CHAPTER VII.
A DARING RUSE It would be hard to say which was more surprised--Fred or the soldier.
For just a moment they stood, both of them, perfectly still, staring at one another with fallen jaws.

And then Fred acted by pure instinct, and without the semblance of a plan in his mind.

He had played football in school and on the team of his scout troop in America.

And now he dived for the astonished German's legs and brought him down with a flying tackle.

The heavy gun flew out of the soldier's hands, and, fortunately for Fred, he fell so that his head struck the ground heavily.