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Tom was there in his character of a fine city dandy, and the moment he saw Jerry, he hastened to meet her, greeting her with perfect self-possession, as if nothing had happened. 'You are late, he said, going up to her. 'We are waiting for you to complete our eight hand croquet, and I claim you as my partner. 'I c-c call that mean, T-t-tom.
"N-n-no, s-sor, I c-can't, an' the m-more you t-try to make me the w-w-wus I g-gits." "Well, then, come to the point, an' don't say more than's needful." "Y-y-yis, sor." "What's this man's name!" asked the chief, settling the bandages uneasily on his head with one hand, and pointing to Brixton with the other. "M-Muster T-T-Tom, sor." "That's his Christian name, I suppose?"
Whereupon, the stutterer said: "T-T-Tom Paysinger, I saw a heap of men down there, but not one that laughed." War has its humorous as well as its serious side, and many a joke was cracked in battle, or if not mentioned then, the joke was told soon afterwards. It is recalled just here that in this battle an officer, who had escaped being wounded up to that time, was painfully wounded.