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to be admired - a bank of rich purple diminishing into a lesser hue of pink on the nearer clouds. This sight was pierced by the poles of some hundred-odd tent-peaks, and it came to me that the setting was for a play called "The Spirit of the Soldier." For it made you think of what you were here for and reminded you that you were leading a new and interesting life that contained many homely joys and some bitter disappointments.

The joys are still uppermost though. The disappointment of finding the soldiers' mode of living not altogether the upright and clean affair it should be for those who are embarked on a sort of Sacrificing Expedition, is beginning to wear smooth. I've become tolerant to many things and they interest me not. I've found at least 3 good fellows who think straight and there are more to discover as I get more acquainted with the members of this company and with