Preparations to meet this movement were begun at once. Sergeant Frank
was sent to the ambulance with orders for the men in charge to bring
in the animals, two at a time, and fasten them in the rear of the
stable and stack. This was easily accomplished in the darkness. The
ambulance was left in charge of Vic.
While this was going on, and I was overlooking the construction of
rifle-shelters on the flanks, Sergeant Henry approached and asked if
he could not be of some use. Something in the tone of the boy's voice
showed me he felt he had been neglected, while his brother had been
kept busy.
"What would you like to do?" I asked.
"Does a soldier choose his duty, sir?" was the reply, uttered with
some dignity.
"Not usually, sergeant, it is true. I have a very important thing for
you to do--something for which I was intending to look you up. Go and
find Private Clary, and tell him to help you carry several armfuls of
hay from the stack to the right of the slope. Make a heap, so that
when it is lighted it will illuminate the approach from the creek.
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