"I wish you would give me the address!" exclaimed Tom eagerly, and
his chum smiled at his show of interest.





CHAPTER V

THE RESOLVE


"Well, to-morrow, if all goes well, we'll be with Pershing's boys,"
remarked Jack, as he and Tom were sitting in their quarters after
breakfast, the last day but one they were to spend in the Lafayette
Escadrille with which they had so long been associated.

"That's so. We'll soon be on the firing line with Uncle Sam,"
agreed Tom. "Of course we've been with him, in a way, ever since
we've been fighting, for it's all in the same cause. But there'll
be a little more satisfaction in being 'on our own,' as the English
say."

"You're right. What's on for to-day?" asked Jack.

"Haven't the least idea. But here comes a messenger now."

As Tom spoke he glanced from a window and saw an orderly coming
toward their quarters. The man seemed in a hurry.