1 Will Benteen was another soldier, like the nameless boy, who arrived unconscious across the saddle of a comrade.
2 The Carol who regarded herself as completely adaptable was uncomfortable at being chosen as comrade by a pipe-reeking odd-job man.
3 When the revelry of his companions had mounted to its height, this man slipped away unobserved, and I saw no more of him till he became my comrade on the sea.
4 Next morning, Monday, after disposing of the embalmed head to a barber, for a block, I settled my own and comrade's bill; using, however, my comrade's money.
5 "You must excuse me, comrade," he said.
6 No, comrade," said the other, dryly, "for he was a practical man.
7 Lucas waited until the company had stopped laughing over this; then he began again: "But look at it from the point of view of practical politics, comrade."
8 Here, comrade," he said, with a laugh, "here is a place for you to begin.
9 His comrade grunted stubbornly.
10 The youth of this tale felt gratitude for these words of his comrade.
11 The next morning the youth discovered that his tall comrade had been the fast-flying messenger of a mistake.
12 Still, he thought that his comrade might be mistaken about himself.
13 He occasionally tried to fathom a comrade with seductive sentences.
14 Once a man fell down, and as he reached for his rifle a comrade, unseeing, trod upon his hand.
15 He felt alone in space when his injured comrade had disappeared.