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I was struck by receiving an offer one morning from the lieutenant of the prison guard of $300 for my tooth-brush. The "dollars" meant of course Confederate dollars and I doubtless hardly realised from the scanty information that leaked into the prison how low down in February, 1865, Confederate currency had depreciated.
On arrival, he insisted on being shaved. As no shaving-brush was available, the piou-piou in the next bed lathered him with his tooth-brush. The French cooking did not appeal to him, and he grumbled continuously. The directress of the hospital sent her own cook from her château to cater for Mr. Atkins. An elaborate menu was prepared.
I wondered what in the world we should do with him when we had got him. "Give me time to put some things together? Pair of pyjamas and tooth-brush, don't you know?" "I cannot give you many minutes, my lord, but I don't want to cause a disturbance here, so I'll tell them to call a cab if you like. But I shall be back in a minute, and you must be ready in five.
"'You may blanket this horse now, the colonel says to me. "When the ginny gets back, Colonel King pours the benzine on the tooth-brush 'n' goes to work on the off-forefoot. It ain't long till it's nice 'n' white again. "'That is most remarkable! says Elsy, who's watchin' the colonel. "'In my opinion, Mr. Tuttle, says the colonel, 'the only remarkable feature of this affair is yourself.
"I don't think that's quite fair," I said. "After all, it's YOUR bag. If you take it for an hour and a half, I don't mind taking the other half." "Your shoes are heavier than mine, anyhow." "My pyjamas weigh less. Such a light blue as they are." "Ah, but my tooth-brush has lost seven bristles. That makes a difference." "What I say is, let every man carry his own bag.
If Peter Jones imagines he has not received the pay to which he is entitled, if he wishes to remit a monthly sum to his wife, or if he desires to become the possessor of a pair of boots, a tooth-brush, and a pair of new trousers, mother will oblige him.
In the evenings he gets drunk at the Red Cow; so I know little of him, save that he is a red-faced man, with a Moustache like a tooth-brush and two great hands like hams. His wife is taciturn almost to dumbness. She is a thick-set, black-haired woman, and looks at me disapprovingly out of the corner of her eye as if I were a blackbeetle which she would like to squash under foot.
This also was something the little machinist had not bargained for; he had taken it as a matter of course that he would be allowed to work for Uncle Sam in any old clothes, just as he had done for Abel Granitch. But no he must have an outfit, complete even to a tooth-brush, which they would show him how to use.
What do you mean by that, you devil's pick-tooth? Where's Isabel? Where's Jezabel? Playing her pranks, I suppose where is she, you devil's tooth-brush? eh?" "Do you want your brandy and wather, sir?" "Brandy and h l, you scoundrel! Where's Miss Puzzle?" "Why, she's just rinsing her mouth, sir, wid a drop of "
They had heard from the lips of other students about our insisting upon the use of this, and so, to make a good impression, they brought at least a tooth-brush with them. I remember that one morning, not long ago, I went with the lady principal on her usual morning tour of inspection of the girls' rooms. We found one room that contained three girls who had recently arrived at the school.
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