"What is that?" asked Ned eagerly.
"Enlist in the aviation corps of the French army!"
CHAPTER VII. Greeted With Bullets.
"Thank you, Captain," Ned replied after a short pause. "You have certainly treated us royally and we appreciate it. We believe you mean well, but it is a matter of importance and we'd like a little time in which to consider the subject. May we think it over?"
"Certainly!" replied the captain heartily. "You are right! Consider it well and remember that I shall help you if I can!"
"We are now citizens of the United States!" spoke up Harry. "We wouldn't want to complicate international matters at all."
"True!" rejoined the captain, "but remember that you have a bold and desperate man to deal with. Judging him by what I now know I believe he will not stop at trifles. Remember that if you are enlisted in the French army you have the protection of that nation."
"While I don't want to underrate the ability of your army," put in Jack, "I feel that this fellow is a man of ability and cunning and that he would attempt harm to us just the same, enlisted or not."