Uncle Sam's Boys with Pershing's Troops / Or, Dick Prescott at Grips with the Boche

er's office, at eight o'clock the next morning, and awaited the arrival of Lieut

moment. Then his brisk step was heard on the shell road

agging between them an insignificant-looking litt

nquired Captain Cortland, wheeling

ne that quivered with disgust, "is

n't Vicente

ow it

yoursel

d in the back of the cell where I personally put Tomba last night crouched this shive

eaped to his feet, loo

Ray, where

ell and turned the key in the lock myself. Then I turned the key over to the sergeant of the guard. When I found Tomba missing, and this worthless o

rgeant of

ones, C Com

ic a man as we have in C Company," spoke up

house this morning, Ray?" demanded Captain

s been permitted that native prisoners be allowed to have the

le, gentlemen, is revoked from this minute. Tha

interposed Captain Freeman. "Because, if you do, I'm

any one else, for having allowed the old rule of my predecessor

eight of t

ably he was threatened with having his throat cut if he didn't do what he was told by the scoundrels. Then, while some of the

called to the guard-house door for a

l door was swiftly unlocked, this native stole in, and Vicente Tomba stole out. Friends swiftly slipped Tomba one or two articles of clothing with

the key in his pocket, sir

r enough to pick the pocket of the sergeant of the

tered Lieutenant Ray, who had grown sud

Moro plotters than Cerverra. Besides, Cerverra owns property

le wretch of a substitute, sir?

estioned thi

ly shakes his head and pretends that he cann

same cell," instructed the post comman

good

ed the guard house when two shots

" demanded Captain Freeman, dar

ffray, but we must soon know

Ray were now out on the

together. Then came a light

nd. "In any case we must let these Moros see a show of military force. Freeman, detail thirty of your men an

good

ther direction. But remember that if trouble breaks loose we will take care of it from here, and that

" replied young

ant hurried away to execute th

rracks had run out into the street to see if they

fall in!" rang the order,

rious ones in the street, cal

g those in the street. And he was the first to catch s

called to those nearest him. "Th

attired in white duck blouse and trousers, wa

's command on the parade ground, showing ho

"I can see the stains on his white clo

big 'T,'" mutter

ider drew nearer. The mount was running more feebly now. Fifty feet away

etched in the dust. Then he recovered, leaped painfully away f

d the Army boy, for the stranger was

oned. He was wild-eyed and breathing hard, but there w

s in the trunk of his body. The rig

," gasped the wounded man. "Take

to go, for Captain Cortland w

alled the captain, whose eye, practised in

ranger to a seat on their arms. The man put his arms about their n

d," shouted Captain Cortland. Then the po

e stranger appeared to lose rapidly the strength of hi

from, friend?" aske

forth Pl

lve miles from here, in the in

rmured the

r na

eper and corresponde

, march!" sounded fr

of marching men. The wounded man turned in his chair and gazed at t

Captain," murmured

the town," replied Captain Cortland. "Tell me, as

fore daylight this mornin

ressed the po

t have been two or three h

defending pa

rers were shot dead before they could reach the main house.

white me

his superintendent

d into the house

es

lping Seaforth

kmen. But, Captain, you never can tell w

red Cortland, n

uments, bottles and bandages. There was no surgeon-officer at Fort Franklin, the

. "And I must question this man while you work over hi

hr

" uttered the

ntendent's wife, and Miss

d you g

the dark, traveling flat on my stomach. I reached a horse at the stable, saddled fast, and then g

ly between words. The hospital steward, standing behind the

roving parties of guerillas?

antoc. The natives here must have known that the trouble was coming, for concealed

n of the absent Lieutenant Holmes, we

ur duties here are such that I can't very well spare you from post. So I shall have to send Lieute

the post and not engaged in actual duty was as near to the sp

men you want. Sergeant Overton will help you. Take sixty men, two days' rations and a hundred and fifty rounds of cartridge

ation sounded Edward

k hea

d a draught of medicine do

on sick report lately, or those who for any other reas

e to the equipping of the men for this hike. Don't let any man idle any ti

losed. The hospital steward, one hand on the wounded one

s," called

was no

d the post command

cious and there's only a f

till conscious, Edwards's li

nk h

ds's head sank fo

re's no pulse," said

he word of danger to Fort Franklin, but he could no

lly ceased to breathe, Captain Cortland had the hospi

e hardly a sound of unusual activity. Yet men were preparing for

room?" called Ser

w-toned replie

ut, then,

me. At a quietly spoken word the sixty men fell in. Non-commissioned officers made a hasty inspec

eutenant," directed Captai

, quick time-march!" ca

motion. At the head of the line marched acting

men as they swept by. Then he ran to the head o

f on the Fla