CHAPTERPAGE
I.The Spy Alarm [1]
II.A Man and a Snake [11]
III.A Puzzled Professor [18]
IV.A Two-Girl Problem [29]
V.More Girls [35]
VI.Noddy Nixon [43]
VII.Off for France [53]
VIII.The Training Camp [59]
IX.On the Firing Line [71]
X.In the Trenches [78]
XI.A Night Patrol [88]
XII.Bob Is Missing [96]
XIII.“Just Like Him!” [108]
XIV.A Desperate Chance [116]
XV.The Sniper [123]
XVI.Over the Top [129]
XVII.“Fried Holes” [136]
XVIII.The School Janitor [145]
XIX.News at Last [153]
XX.A Queer Question [162]
XXI.A Visitor [171]
XXII.An Unexpected Capture [177]
XXIII.Great Preparations [184]
XXIV.“S. I. W.” [194]
XXV.The Black Box [201]
XXVI.A Disappearance [209]
XXVII.St. Mihiel [218]
XXVIII.In Argonne Forest [226]
XXIX.Captured [232]
XXX.Recaptured [243]

1

NED, BOB AND JERRY
ON THE FIRING LINE

CHAPTER I

THE SPY ALARM

“There’s a German on the ground! Get him!”

The sun glistened on scores of polished bayonets, as sturdy figures, clad in olive drab, which matched in hue the brown of the earth, sprang from their trenches and rushed forward.

“Put some pep into it! Lively now! Get the Germans!”