noon
The adjutant-general wished to consult him at Prescott . Ninety miles north-west by buckboard , through a country infested by hostile Indians ! It was a trip he little cared to take and leave his wife and daughter here ! At noon he had had to tell them , and tell Willett , who was teaching Lilian a fandango he had heard on the Colorado . Mother and daughter looked anxiously at each other and said nothing . It was decided he should wait until night before arranging when to start . Surely this night should bring news of some kind .