presented the papers, granting leaves of absence to the three.

"Hm-m," muttered Captain O'Neill. "Something up, eh? Well, I wish I
were going with you." He extended a hand.

"Good luck," he said quietly."





CHAPTER IV

INTO GERMANY

"We'll have to have a leader for this party," said Hal, "one whose word
shall be law. I'm agreeable to Chester."

"I'd rather have you," said Chester.

McKenzie also voted for Hal, who already had done him some service.
This agreement, stood.

"All right," said Hal. "Now that I'm in command, I'll outline the
course of procedure. We'll go from here to the Dutch border."

"How about passports?" Chester wanted to know.

"That's simple enough. You remember the time when we drew up a set of
fake passports representing ourselves to be correspondents of the New