turn the "holes" into trenches, another advance was ordered, so that
the Germans might be driven, if possible, from the vicinity of the
hills dominating the valley in which was located the hut where Maxwell
had been found.

"Forward!" came the battle cry again, and once more our heroes joined
the advance.

This time, however, the fighting was not quite so fierce. The Germans
had had a taste of the kind of medicine dealt out by the Americans, and
the Huns had no liking for it.

True, they did not give up without a struggle, and many a poor lad
went to his death, or came back from the front with a leg or arm
missing, as a result of the renewal of hostilities. But it had to be.
It would not have been safe to allow the Germans to have a chance to
get back the dominating hills won at such cost.

And there the storm of blood and steel was renewed with fiercer
energy, until at last, just as night was settling down, the German
flank was turned, and they began to retreat in what ultimately was a
rout.

"A glorious victory! A glorious victory!" was shouted from all sides
in the American ranks.

It was not the end of the war, by any means, but a dangerous salient
had been wiped out, and the American line was straightened, so that
now the fighting could go along on more even terms.

"Oh, but I am tired!" sighed Jimmy, as he flung himself full length
down on the ground when the signal came to cease firing.

"I'm all in, too," added Bob.

"But we're none of us hurt to any extent," said Franz, binding up a
place on his leg where a bit of shrapnel had grazed him. "Won't even
get a wound stripe for this," he said, grimly.

It was next morning, when the supply wagons had come up with more
substantial food, and hot rations, that the good news circulated
around.

"We're due for a rest billet! Hurray!"

"And then I'll have a chance to see about Sergeant Maxwell!" exclaimed
Jimmy.

That same day, following the one of such fierce fighting, the
battalion in which Jimmy and his chums served was ordered to the rear.
They would have a week's rest before going into the terrible game
again.

Jimmy's first action, once he had been relieved from active duty for
the time being, was to seek out the hospital whither Sergeant Maxwell
had been removed. He went alone, for he did not want to excite the
patient by taking in too many chums, should it prove that the man
who had held the five thousand francs was in a dangerous physical or