The Boy Scouts In Russia

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aid. "I have been ho

"Boris Petrovitch, do not see this man. He is a

your eyes are getting feeble. It is time you were sent to the place in the Cri

antly. But then a slow

Ivan?"

Boris. "I shall know

with Fred at his heels, got a glimpse of him; then

come at las

must have come many miles through Germany, in a country where the closest possible watch was being kept for spies, and for all, indeed, who might even be suspected of espionage. And it was easy to see how he had been able to do it. Fred knew that he must be a Russian. Yet in e

oris. "So you really got th

ent he seemed to be puzzled. Then he understood that it was

y as before me. Let him be a stranger to you no longer. He is my cousin from Ame

the great hall. They crowded forward curiously to look at him. And as for Ivan, he stared blankly for a mome

zar himself. My father saw to it always that here we were surrounded only by such faithful ones. These people and their ancestors befor

back to the errand that had

s as my father foresaw. The first thing the Germans did was to

orking by to-night. Except that there can not be anything worth sending for a few hours, it might

ed to Fred

y. But it is one thing to obtain such knowledge and quite another to find some means of sending it back to our people. We hope, if we are not sent away from here too soon, tha

d by wireless. I don't know whether I would be much good with the Continen

le, a very little, about it. And there is a man here. But I am afraid that

men aren't

able-bodied man. That is all right. We are probably keeping back all Germans who might go home and go in

ht," said Ivan, breaking in no

en't you goi

ot understand at all. There are far fewer soldiers here than I thought there would be. I have not been able to find traces of more than a single corps of Germans-and we

e so few as that,

It is for us to keep the Germans so busy here that they will not be able to crush France before England can get her army into action. At the beginning it does not matter so much whether we

red repeated Ivan's wish in R

her mother tongue!" he said

he wa

aid Boris. "See, isn't he the German to the life a

should think," said Fred. "They wouldn't waste

ever were before! Germany has threatened us for years. She has set Austria against us. This time we had to fight, and you will see that all Russia will be behind the Czar. We learned our lessons against the Japa

here if they do

Though if they come, I shall have to hide you, my cousin! I am just thinking of that. I shouldn't wonder if those

re panelled in oak, blackened by smoke and age. Boris looked about to make sure that they were not observed, then he touched a spot in one of the panels, and it slid open. Beyo

e in here, you will be safe. Carry an electric torch always with you. I will give you one later. You will find two sets of arrows marked every few feet through the passages to which this leads. The u

ds mysterious! Have you always

ears ago, that Germany was sure to force war upon us, and that it would probably come in his lifetime, he made many changes. This is not really a private house

ll find that Russia is

eculiar sound, but one tha

ve heard crowds making just that same noise at home-on election night, f

a moment, then he

s only the people from the village. Old men, and women, and children-boys, of

of knocking at the outer door and the sharp groundin

Listen! Follow the arrows! They will lead you down. Stop at a double arrow. You will be able to hear. The wall is very thin there, on p

e safe yourself? Oughtn't

be dangerous. In with you, now! We can't keep the soldiers out. I don't want to give them an