gh luck, but it's got to be
done."

"How about you, Iggy?" asked Bob.

"I fights mit youse," said the Polish lad simply, "and what you says I
say!"

"That ends it!" went on Jimmy. "I'd rather lose ten times five
thousand francs than do this, but--well, let's get it over with, and
then we'll jump into the fight and try to forget it."

He walked up to the group of officers, in the midst of which still
stood the captain. Jimmy saluted Major Wrightson, the senior officer
then present, and when the latter looked at the lad, seeing that he
had something to say, Jimmy spoke:

"My comrades and I," he said, indicating his four Brothers, "wish to
denounce that man as a German spy!" He spoke quietly, and pointed an
accusing finger at Captain Dickerson.

"What's that?" cried the major, in great surprise.

Jimmy repeated his statement, and as he did so he kept his eyes on the
face of the accused. The latter smiled faintly, but did not seem at
all alarmed.

"Have you any evidence to support this amazing statement?" asked the
major.

"Plenty," answered Jimmy, and then, briefly, he told what he and his
chums had seen. During the dramatic recital, which was corroborated
at several points by Roger and Bob, as well as Franz and Iggy, the
captain never said a word. He continued calmly smoking a cigarette he
had lighted.

"Can this be possible?" exclaimed a lieutenant, and he seemed to
shrink away from Captain Dickerson.

"Have you anything to say regarding the accusation of these lads,
Captain Dickerson?" asked the major, at length.

The accused flicked away the end of his cigarette. He looked at the
boys, smiling cynically, and then answered calmly:

"No, I have nothing to say!"

"It is my duty--my painful duty--to order you under arrest then,"
said the major. "And it breaks my heart to do it. You were once my
lieutenant and--"

Emotion overcame him, but he signaled to a captain, who summoned two
orderlies, and in charge of these Captain Dickerson was led away under
arrest.

"This matter will be taken up later, Sergeant Blaise," said the major.
"It will have to wait until after the battle. He might better have
been killed in action a dozen times than have this happen," he added
rather ambiguously. "This is terrible!"

"It was hard to do this, after he had saved our lives," said Jimmy,
"but it had to be."

"Yes," assented the major brokenly, "it had to be. And now let's
forget it in giving battle to the Huns! It'