ndid and nervy thing you did."

The two boys muttered their thanks, too much embarrassed to say
anything.

"I shall see to it that you are mentioned in the dispatches," continued
the captain.

"And Dubois," exclaimed Leon quickly.

"Yes," laughed the captain. "And Dubois."

Captain Le Blanc passed on, leaving two very happy boys behind him. It
was a great honor to be mentioned in the official dispatches and
naturally the two brothers were proud.

"Jacques will be jealous of you," remarked the soldier who had been
talking about the young Frenchman a few moments before.

"Jacques is jealous of nobody," exclaimed Leon warmly. "He never has
been and he never will be. He is too fine a fellow and has too much
sense."

"That's right," agreed another soldier nearby. "He is not the sort
ever to begrudge another man an honor."

"Dubois is still out in that trench, Leon," Earl reminded his brother.
"I think we'd better go out to him, don't you?"

"I certainly do," exclaimed Leon readily. "All you men are coming too,
aren't you?"

The little gathering thus addressed were very eager to go, and soon the
process of shifting their position was under way. One by one the men
crept forward to the captured trench and before many moments had
elapsed Leon, Earl and Dubois were esconsed in their position with nine
more of their companions.

"This is the safest place I've struck yet," exclaimed Dubois. "All the
German shells go over our heads here. We're just as safe here as we
would be ten miles behind the firing line."

"Yon wouldn't be absolutely safe that far away," said Earl.

"Well pretty nearly so anyway," said Dubois.

"How about Dunkirk?" demanded Earl. "See what they did there."

"What did they do?" asked one of the men.

"They dropped a shell in the town from a distance of twenty-two miles.
What good would ten miles do you against a gun like that?"

"The Germans certainly have some wonderful guns all right," said
Dubois. "They won't touch us here though I guess."

"We're sort of between the fires, aren't we?" remarked Leon.

"Yes," said one of the men, "and I'm afraid it is going to be tiresome
here after awhile."

"Tiresome!" exclaimed Earl. "It seems to me there is enough going on
around here to suit anybody."

"Not for me," said the man, Armande by name. "I think I'll go out and
take a look around."

"You're crazy," exclaimed Dubois. "What's the use in doing a thing
like that? You'll