Fighting in France

he Germans, Dubois?"

m. What's the use in allowi

do you int

l I want a long piece of stout twine. I

ing to do with i

bois evasively. "I must get the t

had been installed and had a message sent back for the next courier w

ans are," said Earl when Dubois ha

"If I were to tell you now you would try to

to the German tren

see," smil

you are crazy," exclaimed Leon warmly. "You saw how muc

bject to my pla

t you are going ove

Let's not talk a

conversation concerning his project. The talk finally drifted into other ch

asked a voice about a half-hour later

the darkness to see if they could discover the identity of the speaker. All they could see was the

e want twine?"

on eagerly. "What a

for it was the daring young Frenchm

ndividual briskly. "But what a

ldn't I c

u were

wanted me to remain in the base hospital

id Leon reprovingly. "Still I a

arted back they gave it to me to bring out to som

ant

are

boi

at use can you

it and I'll s

is, who immediately unwound a small s

murmured approvingl

ench. He did not even take his gun with him. His companions were too surprised by his strange action

on. "What do you thi

d Jacques, puzzled by th

German tren

at

" said Leon. "I don't s

ould think," said Jacques. "Wo

ething to do with a bell though I'm sure," an

t won't ring any more," suggested Jacques

id," said Leon warmly. "It's a que

d and he did not reappear. The firing had been fitful all through the night; the stea

fraid," said Earl slowly aft

," exclaimed Jacqu

e went," said Lean. "Wh

is suddenly reappeared and cl

eon eagerly. "Whe

"Fritzie" was the name by which the French a

urt?" dema

Dubois. "I neve

e you bee

self with something he held in his hands. It was too da

turned to his friends. His preparations,

un," he exclai

ing. From across the battlefield came the faint sound of a bell. Almost in

Dubois enthusiasticall

curiously. "You don't mean to s

eefully. "I'll show you again as soon

ormer state of comparative quiet. Once again Dubois jerked his arm and again came

ve you got there

ois almost beside hi

wine I brought

Dubois. "Tha

and tied it to that

is. "I tied it to the wire right along side

and the Germans fired violently. Dubois was delighted beyond all comprehension with his expl

n. "You took an awful chance just to

," Dubois corrected hi

of the night the men amused themselves by ringing the bell and startling the Germans. Along towards morning

ring," said Dubois ruefully. "Our fu