Those fellows seem
to have just melted away."
At that instant a report rang out, and the flashlight was knocked
from his hand by a bullet.
"Down, fellows!" he shouted, setting the example, and the next
moment all four were lying flat on the ground.
They were just in time, for there was a crackling of guns, and
other bullets sped over their heads.
"After them, boys!" yelled Frank, leaping to his feet. "They're at
the mouth of the alley. I saw the flash from their guns."
He sped for the street with his comrades close upon his heels,
their pistols drawn and ready for instant use.
CHAPTER II
WRAPPED IN MYSTERY
The Army Boys looked eagerly about them when they reached the
street, but could see no one. It was as though the earth had
opened and swallowed the men who had sought their lives.
They scattered and ran in every direction, searching all hallways
and side streets for blocks around, but nothing rewarded their
endeavors, and it was a bedraggled and exasperated quartette that
finally came together again to compare notes and report failure.
"Never saw anything like it in my life!" snorted Tom.
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