"Well, what do you think of that?" Stubbs ejaculated. "A newspaper man
refused admittance! I never heard of such a thing before."
Nevertheless he was forced to cool his heels on the outside until his
newly found friends should come out, and this is what he proceeded to do.
General French greeted the two lads with a smile.
"Back so soon?" he exclaimed. "I hardly expected you before to-morrow.
And was your mission a success?"
"Well, General," replied Hal, "we didn't go as far as we could have gone.
We were fortunate enough to come upon Captain Anderson, who had just
escaped from the Germans, and knows more of the situation there than we
could possibly have learned. We figured that it was not necessary to
sacrifice lives foolishly."
"You did exactly right," replied General French.
He turned to Captain Anderson. "Are the Germans contemplating any new
move in the north that you know of?" he asked.
"They are not, sir," was the reply. "I can say that positively. I heard
plans while I was in the hospital. The German forces in the west have
been drawn upon somewhat heavily to reenforce their troops in the eastern
theater of war.
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