nd was ordered to Fort Leavenworth, where he received
his honorable discharge. Then he went home, and he is there now, living
on the best of terms with everybody, especially David Evans. Although he
was kept in the army long months beyond his time, he does not complain,
for it gives him the opportunity to refer, when speaking of his frontier
experience, to the "time when he was with Custer."

George Ackerman is living in his Texas home, managing his own affairs
with the assistance of an occasional word from Mr. Gilbert, and keeping
up a regular correspondence with his friend Bob Owens, whom he hopes
some day to see at his ranche again. He has never heard from his uncle
John or from Ned since he parted from them in Galveston. George has seen
some stirring times during his life, and has learned how to enjoy
himself in a quiet way. He has accumulated a large fund of stories
during his travels, and takes pleasure in relating them to any attentive
listener. Of all the numerous adventures in which he had borne a part,
he delights most to talk about those that befell him during his LIFE
AMONG THE SOLDIERS.

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Transcriber's Note:

"himself to be could be coward" on page 106 is left as it
was in the original

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