You must not take it unkindly.

I am an old army woman and I have made many campaigns with the Colonel; you have but just joined the army.

You must never try to do any cooking at the camp-fire.

The soldiers are there for that work, and they know lots more about it than any of us do." "But, Jack," I began-- "Never mind Jack," said she; "he does not know as much as I do about it; and when you reach your post," she added, "you can show him what you can do in that line." Bowen cleared away the sandy remains of the doubtful dough, and prepared for us a very fair supper.

Soldiers' bacon, and coffee, and biscuits baked in a Dutch oven.
While waiting for the sun to set, we took a short stroll over to the adobe ruins.