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”Come,” he said kindly, ”it seems that you too witnessed the wonderful feat perforlad to say you had taken his hand when you return to your native country I am pleased to say he will undoubtedly live to receive the honors that a grateful France is ready to shower on his head”

”Thank you, Monsieur le General,” said Rod warmly; ”I speak for my comrades as hen I say ould esteem it an honor to meet him; and we also hope and pray hethe general, they advanced toward the party with the stretcher The attendants had halted at a signal from the commander-in-chief, and set their burden down Rod saw the face of the man who had dared all to save his fellows Somehow it seemed to hih for the life of hiine how that could be

”This, then, is the oneof the ford possible,” said the French general; ”and when you reh on the roll of fame the honored naht the battle for the ford owe all our success!”

”What! _our_ Andre, and a hero of heroes at that!” cried Josh, able to grasp the aeneral had said was as Greek to him; ”nohat do you think of that, Hanky Panky?”

As for the party in question, he could only stare and shake his head as though utterly unable to understand what it meant

Rod suddenly remembered why the face of the man on the stretcher had seemed so familiar When Jeanne told hi at the s team; and it was Andre's son whose face was in his mind when he stared at the father, for the lad was certainly ”a chip off the old block”

Things could hardly have turned out better for the three Motorcycle Boys Why, not only would Andre have witnesses when he signed the docuh honors awaited him after he had recovered from his wounds Jeanne in her far-distant, hus that would bring her much joy

No wonder then that Rod hastened to pour out the story in his best French

CHAPTER XXVIII

CONCLUSION

When the allant French general insisted that the paper be signed, with him and members of his staff as witnesses He also declared that he would see to it that the faht on to Paris with as little delay as possible; because it was expected that sooner or later the Germans would decide to take Antwerp

All this filled Rod and his chu exceedingly happy, for the news he had just received concerning his loved ones filled hireatmade a captain on account of his recent feat

Nor was this all, it see his story he had noticed that a man as not in unifor intently Thinking that he eneral, Rod had paid little attention to this unknown party Judge of his astonish a respectful salute to the commander-in-chief, and announced his identity