You'll come with me now."
He led them to the elevator, and soon the two lads were once more in
their mothers' arms.
"Well," said Uncle John, when the greetings were over, "I don't think you
will get away from us again. We'll sail for America at once."
"I am afraid," said Chester slowly, "that we cannot go."
"Cannot go? And why not, sir?"
"Because," replied Chester, "I believe that Hal and I shall return
immediately to the front, and rejoin General French and his heroic
British troops."
Both Mrs. Paine and Mrs. Crawford cried out in alarm, and Uncle John
looked at the two lads with disappointment when Hal said:
"Chester is right."
But Uncle John was nothing if not a diplomat.
"We won't discuss it now," he said, with a wave of his hand. "To-morrow
we will talk the matter over."
This suited all concerned.
"And that decision having been reached," continued Uncle John, "let's all
go down to dinner!"
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