The lieutenant, now replaced by Captain Montgomery, was "requested" to escort a foreign opera singer into the gold fields of the Colorado Territory. Montgomery to take Lieutenant Surrey's place. But since Lieutenant Surrey had died just last week, Colonel Harrison would have to choose someone to take the assignment in his place.Ĭolonel Harrison's smile grew broader. Surrey was to leave the post of Company J, Second Dragoons, for a special assignment. General Yovington had issued orders from Washington, D.C., that Lieutenant L. Just to make sure it did indeed say what he thought it did, he looked at the letter again. That was the only way to describe the letter: the answer to a prayer. Colonel Harrison read the letter a second time, then leaned back in his chair and smiled.
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