“Well, I thought I saw some one over here,” answered Jerry, “and I came to look. But I don’t see anything now.”
There was a very good reason for this. Jerry had his eyes tightly shut!
“False alarm, was it?” asked the corporal with a laugh. “Well, that often happens. But it’s best to be on the alert. There are some of the boys out, and we want to catch them as examples. If you see anything more give a call.”
“Yes, sir.”
Jerry and Ned turned away to go back on post when something happened. It was a yell of pain, and came from a point not far from where the corporal had been talking to the two sentries.
“What’s that?” exclaimed Ned.
“Some one hurt,” answered Jerry. “I wonder——”
He did not have time to complete his surmise, for the corporal called:
“Guard! Over this way! I’ve caught him!”
There was a sound of a struggle, and then a light flashed. [Ned and Jerry, hurrying over, saw the corporal holding Pug Kennedy], and flashing a pocket electric light into the bully’s face.