"The telegram must have come too late!" said Paul. "Well, perhaps they
will not know what we have done. It may not be so bad--"

"Look!" cried Arthur. The train had slowed down. Now it had stopped,
just by a signal tower. From the engine a man dropped, looked back,
and then began beckoning them on. They ran wildly toward him, and in a
moment they were being pulled on board the train.

"The operator in the signal tower heard the message coming in just as
we were starting," said the conductor. "He set the signal against us
and told us of the message! What good luck for you! Now, if the
Germans haven't cut the line, you are safe!"

And safe they were. The light train carried them to Tirlemont, and
there they met not only Major du Chaillu, but their uncle, now Colonel
de Frenard.

"We have informed the French staff of your news. It has changed the
whole plan of campaign," said du Chaillu. "Namur will be abandoned;
the real defence will be made on the border. Thanks to you the French
have escaped the trap that was being baited for them. And I have
special orders concerning you."

"What are they?" asked Paul.

"You are to be sent to Brussels immediately. And there you are to be
received by King Albert who has heard of your part in the defence of
Liege, for which all the world has praised Belgium and her brave sons!"

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