Part 3 (1/2)
”Yes, Freddy?”
”I'ot us into a bit of a mess, Dave,” he said ”To be truthful, we are lost I really haven't the faintest where we are You htfully sorry, really”
”Wait a minute!” Dave cried out ”Here comes a car It sounds like a truck Gee, what a racket!”
A pair of headlights was rapidly approaching along the road that led off to the right They bounced up and down because of the uneven surface, and the banging noise of the enginelow of the a their arms The truck or car, or whatever it was, bore down upon the and clashi+ng of gears
”Come on, Dave, we'll find out, now!” Freddy said and trotted into the twin beaht
Dave dropped into step at his side, and they had traveled but a few yards when a harsh voice suddenly stopped them in their tracks
”Halt!”
The two boys stood ht Dave heard Freddy Farasp He suddenly realized that for so furiously, and there was a peculiar dryness in his throat At that moment he heard hobnailed boots strike the surface of the road The figure of a soldier caht On his head was a bucket shaped helun He moved forward in a cautious way, and then Dave was able to see his uniform His heart seemed to turn to ice in his chest, and his hands suddenly felt very cold and daht at a German soldier!
CHAPTER FOUR
_Prisoners Of War!_
”Good Grief, a German!”
Freddy Farmer's whispered exclamation served to jerk Dave out of his stunned trance He blinked and sed hard and tried to stop the pounding of his heart
”Hey, there, we're lost!” he suddenly called out ”Where are we anyway?”
The advancing German soldier pulled up short and stopped He stuck his head forward and stared hard There was a sharp exclaht The second figure was a Gerer autolish?” he asked in a heavy nasal voice ”What are you doing here? Ah, an ah our advanced lines? It is good that I have found you just in tiuns, yes!”
”We're not armed, Captain!” Dave exclaimed ”We're not soldiers We're just lost”
”I am not a captain, I aun ”You will address me as such Not soldiers, you tell me?
Then, why this ambulance? And why are you here?”
”As you were just told,” Freddy Farmer spoke up in a calh to tell us the way to Courtrai ill be off”
The German officer snapped his head around
”Ah, so _you_ are English, yes?” he demanded
”And proud of it!” Freddy said stiffly ”And this chap, if you must know, is an American friend of mine Noill you tell us the way to Courtrai?”
The Ger for a moment or two There was a look of disappointh he was very sad he had not found a pistol or an automatic on either of theed with his bunched fists resting on his hips