Part 42 (1/1)

As soon as the proper medicines could be obtained and adan to recover, and inside of teeks Colonel Fairfield, Captain Lee, and our other friends were around once h rather weak

The ly thankful to Captain Moore and the others for what had been done, and when, several years later, the young captain left the regular army, this company offered him a lucrative position, which he accepted and which he fills to this day

Old Benson and Hank Leeson still continue to roam the Great Northwest, and are happy Occasionally they receive a visit from Joe and Darry, and are nevertour

”Takes o, when you were both green as grass”

”Well, we are not so green now,” replies Joe, with a quiet smile

”Through bitter experience we have learned a thing or two”

”Now it is over I aenuine taste of soldier life, didn't we?”

”That's so,” adds Joe ”We were really and truly the Boys of the Fort”

THE END

BY THE SAME AUTHOR

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THE YOUNG BANDMASTER; Or, Concert Stage and Battlefield

WHEN SANTIAGO FELL; Or, The War Adventures of Two Chums

A SAILOR BOY WITH DEWEY; Or, Afloat in the Philippines

OFF FOR HAWAII; Or, The Mystery of a Great Volcano