The Boy Scout Aviators by George Durston
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chance that any moment they might say something he would
understand, and, moreover, if he got away, it was possible that he might repeat what he heard to those who would be able to make more use of it. Just then the leader's foot touched Dick, and he drew away. The German looked down at him, and laughed. "Frightened!" he said. "We won't hurt you! What a country that sends its children out against us!" His manner was kindly enough, and Dick felt himself warming a little to the big man in spite of himself. "Listen, boy," said the leader. "You have seen things that were not for your eyes. So you are to be put where knowledge of them will do no harm -- for a few hours. Then you can go. But until we have finished our work, you must be kept. You shall not be hurt -- I say it." Dick did not answer. He was thinking hard. He wondered if Jack would try to rescue him. They were getting very near Bray Park, he felt, and he thought that, once inside, neither Jack nor anyone else could get him out until these men who had captured him were willing. Then the car stopped suddenly. Dick saw that they were outside a little house. "Get out," said the leader. Dick and the telephone man who had not been hurt obeyed, the other lineman was lifted out, more considerately this time. |
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