I am afraid he might have been shot." "Did you hear no cry after the Yankees had fired," enquired Dr.
Humphries.
"No, and that is the reason I feel anxious to learn his fate.

Had he uttered any cry, I should be certain that he was wounded, but the silence on his part may have been caused from instant death." "You would have, heard him fall at any rate; had he been struck by the Yankee bullets," remarked Dr.Humphries.
"That is very doubtful," he replied.

"I was running at such a rapid rate, and the uproar made by the Yankees was sufficient to drown the sound that a fall is likely to create." "I really trust your friend is safe," said Dr.Humphries.

"Perhaps, after all, he did not make any attempt to escape, but surrendered himself to the Yankees." "There is not the slightest chance of his having done such a thing," Harry answered.

"He was determined to escape, and had told me that he would rather be shot than be re-captured, after once leaving the prison.