"You don't know how happy I am to meet you. My brother always speaks so affectionately of you, and my sister is really much hurt because you left Dunkirk without seeing her."
The boys were astonished. Ralph was the first to speak:
"Are you Lieutenant Winston's brother?"
"Did he recover from the fall in the airship?" asked Alfred.
"Yes, and he says that without you he would have been crushed to death; we are certainly thankful to you. And now, what can I do for you? Joe says you have something important to communicate to me without delay," said the colonel, glancing at the note.
"We may be mistaken," said Ralph, "but we think we have spotted a spy."
"Where?" asked the colonel, as he arose from the chair. "Here in the camp?"
"Yes, right here; over in the warehouse and at the hangars, and he acted so suspiciously before he reached the camp that we've been trailing him," said Alfred.
The colonel tapped a bell. The orderly appeared. "Send for Captain Rose. Tell him it is urgent," said the colonel.
"We ought to be out looking for the fellow, for we missed him as we came across the grounds. He's a peddler," said Ralph.