Brief description:
West Point. New YORK. 1886 -
"You want me to do what to a birdcage?”
Clyde Brixton stood in the superintendent's office atthe United States Military Academy at West Point, not quite cerrtain he understood the bizarre order correctly. Superintendant Draper sat behind the imposing mahogany desk flanked by two American flags.
“General White‘s daughter wants a fountain added to her birdcage, and you are going to build it for her. Or ould you prefer to have your disciplinary hearing now, instead of at the beginningof the next semester?”
Clyde swallowed hard. If the hearing was held before he had a chance to work off his demerits, Clyde would be expelled from West Point. N0 cadet was allowed more than two Illndred demerits, and as of this morning, Clyde had iust hit that dangerous number. He hadn’t expected the penalty for a jaunt to Washington to cost a staggering forty demerits, and d his academic career was hanging by a thread. Working off demerits was possible, but difficult. In Clyde‘s case, it was going to involve pandering to the general’s spoiled daughter.
"You want me to do what to a birdcage?”
Clyde Brixton stood in the superintendent's office atthe United States Military Academy at West Point, not quite cerrtain he understood the bizarre order correctly. Superintendant Draper sat behind the imposing mahogany desk flanked by two American flags.
“General White‘s daughter wants a fountain added to her birdcage, and you are going to build it for her. Or ould you prefer to have your disciplinary hearing now, instead of at the beginningof the next semester?”
Clyde swallowed hard. If the hearing was held before he had a chance to work off his demerits, Clyde would be expelled from West Point. N0 cadet was allowed more than two Illndred demerits, and as of this morning, Clyde had iust hit that dangerous number. He hadn’t expected the penalty for a jaunt to Washington to cost a staggering forty demerits, and d his academic career was hanging by a thread. Working off demerits was possible, but difficult. In Clyde‘s case, it was going to involve pandering to the general’s spoiled daughter.
Publication
Bethany House, (2016) 1st,SftCv,,,Exc