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His head began to sink sidewise, nodded once or twice, and in spite of the darkness and the horror of his situation he fell fast asleep, to begin dreaming of Mother Beane, of the camp-fire and the cooking, and Tom Jones the bugle boy making a horrible noise on his copper horn, as he would sometimes in play: and then he started into wakefulness, to crouch there listening, for the hoarse sound sounded again from somewhere below.
"That hurt you?" said Dick, after unbuttoning the uniform and taking out the carefully folded handkerchief just as Mrs Corporal Beane had brought it to him from the wash. "Yes, but not very much," said the Colonel. "Go on, it will be cool and refreshing."
The hail came from high up in a woody ravine far above their heads, and the boy shaded his eyes and said excitedly "Here, look. It's Joe Beane, and he's found something good. Got it on his shoulder." "What is it?" cried Mrs Beane. "A kid?" "No, it's a bag o' something. It's no, he's hid among the trees again. It was a bag, though looked whitish." "It's flour," cried Mrs Beane triumphantly.
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