"I'm Barney McCann, eh?" said McKenzie, gazing at the paper he held in
his hand. "Oh, well, I guess I can talk Irish as well as German if I
have to. And I represent the Chicago Mail."
"I'm still Chester Crawford," said Chester, "and I represent the New
York Gazette."
"I'm Hal Paine, and I represent the Philadelphia Globe," said Hal.
"We'll probably have to change our names when we go over the German
border, but these should answer their purposes in Holland.
Fortunately, we have learned a few things from Stubbs, so we are not
unfamiliar with the workings of a newspaper."
"Guess we had better get out of these uniforms," said Chester.
"Right. We'll don suits of plain khaki, such as Stubbs wears, and
we'll equip ourselves with the necessary paraphernalia."
This was a simple task, and several hours later, horseback, the lads
made their way toward where British troops, supported by French, were
close to, the border of The Netherlands.
They showed their passports, prepared by Hal, to the British military
authorities, and were permitted to pass.
Holland, although not a participant in the great war, nevertheless,
soon after the outbreak of hostilities, had felt herself called upon to
mobilize her military forces that she might protect her borders should
one of the belligerents attempt to overrun her, as the Germans had
overrun Belgium at the outbreak of the war.
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