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march them up there on foot. We can come up later and bring you supplies." "Do you think it's as bad as all that?" questioned Tony Duval nervously. "I do! They have learned too much! And if word of this got to the authorities it might go hard with all of us." Thereupon the six cadets were ordered to get their belongings together and prepare to leave the Lodge. All demurred, but the Germans and Duval showed their weapons and acted so threateningly that there was nothing left to do but to obey. "This is the worst yet!" groaned Fred. "Where in the world do they intend to take us?" "Don't ask me," replied Randy dismally. "If only we could get at our guns," whispered Gif. "Let's make a dash for them," suggested Jack. "Yes, and get shot down on the spot!" returned Spouter. With their belongings over their shoulders, the six cadets had just been marched out of the Lodge when there came an unexpected interruption. Glancing toward the river, Jack saw a body of men approaching. They were at least eight or ten in number, and the man in the lead was William Pollock. "Look! look!" whispered the oldest Rover boy to the others. "There is that Secret Service agent, and he has an armed posse with him." "Grab the guns and make for the Lodge," suggested Randy. A shout came from the woods as Pollock approached. This surprised the Germans and Duval, and, noting the number of men coming on, they were bewildered and did not know what to do. It was just such a diversion as the boys were hoping for, and in a trice they had rushed for their guns and secured their weapons. Then Jack sent up a shout. "Mr. Pollock! Mr. Pollock! This way! Here are those Germans now! And Tony Duval is with them!" The things that happened next came so rapidly that it is almost impossible to describe them. At first the Germans and Duval sought to make resistance, and several shots were fired by them. The boys and some of the Secret Service posse fired in return, and Duval was struck in the arm and one of the Germans got a bullet through his leg. Then the Germans and Duval made a rush for the sleigh in an endeavor to escape. But William Pollock and his men had handled such desperate characters before. Two of them leaped in front of the moving horses and stopped them, while the others surrounded the men in the sleigh and pointed their guns at the fellows. "Hands up, all of you!" ordered Pollock sternly. "Quick now, if you don't want us
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