Do you see what this is, sir ?" Dick held up the weapon that the carpenter had hurled at Private Mock.
"It is a 45-caliber, United States Government automatic pistol," said Colonel Cleaves.
"Exactly, sir; and the spy I have mentioned had it in his possession.
How he obtained it, I do not yet know, but I hope to find out.

And now, sir, I will tell you what happened and what action I took." Thereupon Captain Dick Prescott narrated the amazing adventure of the evening, winding up with: "So, sir, I have placed Private Mock in arrest at the guard-house, and through his detention there I hope to gain the clues that shall lead us to the ferreting out and arrest of the whole crew of German spies at Camp Berry!".