Chapter 11
The wake-up bugle sounded in the darkness. Men shouted orders and women shouted orders and children squealed and animals howled. After a quick breakfast of scrambled eggs, buttered toast, and coffee, Amos and Willie had our wagon ready for crossing. Willie pointed at Paul and Sally, who were too close to the river for comfort. They were back by her side in a moment.
Mamie Durington didn’t have as much luck with her children, also a boy and a girl. She pointed at them as Willie had at Paul and Sally but the Durington children paid no attention to her. She screamed to make herself heard over the cacophony.
“Oliver! Priscilla! You two Duringtons get your behinds over here right now. And you best quit that caterwauling before I make you sorry you ever woke up today.”
“Yes, Ma,”
