CHAPTER XI.
THE DEPARTURE.It was with really a sad heart that Clarice Carr felt that she must say farewell to Ruth Arden. She had become greatly attached to her in the few days she had been at the fort, and she recognized what a superior woman she was, young in years but old in experience.
The major and his wife also were sorry to see her depart, for they too had been drawn to her most closely.
When the time came for her departure Colonel Dunwoody came over to the major’s and for a moment saw Ruth alone.
“Miss Arden, I hope and feel that we will meet again, and I wish to say to you that it is my wish that you will command me in any way in which I can ever be of service to you. Will you promise me this, Miss Arden?”
“I will, Colonel Dunwoody, although I am now under the deepest obligat
