He Made A Fine, Soldierly Picture As He Brought His Rifle To
His Side And Saluted.
The officer of the day hurried out, and after a
time returned, he also smothered in furs and snow.
He said the storm
was terrific and he did not see how many of us could possibly get to
our homes.
But of course we could not remain in the hall until the blizzard had
ceased, so after rehearsing a little more, we wrapped ourselves up as
well as we could and started for our homes. The wind was blowing at
hurricane speed, I am sure, and the heavy fall of snow was being
carried almost horizontally, and how each frozen flake did sting!
Those of us who lived in the garrison could not go very far astray, as
the fences were on one side and banks of snow on the other, but the
light snow had already drifted in between and made walking very slow
and difficult. We all got to our different homes finally, with no
greater mishap than a few slightly frozen ears and noses. Snow had
banked up on the floor inside of our front door so high that for a few
minutes Faye and I thought that we could not get in the house.
Major Pierce undertook to see Mrs. Elmer safely to her home at the
sutler's store, and in order to get there they were obliged to cross a
wide space in between the officers' line and the store.
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