Chapter 19 CAPTAIN CLAIBORNE ON DUTY

When he came where the trees were thin,

The moon sat waiting there to see;

On her worn palm she laid her chin,

And laughed awhile in sober glee

To think how strong this knight had been.

-William Vaughn Moody.

In some mystification Captain Richard Claiborne packed a suit-case in his quarters at Fort Myer. Being a soldier, he obeyed