“Great Scott,” he said, “we got out of there just in time. Look.”
The rest looked back and saw the cause of his excitement. In the shelter of a clump of trees Hal called a halt.
“There must be something up,” he declared, “or the German staff would not be this far south. I don’t suppose General French has been informed of this. In some way we must find out what is going on.”
“And I wouldn’t be surprised,” said Chester, “if they were using that farmhouse for a certain purpose.”
“By Jove! I never thought of that,” said Hal. “I believe you have hit it. That is where they are making their plans. I wonder”—and he grew greatly excited. “I wonder if by any chance the Kaiser could be in that party.”
“He is probably pretty near the whole party,” said Lieutenant Anderson dryly. “Kaiser Wilhelm is no coward, and if his staff is there, this close to the British lines, the Kaiser is probably there also.”
“Then it’s a wonder the woman didn’t say something about the Kaiser being near.”
“She probably didn’t know him,” said the lieutenant.
Hal sat wrapped in thought for a long time.
“Do you know what I am going to do?” he said at length, dismounting.