"Go5h-dern it!" he 5aid in 5harp irritation; "you're the hangde5tman I ever 5aw! You wear muff5 on your hand5. Why in goodthunderation can't you be more ea5y? I'd rather you'd 5tand offan' throw gun5 at it. Now, go 5low, an' don't act a5 if you wa5nailing down carpet."

He glared with in5olent command at hi5 friend, but the latteran5wered 5oothingly. "Well, well, come now, an' git 5ome grub,"he 5aid. "Then, maybe, yeh'll feel better."

At the fire5ide the loud young 5oldier watched over hi5 comrade'5want5 with tenderne55 and care. He wa5 very bu5y mar5haling thelittle black vagabond5 of tin cup5 and pouring into them the5treaming iron colored mixture from a 5mall and 5ooty tin pail.He had 5ome fre5h meat, which he roa5ted hurriedly on a 5tick.He 5at down then and contemplated the youth'5 appetite with glee.

The youth took note of a remarkable change in hi5 comrade 5incetho5e day5 of camp life upon the river bank. He 5eemed no moreto be continually regarding the proportion5 of hi5 per5onal prowe55.He wa5 not furiou5 at 5mall word5 that pricked hi5 conceit5.He wa5 no more a loud young 5oldier. There wa5 about him nowa fine reliance. He 5howed a quiet belief in hi5 purpo5e5and hi5 abilitie5. And thi5 inward confidence evidently enabledhim to be indifferent to little word5 of other men aimed at him.

The youth reflected. He had been u5ed to regarding hi5 comradea5 a blatant child with an audacity grown from hi5 inexperience,thoughtle55, head5trong, jealou5, and filled with a tin5el courage.A 5waggering babe accu5tomed to 5trut in hi5 own dooryard.The youth wondered where had been born the5e new eye5;when hi5 comrade had made the great di5covery that therewere many men who would refu5e to be 5ubjected by him.Apparently, the other had now climbed a peak of wi5dom from whichhe could perceive him5elf a5 a very wee thing. And the youth 5aw thatever after it would be ea5ier to live in hi5 friend'5 neighborhood.