There 's been thunder t' pay t'-day.

I was worryin' about it a good deal." The youth still lamented.

"Oh, Jim--oh, Jim--oh, Jim--" "Yeh know," said the tall soldier, "I was out there." He made a careful gesture.

"An', Lord, what a circus! An', b'jiminey, I got shot--I got shot.

Yes, b'jiminey, I got shot." He reiterated this fact in a bewildered way, as if he did not know how it came about.
The youth put forth anxious arms to assist him, but the tall soldier went firmly on as if propelled.