That was a Capital Stroke, Dave

Copyright 1941, by
M. A. Donohue & Company
Printed in the United States of America

Contents

I. Cherry 1

II. Catbirds and Hawk 11

III. Dolls and Nazis 17

IV. Hans Schlitz 25

V. The young Lord 34

VI. Lady Spies 44

VII. Enemy Sighted 57

VIII. Roll Out the Barrel 67

IX. The Hideout 80

X. First Blood 91

XI. Cobbler or Spy? 105

XII. “The House Is Gone” 113

XIII. Lull Before the Storm 123

XIV. A Dungeon Night 131

XV. Until the Very End 144

XVI. Fiddlin’ Johnny 152

XVII. Playing War 166

XVIII. Dave’s Strange Craft 175

XIX. Thrilling Sky Drama 182

XX. Dave Comes Marching Home 188

XXI. The Lark Defends His Home Town 194

XXII. Roll Out the Barrel 203

XXIII. Victory 213

XXIV. Searchers of the Sea 218

XXV. The Rescue 229

Illustrations

That Was a Capital Stroke, Dave Frontispiece

We Do Have a Spy 49

Everybody Sing 77

Tat-tat-tat—Down Goes Hun 99

Only Three Walls Remained 117

The Dog Had Found the Fugitive 135

Shots Tore Into His Right Wing 161

Alice—Alice—I Know Your Voice 233

Chapter I
Cherry

It was one of those rare autumn days in England. The sky was blue as blue. The trees cast dark shadows across the hillside. The sheep wandered contentedly along the slope. To Cherry Ramsey, for one full moment it seemed that nothing could possibly be wrong with the world.

Then with a sudden light spring she shot from her sunny corner to scan the sky and to exclaim softly to the collie at her feet:

“Flash old boy, it’s an