Part 15 (1/2)

”They're still at it,” exclai continued its eccentric rises and falls; ”what's next, I wonder?”

Dash--dash--dash--dash, spelled out the flag

”That ht',” exclaimed Merritt a e we've caught”

”Short and sweet,” laughed Rob ”I guess we caot is 'Ready to-night'”

”Well, isn't that so?” demanded Merritt ”At all events it's a complete sentence and tells us that soht you are, and that 'sohnut”

”But ready for what?”

”That reht Barton would bear watching I'm certain of it now, and if the suble so to tell the ensign about this?”

”Not till we have soo upon After all, we have proved nothing, but to-night we'll keep a close watch on Barton and in that way find out if our suspicions are correct or not”

And so it was arranged The boys hunted a bit nals and the peculiar behavior of Barton had got on their ave up their sport earlier than they had expected and trudged back to caht's work

CHAPTER XVI

SCOUTING FOR UNCLE SAM

”Rob! Rob! Rob!”

Merritt nudged his dozing companion as they lay near to the submarine shed, where they had taken up their position earlier in the night

Immediately after supper the lads had, apparently, slipped off to their tents; but as soon as they were sure that they were free from observation they had, in pursuance of their plans, taken up a position close to the sheltering place of the _Peaceht, and the words at the beginning of this chapter formed Merritt's notification to him that it was time to bestir himself

The boy, aroused at once from his nap, sat up at his comrade's summons

”What is it?” he asked in a whisper

”Look! Look yonder! Don't you see Barton sneaking toward the shed?”

There was no ht Rob, thus ad across the sand dunes to the subh!” he exclaiht, Merritt, e read that 'Ready to-night'

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