Quickly Chester checked his horse and springing to the
ground dashed to his chum's side. The men behind them also dismounted and
prepared to give battle afoot.
The two lads hurled themselves at the enemy without stopping to think.
Hal's sword struck up the weapon of a German officer, and before the
latter could recover his poise, the lad had run him through. Chester
disposed of a second officer equally as rapidly.
From pursuit of the others, the rest of the troop had now returned and
completely surrounded the little band of Germans. Hal lowered his sword,
and, stepping back a pace, called upon the enemy to surrender.
"Never!" came the reply, followed by the German battle-cry: "_Deutschland
ueber alles_!"
A revolver bullet tore a ragged hole through Hal's cap, and a second one
passed just under his left arm.
But now the revolvers of the Germans were all empty, and the fighting
continued with swords alone.
Into the very midst of the German squad the two lads hurled themselves.
Cutting, slashing, parrying and thrusting, the Germans fought on
doggedly.
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