ut endless drill, Dick had the rare good fortu

ht?" Dick asked Greg at

put in the time until midnight with Sergeant Lund goi

I expect the clothing supplies to

er than I did," grumbled Greg. "You're always the lucky one.

take a walk in the moon

me you don't get enough walk in th

d. "I want to stroll to-night and talk. But if

d work after hours

as wal

think

d outside in the air. The first t

a walk in the moon

ut to-night I'm officer in ch

had for

im, but all had duty of one kind or a

re going to take a walk, P

at good luck are you

e school for battalion commanders to-night. A talk on

ind to stroll over to company office and invent some new paper work.

the major, "perhaps you could comb

w,

r three days. I'd be glad if you'd t

er, sir," Dick cried eagerly,

will you

nce,

nutes later an orderly rode up, dismounted, saluted and

rse's flanks between his knees and moved off at a slow cante

adjutant, stating that for the next three hours

nearest town, where soldiers on a few hours' pass went for their recreation out of camp. The road to Vinton was usually well sprinkled with jitney

at I'm loafing," Dick reflected. "It's gorgeous outdoors to-night. There will undoubtedl

to a walk. He had ridden along another mile when, near a farmho

ng the girl to the side of the road and halted beside her, drawing himself up to

," Dick nodde

, sir," repli

ther the soldier had pass to be out of camp. He could

tty nearly to yourself, Lawr

atter of fact way. "I saw one slip by in the field, close to t

own this way?" Di

't many houses on this road. My friend, Mi

on Prescott raised his ca

hat, when in Greg's office that afternoon, he had seen Mock's name on Top Sergeant L

't sure," Dick reflected. "Yet, if Mock is out of camp to-night he is out wit

wo lines of trees. Finding that the animal, instead of drying

together for a while, old pal," Dick confided to the

horse bent its head forward,

Dick demanded. On together they walked, until Prescott

anks, "you're cool and dry, and this is one of the prettiest spots in

d down the road until he came to a break in the trees on his right. Though the moon had gone partly behind a cloud Dick found himself gazing down a clearing. He would no

ter?" reflected Prescott, recalling the note that

back, finding better shelter, but he did not seek complete concealment. It occurred to him to wait there,

perhaps, to test out the

ick's ears when the men were no more than thirty feet away. Then they stepped into the

nerve," said the stranger, to Mock.

ad treated you like he

hea

uld," agreed

d spend all his time looking into anything that happened to Holmes. You co

of doing to 'em?" demanded Mock

to put them out of the way altogether, and the other would be to bring disgrace upon th

k-hander, to creep up behind them with a knife, or take a pot shot at t

way, and no one would be the

ow

at you're game," declared the civilian.

" admitted

hink that before you admit

get square with a mean officer. But I can get along without putting him unde

he other. "Anyway, if you claim to be

ed me something, too," challenged Mock, lo

find out that you're man enough to stand up for yourself and

can show me, first of

? Wh

so anxious to have h

d Captain

I'm a friend of yours," retur

saw you until that day when the captain caught me shi

nly. "That was the time when you needed a friend to show you how

names!" commanded Mo

you, and wh

estion for you!" broke in Captain Dick Presco