But even as he would have
started the sound of hurrying footsteps halted him; and he began to pace
up and down in front of the tent.
Two figures dashed toward him; behind them came the sound of shots.
"Hello!" said Chester to himself. "More trouble in camp. Wonder
what's up now?"
The answer was to come sooner than he could have expected. As the two
figures came closer, other figures appeared in the distance. There came
the sound of revolver shots.
"This way!" cried a voice.
Chester raised his rifle, ready to take a hand in the proceedings himself
should the occasion demand.
"This thing is getting rather complicated," he told himself.
The two approaching figures came closer rapidly. Chester gave an
exclamation of pure astonishment.
CHAPTER XXVI
RUNNING THE GAUNTLET
When Hal and Stubbs took to their heels after the former had relieved the
German officer of his papers, they had run some distance before coming
across anyone in the darkness. Then they came upon another figure so
suddenly that it almost resulted in their capture.
Hal, in the lead, had been just about to slacken his pace, when, rounding
a corner suddenly, he had crashed into a form in the night.
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