"I thought possibly you
might have heard them run by this tent."

"No," said Stubbs, truthfully, "I didn't hear them run by this tent."

"All right," said the German and withdrew.

For perhaps an hour the three fugitives lay in the shelter of the German
tent. From time to time they heard voices without but after awhile these
died away. After there had been absolute silence without for perhaps
fifteen minutes, Chester slipped from the cot.

"May as well move, I guess," he whispered.

Hal also arose.

"All right," he said. "Come, Stubbs."

There was no reply from Stubbs' cot. Hal walked quickly across the tent,
laid a hand on Stubbs' shoulder and shook him vigorously.

"Come, Stubbs!" he exclaimed. "Time to get out of here."

Stubbs muttered something unintelligible and turned over.

"By Jove! if he isn't asleep," said Chester, who came to Hal's side now.

"That's what he is," agreed Hal. "Well, we've got to get him up. Grab
hold of his feet."

Chester did so and together the boys picked the little man up bodily.

"I say!" said Stubbs, sleepily, "let me alone, will you? I want to sleep
a little more."

"You'll find an eternal sleep if you don't get out of here, Stubbs," said
Hal. "Don't you know you are in a German tent and that you'll be shot if
you're found here?"

This awoke Stubbs instantly. He stood up and rubbed his eyes.

"Great Scott!" he ejaculated. "How on earth did I go to sleep in a
predicament like this?"

"I don't know how you did it," returned Hal, "but you did. Come on,
Chester, let's get out of here while we have a chance."

He led the way cautiously to the door of the tent and poked his head
carefully outside.

"Coast seems to be clear," he announced. "Come on and walk quietly."

The others followed him.

Hal made a direct line for the place where they had hidden the large army
aeroplane. Fortunately, the lad was blessed with an almost uncanny sense
of direction and he knew the course he laid out would take them to the
hiding spot of the plane as directly as if he could see the huge machine
from where he stood.

All was silence in the big camp as the lads walked cautiously along,
stopping now and then and straining their ears for a sound that would
indicate the presence of a watchful German sentry. No such sound came and
the three had almost reached the outskirts of the camp when Hal, who was
leading, stopped and pointed to an object that loomed up large in the
darkness a sho