Half a dozen officers piled into the wagon and sat down on their prisoners. At that moment the patrol started away with the two boys, moving over the smooth pavements of the French capital almost without a jar.
CHAPTER II
A SERIOUS CHARGE
By the time the patrol reached headquarters the Battleship Boys had recovered consciousness. They were half-smothered, lying on their faces as they were.
Sam began to fight and kick.
"Get off my neck!" he howled, in a muffled voice. "Get off, or I'll pass you a punch when I get out of this!"
"Keep quiet, Sam," advised Dan. "They will use you roughly if you don't."
"Keep quiet, nothing! I'll show them they can't use an officer in Uncle Sam's Navy this way."
His further remarks were lost, for the man who was sitting on Hickey's neck moved over, throwing his weight on the lad's head.