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"Why certainly," answered a young squadron commander, "I have in

the second company a mustachioed scarecrow, Sergeant-Major

Dobrzynski, who calls himself Sprinkler, but whom the Masovians

call the Lithuanian bear. If you bid me, General, we will have

him brought in."

"There are several other natives of Lithuania here," said a

lieutenant. "One such soldier is known under the name of Razor;

another carries a blunderbuss and rides with the sharp-shooters;

there are likewise two grenadiers named Dobrzynski in the

chasseur regiment."

"Well, but I want to know about their chief," said the General,

"about that Penknife of whom the Seneschal has told me so many

marvels, worthy of one of the giants of old times."