"I can't say that I do," rejoined Lieutenant Prescott coolly. "As nearly as I can judge, I feel just about as big as I did yesterday, or the day before. How about you, men?"
"I know very well that I felt a lot bigger the day I first stepped into the uniform than I do now," laughed Soldier Hal.
"I always feel largest on pay-day," smiled Private Noll Terry. "And this is a long way from pay-day."
"I've got friends in this town. Friends of my own kind," broke in Jack Blick harshly. "Don't forget that."
"Why?" queried Lieutenant Dick Prescott.
"Because," snarled Blick, showing his teeth, "you've been marked by my friends already. You won't get out of town and back to camp alive!"
CHAPTER XVI
CAPTAIN CORTLAND "MAKES A SPEECH"
"YOU heard Blick's declaration, didn't you?" questioned Lieutenant Prescott, with a smile.