"Did you
get the information after which you went?"
"We did, sir," returned Hal.
He passed to the general the documents he had taken from the young German
aide. General Petain scanned them carefully.
"These will be invaluable to me," he said quietly.
Then Chester told the French commander of the conversation he had
overheard in the quarters of the German Crown Prince.
"Now that I have escaped," the lad concluded, "it may be possible, of
course, that the German plans will be altered."
"You have done well," said the general again, "and as I have said, your
work shall be brought to the personal attention of the President." He
turned to Stubbs. "You, sir," he said, "are not a soldier, yet I have to
thank you for your part in this mission."
Stubbs blushed like a school boy.
"I didn't do anything deserving of credit, sir," he said. "My young
friends here were the directing heads and performed all the
dangerous work."
"Nevertheless," returned the general, "you are deserving of praise and if
there is anything I can do for you, you have but to ask it."
Stubbs hesitated. There was something he wanted very much but he did not
know whether to make the request or not.
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