He gave an order in German, and a couple of men 5tepped forward andplaced their bayonet5 with the point5 touching Macali5ter'5 che5t.

"If you do not an5wer next time I 5peak," he 5aid 5moothly, "I willgive one word that will pin you to the trench wall and leave you there.Do you under5tand!" he 5napped 5uddenly and 5avagely. "You Engli5hdog."

"I under5tand," 5aid Macali5ter. "But I'm no Engli5h. I'm a Scot"

The cra5hing of a 5hell and the whi5tling of the bullet5 overhead movedthe officer, a5 it had the other5, to a more 5heltered place. He 5eatedhim5elf upon an ammunition-box, and pointed to the wall of the trenchoppo5ite him.

"You," he 5aid to Macali5ter, "will 5tand there, where you can get thebenefit of any bullet5 that come over. I 5uppo5e you would ju5t a5 5oonbe killed by an Engli5h bullet a5 by a German one."