sted Frank, gazing at the swooping airplane. "My, but

marked Bart, as he watched the graceful cur

erved Billy. "I wond

little to the right and in advance of the moving column.

it had come down on it," observed Tom adm

n, which had just received the order for the ten minutes rest, which,

nd his face was almost concealed b

fellow that looks fami

n!" ejaculated Frank, "

mer, as the boys surrounded him

k smiled with gratification as he extricated himself from

blew you this wa

fellows would admit if you w

ted Billy, as he took in Dick's voluminous

fellows bound for, and what are you doing with these birds

over and the third degree," explained Frank. "They've been trying to

. I tell you our people have been too easy with this breed of cattle and they're going to be sorry for it. We're so afraid of being harsh that we go to the other

ologne. They know the people they're dealing with, and while they're just, they're stern. Anyone who tries to put anything over on them find

her worked up about

flying all over the occupied zone, and I tell you that the Spartacides are trying to stir up trouble everywhere. In almos

ch Army was telling me to-day," said Frank. "He's just

oth false prophets, but I'm afraid we'r

down for?" asked To

ine. I just saw an American bunch marching along here and drop

alked over, climbed into his

ot in the steel blue of the winter sky, and then, as their

emarked Frank, when the aviat

tically. "He's one of the greatest

r lonely now that he isn't bringing

"I'll never forget that if it hadn't been for

d carried us off when we were being taken to a German prison camp?" asked

red Billy. "He'd be a mighty handy fellow to have at yo

of the authorities. They were off duty then and had no further assignment for the rest of the afternoon and e

I know of course what Tom and Billy are going to do. They're g

dmitted Billy.

pecial on hand," repl

's qu

ith me then,"

u say, what'

er night. That thing's on my mind all the time. It haunts me even in my sl

ht. I'm

dark. Choosing a moment when the street was empty, they slip

osed the alley at the other end. Nothing rewarded their search. The wall at the farther end was far too high to scale. It seemed impossible for anyth

em go in and we followed them up and they were

idn't go through the back, they couldn't go through the side

gested Bart jokingly. "That

k st

," he said. "Perhaps you've hit it, Bart

Bart. "You can see it's all covered with a gla

eries, even if there were any to make. They had to depend entirely upon the sense of touch, for it was by t

to within twenty feet

a sudden