“And it’s dollars to doughnuts they are not saying anything very nice,” mused our hero. “Probably they are plotting as to what they can do to get the better of me. I suppose I had better keep my eyes open as long as they are around.”
A little later he had occasion to give Phil and Ben some directions, and the latter called Dave to one side.
“I suppose you’ve noticed that Nat Poole and Lieutenant Gebauer are around?”
“Yes indeed! I have passed them several times, Ben.”
“I went by them, too, and I heard your name mentioned. I believe they are hatching up something.”
“If I were you I wouldn’t stand any nonsense from either of them,” put in Phil.
“I don’t intend to!”
“Don’t you think you had better report them?”
“No; I intend to fight this out alone. Of course, if they do anything that is too outrageous, I’ll have to mention it to those higher up.”
A few minutes later it was announced that the German prisoners were coming, and, as was customary, all the Americans in that vicinity lined the roadway to get a look at those who had been captured.