A hasty glance showed him only stiffened limbs and stony faces.

He went on searching, and then he heard close by him a feeble voice saying: "Here!" and a hand was stretched out to him.

With one bound he was near the wounded man, and recognized the captain.
"Are you seriously hurt ?" he asked, while as quickly as possible he raised the wounded man on his shoulder, who answered almost inaudibly: "A ball through the chest, and one in my foot.

I am in awful pain." As Wilhelm went slowly back with his burden, he looked so fantastic in the growing darkness, that the French did not know what to make of the strange apparition, and began to fire afresh.

"Wilhelm, however, reached the sandpit safely, where friendly arms were stretched out to help him, and relieve him of the captain.