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"Great Scott!" exclaimed Hal. "You don't mean it. Why, her very actions toward us, if used toward other Germans, it strikes me, would mean a firing squad for her." "That," laughed Major Derevaux, "has been her greatest asset. The Germans are not particularly fond of her, that's a fact. She attacks them with a sharp tongue, but for that very reason she is looked upon as harmless.
"But Holland is a long ways off, and the country between must be overrun with troops," protested the Frenchman. "Mos' all de troops am at de front," explained the old negro. "Dat am de bes' way, sah." "I believe we had better take Uncle Billy's word for it," declared Hal. "I guess he is right," said the lieutenant. "Uncle Billy, we can never thank you enough." "No," agreed Captain Derevaux.
"And after we leave the house, then what?" asked Hal of Major Derevaux. "Don't you worry," said the major with a smile. "All that has been taken care of. Ten minutes' walk from here is a large army airplane. It brought me here and it will take us all back again." "All of us?" exclaimed Hal. "Yes," the major replied. "I have made trips in it before.
Fortunately, however, two young officers, Major Raoul Derevaux, a Frenchman, and Captain Harry Anderson, an Englishman, had come to their assistance reciprocating a good turn done them by the two lads a day before and together, after some difficulties, they succeeded in reaching Liège, Belgium, just in time to take part in its heroic defense against the first German hordes that violated the neutrality of the little buffer country.
There is no use going to Brussels." Chester clapped his hands. "I have it!" he exclaimed. Hal looked at him in surprise. "What?" he demanded. "Why, what we are going to do." "Well, what is it?" "Fight!" "Fight? What do you mean?" "Join the army!" Captain Derevaux leaped to his feet. "I will not hear of it!" he exclaimed. But the idea caught Hal's fancy. "Good boy, Chester!" he exclaimed.
It was now nearly midnight, and, as Captain Derevaux suggested, it would be wise to go through the town without attracting attention, if possible. But this was not to be. The automobile entered the town, and had proceeded some distance, when Hal called back: "I guess we will get through without any trouble, all right." "Don't be too sure," replied the Englishman.
At the last there remained but a bare handful of the brilliant squadrons of 600 men that had galloped down in the gray of dawn to meet the whirlwind of German fury. At their head was Captain Derevaux, and beside him rode Hal. It was not the gallant captain's fault that Hal was thus in the thick of the battle.
"You did," replied a voice, and Chester found his hand gripped by none other than his old friend, the British colonel. "By George! I'm glad to see you again," continued Anderson, "though I must say that this is rather a strenuous reception for a couple of old friends." He also shook hands with Hal. Major Derevaux and Stubbs expressed pleasure at seeing each other again.
Then Hal and Chester found themselves sitting upon one of the intruders, the latter with a revolver pressed to the man's forehead. Gregory and Crean also had taken a hand in the struggle, and, with Major Derevaux, now held the other man helpless. "Strike a light, Antoinette," called the major. The girl obeyed, and then for the first time the lads were able to get a look at their prisoners.
And, again, it does away with the necessity of one of us approaching the town alone, which is also a good thing. While for two to approach the town is much better than four, under the circumstances, two are also better than one, for the reason that they can give a good account of themselves should occasion arise." "Which is good reasoning," declared Captain Derevaux. "I agree with you."
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