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Once he took them over to see Camp One . They were immensely pleased , and were correspondingly loud in exclamations . Thorpe 's comments were brief and dry . After the noon dinner he had the unfortunate idea of commending the singing of one of the men . `` Oh , I 'd like to hear him , '' cried Elizabeth Carpenter . `` Ca n't you get him to sing for us , Mr. Thorpe ? '' Thorpe went to the men 's camp , where he singled out the unfortunate lumber-jack in question .