"Well; you stick along anyhow, Stubbs," said Chester.
"Oh, I'll stick," said Stubbs, "but I'm going to tell you right now I don't think I'm going to do you any good."
"Well, if we are decided," said Hal, "we might as well go on. We'll show our passports again and it may be we'll get through without question. However, something tells me we are going to have trouble, so get your guns ready."
"If you think we're going to have trouble, I'm absolutely positive of it," Stubbs mumbled to himself.
However, each looked to his weapons and made sure that they were in working order.
"One of us has got to get through," said Chester in a low voice. "Who has the list, Stubbs?"
"Hal," was the response.
"Then Hal must get through no matter what happens to the rest of us," said Chester quietly.
"Good lord!" said Stubbs. "Why didn't I keep that list!"
As the large automobile approached, several of the Germans ahead stepped directly into the road and one threw up a hand in a signal demanding a halt. Hal made out that at this point there were perhaps a dozen men, though to each side he saw countless other forms. These latter, however, appeared no wise interested in the automobile and its occupants, but went about their several duties.