squad of the
Boches. And to his delight he heard some one say:

"Wonder what became of Blazes?"

It was Bob's voice, and Jimmy at once answered:

"Here I am! Is Roger there?"

"Yes," came a voice out of the darkness, and it ended in a gasp of
pain, as if the words had been stopped by a blow.

Jimmy felt as though he could tear himself loose and hurl himself on
the cruel captors, but he was held fast.

There was rapid talk in German among the members of the raiding party,
and it could not be doubted that they were exulting over the success
of the sortie, such as it had been.

A little later Jimmy was prodded forward again by the butts of German
guns, and he was aware that Roger and Bob were advancing along with
him. Whether there were any other Americans in that party Jimmy could
not tell, as it was dark now, since the "fireworks" had ceased.

"Tough luck!" murmured Bob, as he limped along beside Roger.

"You said it," answered Jimmy. They spoke in low voices so as not to
incur the further enmity of their captors.

"What do you think they'll do with us?" asked Roger.

"Try to get information," was Jimmy's answer. "But don't give them
any! Keep stiff upper lips and let 'em ask all they want to. Don't
answer!"

"We won't!" murmured Roger and Bob, but they did not realize how hard
it was going to be to keep that resolve.

Forward in the darkness they stumbled, being pushed and shoved when
they were not roughly seized and dragged, and at last they seemed to
have been brought to a place where they were to be detained for some
time. They were led down into a trench and along this in single file,
a German preceding and following each of the three captives, so they
were thus separated. They discovered that the German trenches were not
much better as regarded mud and water than their own, and they did not
have the protection of "duck boards" except in a few places. So that
the progress of Bob, Roger and Jimmy was through mud that came nearly
to the knees.

Suddenly their captors halted. They had reached a wider part of
the trench, and in the dim light from a small electric bulb, which
indicated this place to be one of the more permanent German positions,
the three Brothers saw a concrete dugout.

The door of this was kicked open, and after the three Khaki Boys had
been hurriedly searched, and all their personal belongings taken from
them, they were thrust inside in the darkness and the door was closed.

And t