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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 516

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ll suddenly ceaseringing, and a low, piercing whine from the collieproclaims a find. Flurrying to the spot, officer and stretcher-bearer come upon a soldier lying on the groundpretending to be very far gone indeed. He is liftedvery carefully upon a canvas stretcher, while hisfour-legged savior… … PICKING UP A WOUNDED MAN WHO HAS BEEN DISCOVERED BY THE DOGS. Thus he guards baggage and will carry de-spatches at great speed and with many wiles, es-caping shot and shell (he is thoroughly accus-tomed to hoth) and getting through an enemyslines where cavalryman or trooper would merelycourt…

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