| was seldom heard. Then one day the train was forced to stop. The plague that infested the cadets' camp had struck the train. The influenza stopped everything. After three weeks of rest the order "Roll out" was heard; the train, with stout- er hearts and renewed hopes and despite the war whoops of the cadets, took up the trail once more. The next obstacle was a river, the Clothes River. At a distance it appeared a mere stream, but on close inspection there were swift undercurrents. The women crossed easily but the men encountered difficulties. Fortu- nately there were friendly cadets in this region who offered their equipment. This did not prove so satisfactory in some respects because what fit one place did not fit another, but in the end and with the borrowed equipment the men were able to cross. At the end of the trail was the greatest hard- ship of all. The River Success must be crossed. Could the train swim this body of water or would the treacherous cur- rent of failure carry them down to the camps of hostile ca- dets, there to be held in the bondage of ridicule? On February 8 the crossing was made. At 8:30 P. M. the curtains rolled back and the first wagon was in the water. One by one they crossed until the last wagon, containing Adam and Eva in each other's arms, reached the opposite bank. Success had been achieved. The trail was blazed. M. L. R. |