"A German officer does not answer the questions of a corporal," he sneered.
"Just as you like," retorted Wilson coolly. "Perhaps you'd like to have me leave you here with the owner of the house and his son. I think they'd like nothing better than to have five minutes alone with you. Perhaps even one minute would be enough."
The lieutenant took one glance at the glowering faces of the farmer and his son and wilted instantly.
"I will answer your questions," he said, shortly.
CHAPTER XIII
A DEEPENING MYSTERY
"He came off his perch mighty quick," remarked Bart to Frank in a whisper.
"I don't wonder," replied Frank. "He'd be a pretty poor insurance risk if these people could get a whack at him."
The corporal asked a few formal questions as to the lieutenant's regiment and division, which were answered sullenly though promptly. But these had little interest just then, and their asking was really a matter for headquarters. They were simply the prelude to other questions in which the company were much more deeply concerned.