g.

"Don't you see?" he said, lowering his voice so that they could not be
overheard. "We know something now that probably even a lot of the soldiers
don't know! They're mobilizing. If they are going to be sent from Waterloo
it must mean that they're going to Southampton--and that means that they
will reach France. That's what we'll see at Waterloo station--troops
entraining to start the trip to France. They're going to fight over there.
Everyone is guessing at that--a lot of people thought most of the army
would be sent to the East Coast. But that can't be so, you see. If it was,
they would be starting from King's Cross and Liverpool street stations, not
from Waterloo."

"Oh, I never thought of that!" said Dick, brightening.

When they got on the train at Ealing they were lucky enough to get a
compartment to themselves, since at that time more people were coming to
Ealing than were leaving it. Dick began at once to give vent to his wonder.

"How many of them do you suppose are going?" he cried. "Who will be in
command? Sir John French, I think. Lord Kitchener is to be War Minister,
they say, and stay in London. I bet they whip those bally Germans until
they don't know where they are--"

"Steady on!" said Harry, smiling, but a little concerned, none the less.
"Dick, don't talk like that! You don't know who may be listening!"

"Why, Harry! No one can hear us--we're all alone in the carriage!"

"I know, but we don't know who's in the next one, or whether they can hear
through or not. The wall isn't very thick, you know. We can't be too
careful. I don't think anyone knows what we're doing but there isn't any
reason why we should take any risk at all."

"No, of course not. You're right, Harry," said Dick, a good deal abashed.
"I'll try to keep quieter after this."

"I wonder why there are two of us," said Dick, presently, in a whisper. "I
should think one would be enough."

"I think we've both got just the same papers to carry," said Harry, also
in a whisper. "You see, if one of us gets lost, or anything happens to his
papers, the other will probably get through all right. At least it looks
that way to me."

"Harry," said Dick, after a pause, "I've got an idea. Suppose we separate
and take different ways to get to Waterloo? Wouldn't that make it safer? We
could meet there and go back to Ealing together."

"That's a good idea, Dick," said Harry. He didn't think that their present
errand was one of great importan