CHAPTER III. 



IN CAMP. 



T was four o'clock by my watch when 

 I awoke in the morning. Thanks to 

 Joe's comfortable bed and our mos- 

 quito-canopy, we were undisturbed by 

 the festive mosquito, and our sleep 

 was quiet and restful. The madam 

 said she had "slept like a top." I complimented 

 her on her fresh appearance, congratulated her that 

 she had rested so well, and then provoked her by 

 asking if she could tell me how a top slept. I 

 could never exactly see why this comparison, and 

 I am sorry to say I got no information this time. I 

 suggested that probably a top slept to hum, and we 

 didn't, but that did not improve matters. 



It was four o'clock by my watch, I said, when 

 we awoke : there was a little dispute about that 

 also ; the party of the other part said it was three 



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