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"Unless we take Billy here," he added as an afterthought. He dodged the pass that Billy made at him, and just then Fred Anderson, another young soldier, strolled up. "Heard the news?" he inquired. "About Nick Rabig? Yes," replied Frank. "Billy's just been telling us about it." "Bad news travels fast," growled Bart. "Nick doesn't seem to cut much ice with you fellows," commented Fred.
"Of course, Nick has an advantage in understanding German," said Frank cautiously, "and a loyal fellow in his situation might have picked up something that would be of advantage to our people, though it isn't likely, for the Germans guard their secrets pretty well." "What's the use of talking?" burst out Bart. "We fellows are all onto Rabig.
There was one man in the Moore and Thomas firm who was a bitter and malignant anti-American from the start. His name was Nick Rabig, and he was foreman of one of the departments. He was born in America, but his parents were German.
But I ran up here and found Rabig lying on the ground, and the door of the hut was open. I sent a shot after the man on horseback and so did some of the other men, but we couldn't take aim and I don't know whether we hit him or not." "Look alive there," commanded the officer. "Sergeant, take a squad of men and beat up these woods. The fellow may be hiding there. Take him dead or alive."
"Who's that fellow on guard?" asked Tom. "My head's so dizzy yet that I'm seeing things double." "Looks rather familiar for a fact," said Bart. "Wait till he turns his head this way." The next instant the sentry turned, and there was a whistle of surprise from Billy. "By the great horn spoon!" he ejaculated. "It's Nick Rabig!" "Set a Hun to watch a Hun," remarked Tom bitingly.
The paper disappeared as though it had been drawn swiftly back from the inside, just as the sergeant came up. "Gee!" gasped Tom. "Prisoner all right, Rabig?" inquired the sergeant. "Yes, sir," replied Rabig. "He seems to be keeping pretty quiet. I looked in a little while ago and he was lying asleep on the bench." "Keep a close watch on him," counseled the sergeant.
Rabig was of German descent, although born in this country, and before the war began he had been loud in his praise of Germany and in "knocks" at America. His chagrin may be imagined when he found himself caught in the draft net and sent to Camp Boone with the rest of the Camport contingent.
He had the pass and the countersign, but he was not sure that these would be sufficient. Perhaps an officer would be called by the sentry to make sure that everything was all right. Perhaps the sentry at the point where he should try to pass the line might be the same one who had let Rabig through, and he might notice the difference in personal appearance.
It's no credit to Rabig that a bullet got the man he let escape, but it's lucky for him just the same." It was evident that Anderson had no suspicion that Rabig had been guilty of anything but carelessness, and the boys carefully refrained from saying anything about what they had gathered from their observation the day before.
Tom was captured, and had a series of thrilling experiences before he was able to escape and rejoin his comrades. Nick Rabig came out in his true colors, and his guilt as a traitor was discovered by Tom, while hiding in the woods.
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