But--the blacksmith is not here, and," he added with assurance, "the badge of the Red Cross protects us from false accusations." When they had gone Uncle John said thoughtfully to the girls: "That remark about the Red Cross impressed me.

If that fellow Maurie is really in danger of being arrested and shot, he has cleverly placed himself in the safest service in the world.

He knows that none of our party is liable to be suspected of evil.".