Excerpt from Captured the Story of Sandy Ray AS matters stood, a captain of Foot now com mended at Camp Boutelle and a much perturbed adjutant of cavalry was his prophet. Of the officers stationed at this somewhat isolated post as many as seven were blessed with the presence of their families from the States, and of these families, at the moment of the arrival of Mr. Sandford Ray, recently trans ferred from the squadron adjutancy at Malinta to the command of an orphaned troop at regimental head quarters, no less than three were now to worry along the best they could without the husband and father, for Uncle Sam had need of his services on an extended scout toward the more distant sea. When Mr. Ray on reporting had expressed a wish to set forth and overtake his troop, the smilingly urbane officer left in command replied with much appreciation, Most natural and highly creditable, Mr. Ray, but - aw equally impossible. The trail is beset with ladrones and you could not possibly get through. For ten days at least you'll have to stay here. We'll be delighted to welcome you at mess, and we dine - aw - right after retreat parade - aw - costume dc riguer. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.