Part 5 (2/2)
”I lander,” he said ”I suppose noe should becoeneral retreat at once, eh?”
”You will be forced to, shortly,” Freddy said stiffly
The laughter faded from the German's face and his eyes became brittle and hard
”Geriven!” he snapped
”But, I see you want to treat this all as a little joke, eh?”
”Do you expect us to give away military information?” Dave demanded
”It would help you a lot, boys,” the officer said slyly ”You tant to get to England, don't you?”
”Not that e don't!” Dave said, standing up to hiet no military inforive”
”Good for you, Dave!” Freddy said in a low voice ”He can't make dirty traitors out of us”
Heads up and shoulders back the two of thelared back at them for aface broke out all sood, boys!” he cried ”I like you all theeither if I should happen to be captured All right, ill speak no more about that But, I must make out a report
Give h the Red Cross to your families so they will knohere you are”
”But I live in America!” Dave cried ”I'm on a trip with my father He's in London, as I told you, but I don't knohere!”
”What is his name?” the officer said and picked up a pencil ”I will have word sent to the hotel where you stopped in Paris It will be forwarded to him wherever he is Well?”
Dave hesitated aelse to be done about it
”Mr Richard C Dawson,” he said ”My name is David Hotel de Ney, Twenty-One Rue Passey, Paris But, wait! He went to see the American Ambassador in London You can send word there”
That bit of infor piercing look, then nodded and scribbled on a piece of paper in front of hilisher?” he grunted
”My naton Farmer,” Freddy said ”I live at Sixty-Four Baker Street, London, England But, see here, sir! You don't really intend to keep us prisoners, do you? I hed and shook his head
”Keep you prisoners?” he echoed ”Of course not But I can't very well let you go until I get proof who you are, now can I? In a very short time I shall learn if you've told me the truth And then, if you have, I will have you put in a car and passed through the Belgian lines Just as simple as that, see?”
”We have told you the truth,” Freddy said grimly
”You bet we have!” Dave said
”Then there is nothing for you to worry about,” the big Gerry, eh? Well, I shall at once see that you are taken care of and given so to eat”