She has tried to blame Servia. I don't think Russia will let her crush
Servia--not a second time. And if Russia and Austria fight, there is no
telling how it may spread."
"You'd want us to win, wouldn't you, Harry, if we fought?" asked Dick, when
Mr. Grenfel had passed on to speak to some of the others.
"Yes, I think I would--I _know_ I would, Dick," said Harry, gravely. "But I
wouldn't want to see a war, just the same. It's a terrible thing."
"Oh, it wouldn't last long," said Dick, confidently. "We'd lick them in no
time at all. Don't you think so?"
"I don't know--I hope so. But you can't ever be sure."
"I wonder if they'd let us fight?"
"No, I don't think they would, Dick. There'd be plenty for the Boy Scouts
to do though, I believe."
"Would you stay over here if there was a war, Harry? Or would you go home?"
"I think we'd have to stay over here, Dick. You see, my father is here on
business, not just for pleasure. His company sent him over here, and it was
understood he'd stay several years. I don't think the war could make any
difference."
"That's why you're here, then, is it? I used to wonder why you went to
school over here instead of in America."
"Yes. My father and mother didn't want me to be so far from them. So they
brought me along. I was awfully sorry at first, but now it doesn't seem so
bad.
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