. Tom Slade with the boys over there . diffusing their resiny, pun-gent odor. It seemed as if the war must be mil-lions of miles away. The silence was deathlike andthe occasional crunching of a cone under their feetstartled them as they groped their way in the heavydarkness. That looks like an oak ahead, said can see the branches sticking out Sh-h-h, said Tom, grasping his arm suddenly 78 TOM SLADE OVER THERE and speaking in a tense whisper. Look—right tin-der it—dont move Archer looked intently and under the low spread-ing branches he saw a human form with somethingshiny upon its h
. Tom Slade with the boys over there . diffusing their resiny, pun-gent odor. It seemed as if the war must be mil-lions of miles away. The silence was deathlike andthe occasional crunching of a cone under their feetstartled them as they groped their way in the heavydarkness. That looks like an oak ahead, said can see the branches sticking out Sh-h-h, said Tom, grasping his arm suddenly 78 TOM SLADE OVER THERE and speaking in a tense whisper. Look—right tin-der it—dont move Archer looked intently and under the low spread-ing branches he saw a human form with somethingshiny upon its head. As the two boys paused, awe-struck and shaking, it moved ever so slightly. The fugitives stood rooted to the ground, breath-ing in quick, short gasps, their hearts pound-ing in their breasts. He didnt see us, whispered Tom, in the faint-est whisper. Wait till theres a breeze and get be-hind a tree. When presently the breeze rustled in the trees thetwo moved cautiously behind two trees. And the silent figure moved also. , .. SH-H-H, SAID TOM IN A TENSE WHISPER. MOVE. LOOK-DONT Page 78 CHAPTER XII THE DANCE WITH DEATH THE boys were thoroughly frightened, but theystood absolutely motionless and silent and Tom, atleast, retained his presence of mind. They werenot close enough together to communicate with eachother, nor could they more than distinguish eachothers forms pressed against the dark tree trunks. But the figure, being comparatively in the open,was discernible and Tom, by concentrating his eyesupon it, satisfied himself beyond a doubt that it wasa human form—that of a German soldier, he feltsure. Thanks to his stealth and dexterity, they were ap-parently undiscovered. He tried to distinguish thebright spot on the cap or helmet, but it was not vis-ible now, and he thought the man must have turnedabout. In his alarm it seemed to him that his breathingmust be audible miles away. His heart seemed inhis throat and likely to choke him with every fresh 80 TOM SLADE OVER
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