When the cadets gained the shelter of the trees they saw the Germans get into the sleigh once more, and a few seconds later they drove away, Tony Duval watching their departure.
"Now what do you make of that, Jack?" questioned Gif. His face showed that he was puzzled.
"It looks to me as if those fellows were up to no good," returned Jack.
"Did you notice what they said about Tony Duval's mother?" cried Spouter. "That seemed to me as if his mother might have been a German woman."
"That's the way I took it, too," returned Jack. "And then, don't forget what Duval said—that the authorities might hang him if he was caught. That sounds as if they were asking him to do something which was against the law."
"Yes, and a big crime at that," put in Gif.
"I wonder where the Germans live?"
"Most likely at a distance. Otherwise they wouldn't be using a sleigh."
"We ought to look into this, and without delay," said Jack decidedly.
"Let us make it our business to find out all about the Germans to-morrow," said Gif. And so it was decided.