"
"Well," said Chester, "I don't have any such doubts. But come, now;
forward march."
Slowly the German troopers marched ahead, Chester and his machine gun
bringing up the rear.
And in this manner they came directly upon the French cavalry and
infantry advancing in pursuit of the Germans.
Great were the exclamations among the French troops when it was found
that five men and a young officer had made such an important capture, to
say nothing of the terrible execution inflicted upon the enemy with their
own rapid-fire gun. The French officers were loud in the praises of
Chester's gallantry.
And with the troop of French cavalry Chester found Hal and Captain
Leroux.
"By Jove! I'm glad to see you, Chester," said Hal, advancing with
outstretched hand. "I was afraid we wouldn't get back in time."
"I guess you wouldn't have, if we had waited for you," said Chester,
dryly. "I wasn't going to take any more chances if I could help it. When
you left us there by ourselves, I was sure if we wanted to come away,
we'd have to do it by ourselves."
"We didn't do it intentionally," said Captain Leroux.
"Who said you did?" demanded Chester, somewhat angrily.
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