"Getting up an appetite for supper," retorted Corporal Hyman.
"But the game?"
"'Twas so heavy we gave up carrying it," grinned Corporal Hyman.
"The boys back in barracks have had their mouths watering for game for days," grunted Slosson. "How'll we ever break the news to 'em?"
The soldiers shook their heads blankly.
"Want a suggestion as to the gentlest way of breaking the news back home, Slosson?" inquired Lieutenant Prescott.
"We'd surely be grateful for it, sir," answered Slosson.
"Then we'll coax Sergeant Overton to wire back requesting full rations for seventeen days for seventeen men."
"It'd be a bad trick, sir."
"How so?"