they had accounted for five men and two horses all told ; their losses one of the midwingmen , macdonaugh , who had taken a saber-thrust to the belly and now lay gasping quietly upon a makeshift cot ; and young allen : his tent-mate harley , who had fired off the shot in panic as the horses went thundering by , wept quietly in a corner , until keynes in his brusque way told the boy , `` cease to behave like a watering-pot , if you please ; you had better practice your aim : a shot like that would not kill anyone , '' and set him to cutting up bandages for his fellow ensign .