for a National Army division began to arrive, besides a brigade of infant

, while Major-general Timmins assumed command of the National A

inth an average of a hundred and eighty men to the company, or forty-five men to each

and reports to General Pershing," Dick told his chum. "At the rate ou

Holmes objected. The regiment really isn

e're ordered abroad," Dick insisted

time for constructing a two-story building with an office, supply room, mes

s advantage over the National Army regiments, that most of their officers

en ground too fine to do the utmost mischief. However, the camp was alarmed, and all fo

unjustly. Officers tried to undo this harm by talking among the men.

ff the reservation without leave, served his sentence mo

ll-pen. His name was held against him Wilhelm as a brand-new ma

e latter was o

ns win. If I'm sent over to France I'll watch m

ivate Riley, another prisoner in th

fter a moment Mock was on his feet again, quivering with rage. He flew at Riley, who was a smaller man, hammering him hard. O

d a German s

rhaps nearly deadly punishment would have been handed out, had not several men of th

tain Greg Holmes, and Dick was sent for to join in questioning the men, which was done behind closed doo

they'd have me tried for saying I'd desert, and that I'd be likely to get several

helm, understandin

s using any more of your line of talk around here," Riley bro

ow-prisoners in the bull-pen. Most of these men were serving merel

Greg that Private Brown, of the guard, had been talk

ight soldier, but he'll bear watching," w

lhelm had been talking with Private Brown at the bar

risoners ahead of time that they might not be deprived of too much instruction. The released one

but not Mock," declared Riley to a bunkie (chum)

some dangerous scheme of revenge. The fellow had disappeared from among the gang of carpenters, and that

Sergeant Kelly, who had come up behind the pair on the nearly deser

Riley objected.

r, Riley, I believe that the men we have most to fear are spies who manage to get in the Army, talk straight and do their work well, and all th

k hanged!" grumbled Private Rile

m into the Ninety-ninth. Prescott rejoiced that he had this excellent fellow wi

d an almost equally good top in Lund, a S

him a list of men who had put in application for pass that afternoo

nd," commented Greg, glancing over the list and

t their names down, sir," Lund explained, as he s

were

and Wi

hemselves since they

yes,

iably, as he wrote time two names down on the list. "Perhaps

ceived the list back in his

nd Wilhelm exhibited their passes to t

ground. "Me, I knew better than to ask for it, and me so lately out of the pen. But those bir

Mock and Wilhelm, stepping briskly along the road over which Dick had ridden that eve

y kept on, going further

ing under the trees. "It must be the place, f

place all right,

uld not, however, carry very far. Ins

g out of a. jungle of bushes. "I'm glad to see that you're on ti

," said Mo

e read

thing," Mo

Private Wilhelm nodded.

led the stoop-shoulder

n, bearded and bespectacled. If there's anyt

hat to do," said time

erent companies?" asked

nodded Mock. "Wilh

re of two companies o

g what I'm going to

ld up two vials that he

barracks hang their bedding out of the windows and go down to breakfast, stay behind. Uncork a vial, each of you, and sprin

, taking the one offered him and cu

Tomorrow night slip out of camp and come here. Under those bushes over there you'll find civilian clothing. Understand? Yes? In the pockets of each suit you'll find the money to pay for your work. Take off your

dded Mock

y, Mock turne

he sharp tones of Captain Dick Prescott, as he, S

e the vial. But Mock dodged. In the same instant the bespectacled German tried to snat

ly, knocking the stoop-shouldered stranger flat. Then, before

un. He, too, felt the clasp of steel around his wrists. Though Kelly and t

you!" hissed the stoop-shoulde

am," retorted Mock, with a short laugh

!" hissed the bespec

rn on us, who a

d Wilhelm, coolly. "Me, I've always been an America

mark them as soon as you get back to company office. Then we'll turn

nt Kelly and his four soldiers

m, followed, but did not attempt t

and they were soon on their way to an internment camp, where, like "good" Germans in America, they wou

and haggard, was placed under arrest. Under grilling, he confessed what Secret Service men had already learned--that his name was really spelled B-r-a-u-n;

un to talk to Mock, who had been told by Captain Prescott to talk

a young man of known loyalty to the United States. He wasn't a soldier, but a War Department agent

had undergone his humiliation in the bull-pen, and the scorn of his fellow-prisoners, in order to trap the stoop-shouldered German, a pretended carpenter,

nd shot for his crimes. Before his death he confessed that it was he who had shaken the powdered glass in the food of F company, the stuff having been supplied by Dr. Ebers. It wa

d, undoubtedly to do o

izer elsewhere

tter fulfil his oath and serve his country, is hereby restored to his former rank of s

al order publishe

swarming with measles germs that would hav

action had resulted in the capture of the German s

ever, were in stor