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Instead of attending to the wounded as he should have done, he raised an

alarm. Immediately a troop of horsemen dashed after me. I managed to

reach a little woods directly ahead of me in safety and climbed up a

tree. The Germans were unable to find me, so when night came I descended

from my perch and continued my journey. "Soon after daylight I came upon

a house, where I asked for food. I still wore the German surgeon's

uniform, and here this worked to my disadvantage." "How was that?" asked

Chester. "It seems that the family were Belgians, and I hadn't thought

of that. They gave me food and drink all right, but they spilled a

little drug of some kind in the drink. The next thing I knew I was bound

and gagged and was looking down the muzzle of a revolver held by a

ferocious-looking Belgian peasant. He informed me my time had come. I

told him I was English, and explained my capture and escape. He listened

patiently, but when I finished he informed me that he wasn't going to

take any chances. I had just five minutes to live, he said." "Great

Scott!" cried Hal. "That was pretty close. How did you escape?" "More by

good luck than anything else," was the reply. "There was some kind of a

noise behind the peasant and he turned to investigate. At that moment I

kicked out with my foot and the toe of my boot caught him squarely under

the chin. He went down with a thump. I don't know whether I killed him

or not." "But how did you free your hands?" asked Hal. "Well, I had

quite a little trouble, but I managed to drag my chair over to the fire,

and held my hands over the blaze until the cord was bu

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