“No. What?” demanded Chester and Lieutenant Anderson in a single voice.
“I’m going to sneak back to the farmhouse, and see if by some hook or crook I can hear what is going on. We shall probably not have another chance of overhearing the German plans.”
“Great Scott!” said Lieutenant Anderson, “that certainly is a bold plan. You don’t mean it?”
“I certainly do,” was the reply.
“Then I shall go, too,” said Chester.
“And me,” declared Lieutenant Anderson.
“No you won’t,” said Hal, positively. “The rest of you will stay here. If I should get into any trouble, I shall fire my revolver, and then the rest of you can come up. The six of us will be a match for them, the Kaiser included.”
Suddenly Chester was struck with a great inspiration.
“Why can’t we get the rest of our men, and capture the whole crowd?” he demanded in great excitement.
“I had thought of that,” replied Hal, “but something tells me it can’t be done—a hunch, if you like. I have a feeling that if we attempt such a thing our whole expedition will go wrong. I can’t explain just what I mean, but I feel it.”