CHAPTER XIX
TURNING THE TABLES
The lieutenant carefully disposed his men in the shelter of the
trees and waited.
It was growing a little lighter now that the dawn was beginning to
glimmer in the eastern sky.
In a little building at the side of the parade ground lights began
to show and figures could be seen passing to and fro. The bustle
increased as the moments passed until it could be surmised that
something unusual was on foot.
A file of men could be seen going through the dim street on the
further side of the building and passing into it by what was
evidently the front entrance. Then, after a while, groups of two
or three came out through the back door and hung about, smoking,
as though they were waiting until the business inside, whatever it
was, should be finished.
Most of the men had old German Army uniforms, but others were
dressed as civilians. One man wore an officer's cap, but if that
really indicated his rank, it was evident from the free and easy
way in which he mingled with the others that the old discipline of
the German Army had disappeared. The boys remembered that one
tenet of the Spartacides' creed was that officer and man should
stand on equal terms.
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