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`` OH , my , but that smells good ! '' The words came in a sort of ecstasy from the lips of Sergeant Noll Terry , as , gun in hand , he tramped into camp with Corporal Hyman and three others . `` Bear meat , '' said Slosson briefly . `` Sergeant Overton and Lieutenant Prescott brought it in just before noon with their compliments . '' `` Where are they now ? '' `` Somewhere out in the world , '' replied Private Kelly , nodding at the mountain tops beyond . `` They went out to see how much more they could get . ''