It is too much for my brain!" "And for mine, too!" grumbled the sergeant.

"If I had my way, we would have orders to shoot all suspicious characters first and find out whether they deserved it or not afterward.

I thought we should stop that automobile when we saw it coming." "And I did not," said the officer, sharply.
The sergeant said nothing more.
Soon the men returned from their fruitless search.

Then a litter was improvised and Boris was placed upon it and taken away.

Fred had been very fearful for it had seemed more than likely to him that a sentry would be left to watch the wreck.