"About time too," replied Bart, as he shouldered his rifle. "We've been missing all the fun."
But the first words of the corporal showed them that they were mistaken.
"You lads are out of it for the rest of the day," he remarked. "Go back to your old trench now, get some grub and tumble into your bunks."
They looked at each other in surprise, for the sun had not much more than risen.
"You heard what I said," reiterated the corporal. "Get all the sleep you can to-day, for you won't do any sleeping to-night!"
CHAPTER IV
BETWEEN THE LINES
The Army boys looked at each other in blank inquiry, but the corporal did not offer to enlighten them, and they were too good soldiers to ask questions when orders were given.
"What do you suppose is in the wind now?" asked Bart, as they made their way to their sleeping quarters.
"Search me," replied Frank.