“Fight nothing!” exclaimed Hal. “It’s impossible. They have us. That’s all there is about it. We shall have to submit.”
The Germans came to a sudden halt a few feet away, and rifles were brought to bear upon the three friends.
“You are our prisoners!” called the German commander.
CHAPTER VII.
GERMANY’S NAPOLEON.
Hal raised his hands in token of surrender.
“There is no help for it,” he said to his two friends in an undertone.
The German commander motioned the three to approach. They did so.
“You will each climb up behind one of my men,” ordered the German leader.
Hal and Chester did as ordered, but when Alexis approached one of the German horsemen the latter eyed him dubiously.