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to attempt to use that now would not save them, and would give away a secret that might be supremely important at some future time, either to them or to someone else a

while disaster, be it ever so certain, has not actually come to pass. They were in a sort of thicket, almost as thick as a primeval jungle. At the same moment the thought seemed to come to each

nd cries resounded. Fred had to smile to himself. It seemed to him that the boasted system and order of the German

. It did not cease for there was still a good deal of talking, but

n them for the last few days, flying in al

o recognize that

to one another now. For some reason it w

life; there was the unmistakable din of a powerful aeroplane engine, which, with no muffler, is noisy enough to wake the dead. Then cam

Their engines roared for a moment before they subsided to the ordered, steady hum of a smooth running motor. On the first

neral!" he said. "It must be von Hindenburg going,

t he and Boris must soon be found, and that only patience was necessary if they were to be caught, would so quickly give up looking for them. And yet-Boris

he aeroplane. And this time it was speedily successful. There was less din and confusion. Fred saw at once that some officer with a cool and level head had taken charge. The searchers now did the simple, obvious thing. They divided the grounds up

the corporal. "Herr Hau

nd at the sight of Fred excl

spy! Take him into the guard room and lock him up." He barely glanced at Boris. "Yes, that is the oth

in a sharp protest. "He must be treated exactly like myself,

ing and respect of all your neighbors here, and it is a matter of regret that we must detain you at all. But you must be able to see for your

this time to the danger in which he stood. "It was by your orders,

e you that all will be done in a regular fashion, and that you will have every opportunity to defend you

n espionage in time of war, and by every rule of war he was a spy. He had pretended to be a German, which he was not, and had been found within the German lines. It was true, of course, tha

beside himself. He felt that Fred had run into this terrible danger because of him, in order t

orgetting that with every word he was

ness he certainly did not feel. "All I want is

n himself to the guard room, of which he was the only occupant save for the impassive Pomeranian sentry. Fred guessed, somehow, that German soldiers in war time did no

re, at the head of the table, sat an officer in a colonel's uniform; Colonel Goldapp, unquestionably, presiding over the court, which included four officers beside himse

being a spy. The charge, as I understand it, is that you are a Russian, but have disguised yourself as a German. If this is true, the

merican. I demand an opportunity to see the American

that

s my right, as a foreigner, to ask to see the representative of my country,

, I believe your best course is to plead guilty. I do not know the evidence against you, but I can tell you that the court might be

ated the case against Fred very briefly. He called as witness the officer who had brought Fred into headquarters, who said that the prisoner had been entirely willing to come. Then the corporal who had found him testified. An

came out as a result of Ernst's evidence, and Fred knew that it would be useless to say that this had been the result of pure chance, and that he had not even known of Boris's existence. It was true, bu

as not believed. The finding of the court was inevitable: "Guilty as char

te of a spy. He risked this fate. He will be shot at once. Captain v

ed to him that it was someone else who was led into the garden, placed against

nce," he said. "I am sorry. Is ther

here was a burst of wild, frenzied yelli