With glad cries the others rushed toward each other. Shirley found herself clasped in her father’s arms, and Mabel and her father also clung tight together. Then they stepped back and looked at each other.
“This is my little surprise,” said Captain Anderson with a smile.
CHAPTER XXIX.—“CAPTAIN VON BLUSEN.”
“And when we found you had escaped we didn’t know where to look for you,” said Mr. Willing, in concluding the story of the search.
“We never doubted that we should get away in some manner,” declared Shirley. “We were sure you would find us, but when the chance for escape came we took advantage of it.”
“And where did you get to when you left the consulate?” demanded Colonel Ashton of Dick.
Dick explained.
“And if Captain Anderson had not arrived so opportunely, there is no telling what might have happened,” he declared. “He put the enemy to rout.”
“It wasn’t much of a job,” replied the captain, waving aside Mr. Willing’s thanks. “I just touched two of them with my fists and they went down.”
“I reckon you didn’t touch them very gently, captain,” said Colonel Ashton, with a grim smile.