of being chained in the nificent activity for four years! And nohen I beg a billet aoons, they tell me I am fashioned for diplomacy, not for war, and hint of my usefulness on the frontier!"

"What frontier?" she asked quickly

"Tryon County, I suppose"

"Where that dreadful work never ceases?"

"Hatchet and scalping-knife are ever busy there," I said grimly "Who knows? I may yet have my fill and to spare!"