Our second lieutenant has been made captain. The
orderly sergeant and second sergeant are now our lieutenants, and
the line of promotion has even reached me. I am a corporal.
"I have been drawn into writing a very long letter, and I must
now close, with the promise of writing again very soon. After I
have concluded, I must write to poor Frank Grover's mother. May
God comfort her, for she has lost a boy of whom any mother might
feel proud.
"With love to the children, I remain, as ever, your affectionate
husband. HENRY FROST."
"How terrible it must have been," said Mrs. Frost, with a
shudder, as she folded up the letter and laid it down. "We ought
indeed to feel thankful that your father's life was spared."
"If I were three years older, I might have been in the battle,"
thought Frank.
CHAPTER XXII. FRANK BROACHES A NEW PLAN
For some time Frank had been revolving in his mind the
feasibility of a scheme which he hoped to be able to carry into
execution. It was no less than this--to form a military company
among the boys, which should be organized and drilled in all
respects like those composed of older persons.
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