to members of his staff. A moment later his voice became inaudible.

After fifteen minutes' waiting, Chester grew fidgety.

"Wonder where he went?" he said.

"Don't know," returned Hal with a shrug.

"Let's go out and see what's going on," said Stubbs, and moved
toward the exit.

"Hold on," said Hal. "We're under General Petain's orders now. We had
better remain here until he returns."

"You and Chester may be," said Stubbs, "but I'm not. I'm going out and
have a look around."

"Better stick around, Stubbs," said Chester grimly. "If they find you
wandering about you're liable to be put under arrest. You can't go
snooping around without permission, you know."

"Snooping!" repeated Stubbs. "Snooping! Who's going snooping? I want to
find out what's going on."

"Same thing," said Chester.

The little man was offended.

"Call it snooping when I go out hunting news for my paper?" he asked.