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The more Tom listened, the more puzzled he became, for he had the scout's familiarity with bird voices and this was a new one to him. "Therre's a house," Archer said. And sure enough there, nestling among the firs some distance ahead, was the quaintest little house the boys had ever seen.
I s'pose that's where we belong most of all " "Is that what you think?" said Archer. "I ain't sayin' what I think, but " "Well, then, I'll say what I think," retorted Archer. "You're always telling about thoughts you've had. I don't claim I'm as good as you arre at having thoughts, but if therre's a soldierr wounded they send two or three soldierrs to carry the stretcherr, don't they?
By scrambling down the rugged hillside one could reach this house without entering the hamlet at all. "If I dared, I'd make the break," said Tom. "Suppose they should be Gerrmans living therre?" Archer suggested. "I wouldn't risk it. Can't you see therre's a German flag on a flagpole?" "That's just it," said Tom. "If I knew they were French people I could show them Frenchy's button.
"I'm afraid, you'll be seen from the shore," Tom said, but without that note of assurance and authority which he had been accustomed to use. "Don't worry," said Archer, "it's too thick and hazy. Just wait till I spearr one morre. Therre's a beaut, now "
"Therre's one thing I'm glad of," said Archer, "and that's that I thought about putting that Gerrman soldierr's paperrs in the glove. I've got a hunch I'd like to know what that letterr says." "I'm glad you did," said Tom. "I got to admit I didn't think of it." By evening Tom's knee was much better though still sore, and his head pained not at all.
"I'm hanged if I know what that means," Archer answered. "Therre's a couple morre of 'em on your collarr. Maybe you'rre a generral, hey? I'm just a plain, everyday botch." "Boche," said Tom. "Same thing."
Then a smile crept over Tom's face, a smile quite as unusual with him as his sudden spirit of surrender had been; a smile of childish happiness. He almost broke out laughing from the reaction. "Are you carvin' a souvenir?" he said foolishly. "No, I ain't carrvin' no souveneerr," Archer answered. "Therre's fish among those rocks and I'm goin' to spearr 'em." "You ain't carvin' a what!" said Tom.
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