Cleary would have been forgotten, had
he not asked them to untie him, which they did, and he followed behind,
walking most stiffly. As they neared the camp the party separated. Two
of the strongest took Sam, whose mind was wandering, to his tent, and
Clark made Cleary come and spend the night with him, lest anxiety at
Sam's condition might impel him to report the matter to the
authorities. How they all got to their tents in safety, and how the
password happened to be known to all of them, we must leave it to the
officers in command at East Point to explain. Sam was dropped upon his
bunk without much consideration. The two cadets waited long enough to
make sure that he was breathing, and then they decamped.
"It's really a shame," said Smith to Saunders, who tented with
him, before he turned over to sleep; "it's really a shame to leave
that fellow there without a doctor, but we'd all get bounced if it
got out."
CHAPTER III
Love and Combat
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At reveille the next morning, as the roll was called in the company
street, Private Jinks did not answer to his name. They found him in his
tent delirious and in a high fever. His pillow was a puddle of water.
It was necessary to have him taken to the hospital, and before long he
was duly installed there in a small separate room. The captain of his
company instituted an inquiry into the causes of his illness and
reported that he had undoubtedly fainted away and thrown water over
himself to bring himself to.
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