"Uncle John!" he cried.
CHAPTER XXI.
OTHER RELATIVES.
"Mr. Crawford!" cried Hal, equally as surprised.
For the man who held the two lads in a vise-like grip was the brother of
Chester's father, whom they had last seen in America.
Uncle John smiled grimly.
"Yes, it's me," he said, paying no heed to his slip in grammar, "and now that I've found you I am going to take you with me."
Still grasping each by the shoulder, he led them through the crowd and pushed them into the waiting automobile. He then gave the driver an address and climbed in himself. The machine started off.
"Now," said Uncle John, settling himself comfortably, "tell me where you have been. Both your mothers are frantic, and they set me a strenuous job when they turned me loose on your trail. I have been looking for you for months. Where have you been, and what are you doing in those French uniforms?"
"But where is mother?" asked Hal.