Came a gasp from the German as he doubled up and collapsed. He rolled
over upon the ground several times in a vain attempt to gain his breath;
then lay still.
The victory was with Stubbs!
Hal had now regained consciousness and sat up just in time to see the
effect of Stubbs' charge.
"Good work, Stubbs!" the lad cried. "Now lend me a hand and we'll get
away from here!"
Stubbs did as requested and a moment later Hal was on his feet. The lad
felt the bump over his eye tenderly.
"Stubbs," he said, "it was rather dark and we were so mixed up on the
ground that I couldn't see, but I would be willing to wager a whole lot
that it wasn't a German who gave me this crack over the eye. Now was it?"
"Well," said Stubbs, "I--I--"
"Just as I thought," declared Hal. "So you tried to do me up as well as
the German, eh?"
"It was an accident," declared Stubbs. "You know I wouldn't have done it
on purpose, Hal."
"It came very near being a costly accident, Stubbs. Suppose the German
had laid you out? Then what? We would have been nabbed, sure."
"I'll be more careful next time," said Stubbs, apologetically.
"You won't have to be," said Hal. "Next time I'm going to get in the
first blow.
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