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The decision of the scrap committee was that a fight would have to take place, but that Mr. Holmes was privileged to request the scrap committee to name a yearling who was Holmes's own size and weight, this substitute to fight in Mr. Butler's place at once. Cadet Corporal Atwater thereupon promptly called at Greg's tent, and stated the decision to the three tentmates. "Mr.
And considering that those left in Carthage were the kinsmen or tentmates of the enemy, he kept addressing many winning words to all, and in particular said that he had himself been sent by the emperor to Libya in order to defend the soldiers who had been wronged and to punish those who had unprovoked done them any injury.
Then as the cadet corporal marched on with the relief, Dodge glanced after the vanishing squad to mutter to himself: "What a lot of nonsense. I'd like to see anyone rush me!" "I wonder what Dodge will do on number three to-night," yawned Anstey, just before the three tentmates fell asleep. "Oh, I wonder what it will be," grinned Greg. Then the three went sound asleep.
Over their breakfast, next morning, his five tentmates fell to catechising him as to his pensive mood, and their catechism was largely intermingled with chaff. "Paddy's compliments, and roll up for your tucker," the mess orderly proclaimed, as he came into the tent, brandishing a coffee pot in one hand, the frying pan in the other.
Boys who had changed into uniform with the others and gone down to the gate, though not really expecting any one as they were from out back and had no city friends, but still feeling lonesome, and, perhaps, having a forlorn hope that there might be some one, had helped rather bewildered girls, carrying their baskets and finding the man they wanted these boys now looked longingly around at these groups, hoping some one would invite them to join in; and how their faces brightened when one of their tentmates, looking up from a hunk of frosted cake, would see them and shout, "Hey, Bill!
Then indeed, those who chanced to be near, and especially those who were of the household of Belisarius, sent the money and slaves which they had to Carthage with their tentmates and messmates, and themselves came up beside the general and gave heed to the orders given them.
Harry and two other lieutenants of the 33d for the battle of the Alma had made so many death vacancies in the regiment that he had obtained his promotion were there, and two young officers of the 30th who were cousins of one of Jack's tentmates. It certainly was a close pack.
Bengal Virden had sobbed, trickling tearfully back to Ponemah with a long tress of black hair clutched tightly in her hand a souvenir which she had begged from Mary at the moment of parting. Next to Pom-pom, Mary Sylvester was Bengal's greatest crush. "I'm going to put it under my pillow and sleep on it every night," Bengal had sniffed tearfully, displaying the tress to her tentmates.
Tom spent hours, when his cousin's tentmates were away, studying the map, memorizing minute details of it. Orders came on his third day at camp. He was clearing away the tin plates and cups from which they had been eating dinner, when the Captain's orderly appeared at the door of the tent. "Cap'n wants to see you immediately."
"I'm better satisfied than if we had done what we set out to do to that plebe," remarked Yearling Davis to his tentmates. "Mr. Prescott is a rather decent sort for a mere plebe," replied Poultney. "Do you know, I think he's almost glad that he caught the dummy we rigged for him. I believe the little beast would have hated to catch a uniform stuffed with human flesh."
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