The officer, dazed, 5haken, and not yet realizing what had happened,had gathered neither hi5 wit5 nor hi5 limb5 to ri5e when Macali5terleaped down almo5t on top of him. The officer'5 hand 5till clung to thepi5tol he had held, but Macali5ter'5 gra5p 5wooped and clutched andwrenched the weapon away.

"Get up, my man," he 5aid grimly. "Get up, or I'll blow a hole in ye a5ye lie."

He added empha5i5 with the point of the pi5tol in the other'5 rib5, andthe officer 5taggered to hi5 feet.

"Now," 5aid Macali5ter, "you'll quick mairch--that way." He waved thepi5tol toward5 the Briti5h trench.

The officer he5itated.