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CHAPTER IV.
DISCUSSING THE OFFICERS.
"Ginger!"
"Ay, Spud."
"Whut's a colonel?"
"Oh, he's the heid bummer o' the Mileeshy. The man that curses everybody on parade."
"Yon fat man wi' the red nose an' the medals?"
"Ay."
"Whut did he get his medals for?"
"Slicing beef-steaks aff the niggers in Egypt. D'ye ken his nickname?"