I know when I've had enough, and this is one
of the times."
"The way it looks around here," said Billy soberly, "it isn't
going to be necessary to go up in the air to find excitement. All
the evening we've been hearing reports of big riots going on in
Coblenz, and everybody says we're likely to be called out to-
morrow to do a little suppressing act."
CHAPTER XIII
GERMAN RIOTING
For once rumor had not overstated things. The most turbulent
rioting the city had ever seen started the next day, and, in spite
of all the efforts of the authorities, seemed to increase in
intensity as the day wore on. The German authorities seemed to be
utterly helpless to cope with the situation, and finally the
American troops had to be called upon to quell the disturbances.
"What did I tell you?" exclaimed Billy, when the order came
through to get under arms. "We're in for a nice little shindy now,
as sure as guns. But as far as I'm concerned, I'm glad of a chance
to teach these Huns how to behave. The trouble with us is, we're
entirely too easy with them."
"Yes, we're not half as strict as we ought to be," assented Frank.
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