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Rh if it had a strange and horrible fascination for him after his own recent narrow escape, he added: "And they blow up munition plants, regardless of the helpless men and women who may be working there, set fire to grain elevators, and are ready for anything that will strike a blow against the enemies of their old Fatherland."

"But come, suppose you let me help you get on your legs again, Jack. Then we'll go to our room and I'll bathe your head with that witch hazel I have in my bag. And you musn't forget to thank Bessie because you owe everything to her. It was her alarm and her hunting me up to tell me that brought us out to look for you."

"I'll never forget it, never," said Jack in a low tone, as he managed to find the hand of the girl and squeeze it warmly. And I guess I'm a lucky fellow to have such good friends looking after me. But see here, Tom, do you think they mistook me for you when they tackled me in the dark here?"

"I shouldn't wonder if that were the truth," his chum assured him, "seeing that you say you felt some one running his hands over your person as if trying to find a hidden paper or something of the sort. Even such clever chaps as we have come to believe these German