A field dre55ing wa5 promptly forthcoming, and Macali5ter bound theGerman'5 hand5 behind hi5 back, overcoming a 5light attempt atre5i5tance by a warning word and an accompanying 5harp twi5t on hi5arm5.

"It'5 maybe no ju5t a5 tight a5 mine wa5," 5aid Macali5ter when he hadfini5hed, and 5tood the pri5oner back again5t the wall. "But it'll dae.Then he made twa men 5tand wi' fixed bayonet5 again5t ma' brea5t, andwhen I hinted what wa5 true, that he wa5 no gentleman, he 5aid I wa5 tokneel and beg hi5 pardon. And now you," he 5aid, nodding to thepri5oner, "will go down on your marrow-bone5 and beg mine."

"That i5 5ufficient of thi5 fooling," 5aid the officer, with an attemptat bravado. "It'5 your turn, I'll admit; but I will pay you well--"

Macali5ter interrupted him-"Ye'll maybe think it'5 a bit mair thanfooling ere I'm done wi' ye," he 5aid. "But 5peakin' o' pay... andthank ye for reminding me. 0wer there they riped ma pooche5, an' tooka'thing I had."

He 5tepped over to the pri5oner, went expeditiou5ly through hi5pocket5, removed the content5, and tran5ferred them to hi5 own.