He said I would be well paid, and he offered me a
piece of gold he had hidden in the sole of his shoe."
"Did you take it?"
"The gold? Of course I did! But I tore up the note he gave me to
toss into the American lines. First I looked at it, though. It was
signed with a French name, though the prisoner claimed to be from
the United States. It was the name Leroy which means, I have been
told, the king. Ha! I have his gold, and the note is scattered
over No Man's Land! But I will tell him I sent it into the trenches
of his friends. He may have more notes and gold!" and the brute
chuckled.
Tom and Jack, looked at one another in the darkness. Could it be
possible that it was their friend Harry Leroy who was so near to
them, since he had been transferred from a camp far behind the
lines?
It seemed so. There were not many American airmen captured, and
there could hardly be two of this same rather odd name.
"It must be Harry," murmured Tom.
"I think so," agreed Jack.
"Silence, American pigs!" commanded man officer.
He raised his sword to strike the lad. But just then occurred an
interruption so tremendous that all thought of punishing prisoners
who dared to speak was forgotten.
A big shell rose screaming and moaning from the Allied lines and
landed not far from the party of Germans which was leading along Tom
and Jack. It burst with a tremendous noise well inside the Hug
defenses, and this was followed by a terrific explosion.
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