A long “Coo-ee!” brought up the other Kangaroos at the double, and “Fritz” found himself a helpless prisoner.
Leaving the rest to keep watch on the pond, the Leader of the Kangaroos marched off his prisoner between two hefty guards.
CHAPTER XII
“WELL DONE, DANNY!”
Meanwhile, Captain Miles and his party searched the passage in vain. The spy had vanished. Realising what might have happened, the officer sent back a party to go as quickly as possible to the mill, whilst he continued to search the vault. And so the party bound for the mill met the prisoner and his guards on the road, and returning, reported this to Captain Miles.
Packing the four Germans and their guards into a motor lorry, and putting the young officer in charge, he sent them to the town and turned his attention to the necessary investigations.
Pausing at the door of the tower.
“Look here, young Wolf Cub,” he said, “you’ve done some very smart work in discovering all this, and proved yourself some detective. You may come with me and investigate the tower. That valuable notebook of yours will then contain the end of the story. It will be a treasure worth keeping.”
And so Danny, in the seventh heaven of happiness, accompanied the officer up the winding stairs.
At the top of the tower they discovered a wireless apparatus, a cage of carrier pigeons, a powerful flashlight, and a large store of provisions.
“We knew there was something bad on,” said Captain Miles, “but not like this! You’ve done your country a good turn, indeed, in discovering it! Well done, Danny!”