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"I believe every word you say, Ohio," said Warner, "since your statements
are proved by the quality of the water. I could easily demonstrate it as
a mathematical proposition."
"Don't you pay any attention to him, Ohio," said Dick. "He's from
Vermont, and he's so full of big words that he's bound to get rid of
some of them."
"I'm not doubting you, Vermont," said Ohio. "As you believe every word I
said, I believe every word you said."
"There's nothing extraordinary about them things," said another Ohio boy
belonging to a different brigade, who was sitting near. "Do you know
that we swallowed a whole river coming down here? We began swallowing it
when we crossed the Ohio, just like a big snake swallowing a snake not
quite so big, taking down his head first, then keeping on swallowing him
until the last tip of his tail disappeared inside. It was a good big
stream when we started, water up to our knees, but we formed across it
in a line five hundred men deep and then began to drink as we marched
forward. Of course, a lot of water got past the first four hundred lines
or so, but the five hundredth always swallowed up the last drop.
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