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The lads turned quickly about; then each gave a cry of delight and grabbed the man who had accosted them by the hand. "Captain Derevaux!" they exclaimed in a single voice. "No," replied the gallant Frenchman, with a smile. "Major Derevaux, if you please!" Hal and Chester stood for some minutes grasping their friend by the hand. "Major, eh," ejaculated Hal. "I'm glad to hear that!"
"I was afraid we would be too late!" he exclaimed. "I am not even scratched," returned Hal, grasping his friend's hand. A Belgian officer hurried up to Captain Derevaux. "You have this lad to thank for our opportune arrival," he declared, indicating Chester. "He told us of your plight, or we would not have arrived in time." The captain grasped Chester's hand. "You saved the day!" he said simply.
The colonel, lieutenant then, and Major Derevaux, a Frenchman, had taken the boys with them on their flight and the four had later encountered each other in many strange and unexpected places. Stubbs they also had met while on one of their many missions and had earned the little man's undying gratitude; but he had repaid whatever they had done for him, with interest, more than once.
"What did I tell you!" shouted Hal, when the old negro had taken his departure. "Didn't I tell you old Uncle Billy wouldn't leave us in the lurch?" "What do you suppose his plan is?" asked Chester. "I haven't any idea, but you can depend upon its being a good one." Captain Derevaux and Lieutenant Anderson were examining the revolvers Uncle Billy had laid on the table.
For a moment they recoiled under the shock of that desperate charge. As Captain Derevaux spurred his horse against the enemy, twenty blades glittered against him. The first would have pierced his chest had not Hal struck up the blade with a quick move. To pause was impossible. Though the French horses were forced through a bristling forest of steel, the charge availed little.
Come, I'll introduce you." Major Derevaux led the way across the room to where the woman had been eyeing the two in the utmost astonishment. "Lieutenant Paine," said the Major,. "I take pleasure in presenting you to Mademoiselle Vaubaun. Mademoiselle, this is Lieutenant Paine, of His British Majesty's service." "I must correct you, major," said Hal, smiling and acknowledging the introduction.
After several futile attempts the lads finally gave up their attempt to buy revolvers, as it caused too many questions, and, in spite of their eagerness to get away, it was with no little anxiety that they made their way to the rendezvous that night. Captain Derevaux and Lieutenant Anderson were waiting when the lads arrived. "I am glad you are prompt," said the former. "We must hurry.
I wish I could take all the danger upon my own shoulders." In vain did he try to shake off the feeling of uneasiness that oppressed him; and it was with a heavy heart at the absence of his friend that he found himself bidding the chauffeur good-by, when Captain Derevaux roused him from his reverie and announced that it was time for them to be on their way.
"Lieutenant Paine, U. S.A." "Oh o!" said the, major. "So you are fighting with your own countrymen at last, eh?" "I am, thank goodness," said Hal. "But can this indeed be Mademoiselle Vaubaun? I have heard of her before, but I judged that she was a young woman." Major Derevaux smiled. "And a consummate actress," he said.
Glancing about the field, Captain Derevaux could see that every officer of the Lancers save himself was down, and that, unless he took the vacant place and rallied them, the few troopers still left would scatter.
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