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Most of the men were lying down, many sleeping, myself among the latter number. To get some shade and to be out of the way I had crawled under a caisson, and was busy making up many lost hours of rest. Suddenly I was rudely awakened by a comrade, prodding me with a sponge-staff as I had failed to be aroused by his call, and was told to get up and come out, that some one wished to see me.
When the General, after a moment or two, dropped his glass to his side, and turned to his staff, Captain Mason said: "General, here is some one who wants to speak to you." The General, seeing a much-begrimed artillery-man, sponge-staff in hand, said: "Well, my many, what can I do for you?"
Swish-swash the sponge-staff ran in and out he would try to steal away at dog-watch. He struck the sponge smartly on ma couzaine's muzzle, cleansing it he would have to slide into the water like a rat and swim very softly to the shore.
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