"
"Then may we get on the firing line?" asked Blake.
"As soon as you please. We will do all we can to speed you on your way.
It is all we can do to repay for the trouble you have had."
"These are war times, and one can't be too particular," responded Joe.
"We don't mind, now that we can get a real start."
"I'd like to get at that fake Jew and the Frenchman who spoiled the
films!" murmured Charles.
"Charlie can forgive everything but those spoiled films," remarked
Blake, with a chuckle.
"We will try to apprehend the two men," promised Captain Bedell, "but I
am afraid it is too late. It may seem strange to you that we held you on
the mere evidence of a letter from a man we did not know. But you must
remember that the nerves of every one are more or less upset over what
has happened. The poison of Germany's spy system had permeated all of
us, and nothing is normal. A man often suspects his best friend, so
though it may have seemed unusual to you to be arrested, or detained, as
we call it, still when all is considered it was not so strange.
"However, you are at liberty to go now, and we will do all we can to
help you. I have instructions to set you on your way to the front as
soon as you care to go, and every facility will be given you to take all
the pictures of your own troops you wish.
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