. On wheels and how I came there; . m^ CHAPTER of Prison Life. tFTER making the most of our Christmas rationswe resumed our work on our spooning holew^ith renewed energy, and we finished it bjstarlight about 8 oclock in the evening. After a trip to the sprirg—for it was alwayscustomary to fill np on water before retiring for theiii^l,t_we all lay down in the bottom of our newlyprej)ared quarters, spooned together as closely aspossible, covered w^ith our old blaidvets, and foundourselves much more comfortable thnn we were thenight previous, when lying in the mud and sleet withno
. On wheels and how I came there; . m^ CHAPTER of Prison Life. tFTER making the most of our Christmas rationswe resumed our work on our spooning holew^ith renewed energy, and we finished it bjstarlight about 8 oclock in the evening. After a trip to the sprirg—for it was alwayscustomary to fill np on water before retiring for theiii^l,t_we all lay down in the bottom of our newlyprej)ared quarters, spooned together as closely aspossible, covered w^ith our old blaidvets, and foundourselves much more comfortable thnn we were thenight previous, when lying in the mud and sleet withno protection fiom the cold wind. This hole in theground was our home as long as we stayed at Ander-son ville. If old Wirz had come around about that timewlih a spade when we seven boys w^ere lying sosnugly in the bottom of our excavation, w^ith the dirtbanked np around so conveniently, I am afraid hewould have been strongly tempted to entomb us andthereby deplete thenund)er of his free boarders. Not oftener than every twenty or tw
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