CHAPTER V.
TO SPRINGFIELD AND BEYOND.
Conduct of the St.Louis Secessionists .-- Collisions between Soldiers and Citizens .-- Indignation of the Guests of a Hotel .-- From St.
Louis to Rolla .-- Opinions of a "Regular."-- Railway-life in Missouri .-- Unprofitable Freight .-- A Story of Orthography .-- Mountains and Mountain Streams .-- Fastidiousness Checked .-- Frontier Courtesy .-- Concentration of Troops at Springfield .-- A Perplexing Situation .-- The March to Dug Spring .-- Sufferings from Heat and Thirst..