"You think they'd keep us right here?" demanded Harold, his face falling.
"Possibly," said Mr. Cook. "It might be that you'd have your hands full too."
"Do you think the Germans could land an army and invade this country?" exclaimed Mrs. Cook in alarm.
"Not for a minute do I think that," said Mr. Cook.
"Then what do you mean?"
"Aren't there lots of Germans in the country already?"
"Do you think they'd make trouble?"
"Most of them would be peaceable enough, but some of them would only be too glad to blow up some factories, or railroads, or things like that."
"They've been doing that for the last two years," said Harold, "but I don't see what there is in High Ridge."
"There's my company," said Mr. Cook. He was president of the High Ridge
Steel Company.