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BESIDE THE BROOK.
When the slow retreat began Dick looked for the sergeant.

But a stalwart figure, a red bandage around the head, rose up and confronted him.

It was Sergeant Whitley himself, a little unsteady yet on his feet, but soon to be as good as ever.
"Thank you for looking for me, Mr.Mason," he said, "but I came to, some time ago.

I guess the bullet found my skull too hard, 'cause it just ran 'roun' it, and came out on the other side.