The Boy Allies at Verdun; Or, Saving France from the Enemy

er's finger tightened on the trigger of his revolver,

l's figure appear

one, and two spurts of flame in the darkness. Came a cry o

Grab him!" sh

l even as Hal leaped himself. The stranger was of much greater bulk than Hal and the

away he saw a figure disappear in the darkness. The lad did not fire a second shot, for at

and the two chums l

ook at him, Hal?

did

ed until I was sure what he was going to do befor

hat distance you should you should

one it this time had I

at his r

re it is, right where he dropped it. But h

have taken a chance," s

t something bett

ny difference now," said

and what he wante

gun and see if there is any

e revolver. He examined it carefu

d anything

the weapon with n

g certain. You've an enemy of some kind in the camp

said Hal, "although, of course it might h

would anybody want

of his shoulders, "which may not be very good Eng

piracy? Maybe one of th

nosing

e that, after all,"

d," declared Chester. "We don't know for which of u

if I mistake not h

tund face of the little war correspo

"you missed getting killed

an started b

s that?" h

ust escaped g

kill me?" demanded Stub

s," said Hal. He displayed the weapon from

bbs. "Put that gun

ibly frightened that Hal

going to shoot you, Mr. Stubb

don't understand you fellows at all. First you said you wanted to kill me fiv

a shot at me. I don't know whether he wanted to kill me, or whether he wanted to kill you. He may even have been trying to kill Cheste

on't know,"

spirators. Do any

d quit harping on that subject. It's all right to have a little f

e an angry retort, but H

piracy you don't and that's all there is about that. But if you do, I

tent is going to be d

"I shall remain

leave us, Stubbs?"

and I wouldn't like that. There's an expression in New York that hits me just right. 'Safety firs

together. Then he moved toward the door. There he paused a mom

. "I may not see you for some ti

the hand

bbs, we don't l

little man, "but it will be

ter and extended a

ster. "Drop those things bac

grimly. "I'm going to hun

his way to the door. There, just bef

en pretty good friends, th

Stubbs," returne

have, Mr. Stub

oth have been good enough to tell me once or t

bbs," declared Hal, "and any

two or within a month or two, I do anything you don't like, anything that puts you to some inconvenience-you will k

are you talking about?" aske

eturned Stubbs, half angrily. "I just

ny good," said Chester, "but I wish yo

n I may be talking about a whole lot," was St

what, Mr. Stubbs

o stay here and talk to you fellows all ni

ut the tent

d at one another in

ar do you suppose he was ta

replied Hal. "He's got somet

as a mind left,

sm

ed that fact is open

e was a drinking

. By the way, did you no

if he had

bet he knows more about the man that fired t

"From his actions, I would judge

er, "and he knows who

figure it out ourselves. One thing, though, we shall have to be on our guar

. "We'll have to slee

e we'll be on the watch and will postpone his next visit

be as good as ne

event we had better

it necessary for one

e goes f