It seemed strange that the morning had not yet dawned, after the uncounted periods that must have elapsed; but when the wardrobe arrived I looked at my watch and found that my night in the water had lasted precisely one hour.
Galloping home, I turned in with alacrity, and without a drop of whiskey, and waked a few hours after in excellent condition.

The rapid changes of which that Department has seen so many--and, perhaps, to so little purpose--soon transferred us to a different scene.

I have been on other scouts since then, and by various processes, but never with a zest so novel as was afforded by that night's experience.

The thing soon got wind in the regiment, and led to only one ill consequence, so far as I know.

It rather suppressed a way I had of lecturing the officers on the importance of reducing their personal baggage to a minimum.