Siegie and I cried.

Luther cried too, but he cried because all of us were crying.

Dad just stood there with his arms around us. He said, "I know it looks bad now, but things have looked bad before, and we've made it. Don't worry. I'll find a way to get us there, somehow."

We were standing beside our trailer wondering what we were going to do when the commandant rode up on his horse. He didn't dismount but sat upon his horse and looked down at us.

He spoke to Dad i...