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"This doesn't look to me like a time to sleep," remarked Hal to Chester, although he almost envied the coolness with which the young Englishman accepted his perilous situation. "Looks to me more like the time to try and find a way out," agreed Chester. Captain Derevaux, however, also flung himself upon one of the mattresses and he and the lieutenant soon were fast asleep.
But at that moment, the lieutenant's voice rang out. "Don't shoot!" and Hal stayed his hand. At the same instant, Captain Derevaux and Lieutenant Anderson raised their hands in token of surrender; and it was well that they did so, for by that time the entire body of troopers had their rifles leveled. To have missed at that distance would have been impossible, and the lieutenant had realized it.
"If it is all the same to you, Major Derevaux," said the general, "I would prefer to postpone our conference until this evening. I have several matters that require my immediate attention." Major Derevaux accepted this postponement graciously, and announced that he would accompany the boys at once. As they would have passed out, the general's orderly once more entered the room.
"Bah!" exclaimed the general. "One is as guilty as the other!" With a wave of his hand he signified that the interview was ended. "Take them away!" he ordered. "It's all my fault!" exclaimed Captain Derevaux when they were back in the cell once more. "I should not have permitted you boys to accompany us." "It is not!" denied Hal and Chester together. "Whatever may befall us is no discredit to you.
Chester, Lieutenant Anderson and Captain Derevaux arose from the bottom of the car and resumed their seats. "That's what I call great work, boys," declared the lieutenant, putting his hand on Hal's shoulder. "If it hadn't been for you, I guess the captain and I would be locked up by this time. Isn't that so, captain?" "It certainly is," was the reply.
"But, as for you two," continued Colonel Waldstein, speaking to Captain Derevaux and Lieutenant Anderson, and his voice grew grave, "the fact that I have found you within our lines in civilian attire would justify me in having you shot at once. But I shall not dispose of your cases until we reach Brunswick, for which place we leave to-night by train. You may have valuable information.
"Looks natural along here," said Hal suddenly, nudging Chester. "It certainly does," said Chester, with a smile, for he had at that moment recognized the spot where he, Hal, Lieutenant Anderson and Captain Derevaux had met for the first time the spot where the French and British officer had been set upon by a gang of young thugs.
Captain Derevaux and Lieutenant Anderson had acted with almost as much celerity as had Hal, in spite of the fact that Chester's attack had taken them by surprise. Almost at the same moment Hal seized the weapon of his guard Captain Derevaux closed with the third man, and, with his fingers at his throat, was attempting to choke him into unconsciousness.
The machine and rapid-fire guns broke loose with their leaden messengers of death, and a bugle sounded: "To arms!" Captain Derevaux, who had been sleeping soundly, sprang to his feet, picked up his sword and pistols, and, without even a word to Hal and Chester, dashed from the hut. "The battle has begun!" cried Hal. "Come!" exclaimed Chester. "Let's get to some place where we can see.
But the captain again blocked her way. "Nevertheless," he said, "I must ask you not to go to the door." The woman gazed at him a moment in astonishment; then a queer look passed over her face. "I see!" she exclaimed. "You are spies!" With a scream she evaded the captain and rushed to the door. "Come!" cried Captain Derevaux, his effort having failed. "I guess we shall have to make a run for it!"
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