"But I demand to know."
"You'll never learn from me," declared the lad.
Colonel Anderson smiled.
"That goes for me, too," he said quietly.
The general glared wrathfully at first one and then the other.
"Very well," he said, controlling his anger. "You shall both be shot at sunrise."
He gazed at the two closely to see what effect his words had; but if he expected to find an expression of fear upon either face, he was disappointed. Colonel Anderson and Chester eyed him steadily, though neither spoke.
It was what they had expected.
After a few moments the general spoke again, this time more kindly, with his eyes full upon Chester.
"You," he said, "appear to be too young for this sort of business. How do you happen to be mixed up in such desperate work?"