Oscar looked round.

Two bearded men in uniform stood close behind him and looked at him with threatening glances.

In a flash Oscar turned about, made one great leap down the hill-side and away across the field like a madman.

Behind him came the Finks, scarcely touching the ground.

Down the other side ran the Lucerner fast on the heels of the Schwyzer, who tripped, and both went headlong into a ditch.