"A spy!" the other concluded for him.
"Impossible!" declared the Crown Prince. "How could there be a spy among us?"
"Well, he's here. Surely you can look at the boy and tell he is not a German."
The Crown Prince approached Chester and scrutinized him closely.
"Who are you?" he demanded at length.
"I have told you, sir," replied Chester, quietly.
"But you have not told the truth," was the Crown Prince's reply. "I can see you are not French. Are you British?"
"No, sir."
"Then what?"
"Well," said Chester, at length, realizing that subterfuge was useless,
"I am an American."