CHAPTER XXIII

READ OVER A SOLDIER’S SHOULDER “To Lieutenant James Pendleton. “—th Engineers. “Nine pound boy. Mother doing well. Congratulations. “John Pendleton.” From Mrs. Thomas Chilton. “My dear Jimmy:— “The last two days have been so full and so exciting that I am not at all sure that I can compose myself sufficiently to write a satisfactory letter. But while your uncle cabled you yesterday, the cable service is slow and uncertain, and eve…