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Then we took off the gloves and tried it that way for another twenty minutes, same as you showed us, sir, an' that done us a world o' good. 'T wasn't fightin', sir; there was a bet on." THEN WE TOOK OFF THE GLOVES AND TRIED IT THAT WAY FOR ANOTHER TWENTY MINUTES SAME AS YOU SHOWED US SIR AND THAT DONE US A WORLD O GOOD TWASN'T FIGHTIN SIR THERE WAS A BET ON
detachment of twenty to sit down in a mud fort near a rushing river which was spanned by a bridge of boats. When the floods came they went forth and hunted strayed pontoons along the banks. Otherwise there was nothing to do, and the men got drunk, gambled, and quarrelled. They were a sickly crew, for a junior subaltern is by custom saddled with the worst men. Cottar endured their rioting as long as he could, and then sent down-country for a dozen pairs of boxing-gloves. “I wouldn’t blame you for fightin’,” said he, “if you only knew how to use your hands; but you don’t. Take these things, and I’ll show you.” The men appreciated his efforts. Now, instead of blaspheming and swearing at a comrade, and threatening to shoot him, they could take him apart, and soothe themselves to exhaustion. As one explained whom Cottar found with a shut eye and a diamond-shaped mouth spitting blood through an embrasure: “We tried it with the gloves, sir, for twenty minutes, and _that_ done us no good, sir.  OF THEM UNTIL HE WAS SENT OFF WITH A DETACHMENT OF TWENTY TO SIT DOWN IN A MUD FORT NEAR A RUSHING RIVER WHICH WAS SPANNED BY A BRIDGE OF BOATS WHEN THE FLOODS CAME THEY WENT FORTH AND HUNTED STRAYED PONTOONS ALONG THE BANKS OTHERWISE THERE WAS NOTHING TO DO AND THE MEN GOT DRUNK GAMBOLLED AND QUARRELLED THEY WERE SICKLY CREW FOR A JUNIOR SUBTERN IS BY CUSTOM SADDLED WITH THE WORST MEN COTER ENDURED THEIR RIOTING AS LONG AS HE COULD AND THEN SENT DOWN COUNTRY FOR A DOZEN PAIRS OF BOXING GLOVES I WOULDN'T BLAME YOU FOR FIGHTING SAID HE IF YOU ONLY KNEW HOW TO USE YOUR HANDS BUT YOU DON'T TAKE THESE THINGS THAT I'LL SHOW YOU THE MEN APPRECIATED HIS EFFORTS NOW INSTEAD OF BLASPHEMING AND SWEARING AT A COMRADE AND THREATENING TO SHOOT HIM THEY COULD TAKE HIM APART AND SOOTHE THEMSELVES TO EXHAUSTION AS ONE EXPLAINED WHOM CARTER FOUND WITH A SHUT EYE AND A DIAMOND SHAPED MOUTH SPITTING BLOOD THROUGH AN AMBUSHER WE TRIED IT WITH THE GLOVES SIR FOR TWENTY MINUTES AND THAT DONE US NO GOOD SIR
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