General Books publication date: 2009Original publication date: 1918Original Publisher: D. Appleton and Company Description: Tan paper boards stamped in blue. Brown cloth spine stamped in blue.Subjects: World War, 1914-1918Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free.Excerpt: CHAPTER IV A BATTLE UNDERGROUND FIVE minutes passed; ten. The Wanderer was out of sight now beyond the trees. Ensign Stowell beckoned and his little command drew closer. "We want those chaps," he said in low tones. "They've got a hiding place of some sort over there; probably a hut. There are six of us. Have you all got watches?" Everyone nodded. "Good. I'll go around to the further side, Jones will take the next post on the west, then Endicott. You stay here, Masters. Staples you will cut around to the east and Troy will go halfway. Five minutes by your watches from the time I start off you will all close in. Don't fire a shot until I give the word unless you are fired on. Then shoot to stop your man but not kill him. Make as little noise as you can, watch for your friends and don't mistake them for the menwe're after. Get it, all of you? All right. Look at your watches." The ensign rose and started eastward around the edge of the straggling grove. Jones followed, and Staples. After a minute or so Endicott and Nelson quietly went their separate ways, leaving a somewhat anxious looking youth behind in the shape of Billy Masters. Nelson kept to the sand so that his feet would tread on no crackling twigs, and, when he had traversed what he believed to be the proper distance, knelt and looked at the watch on the leather strap about his wrist. He had still two and a half minutes to wait. From his place he could see the Wanderer again. She was swi...