Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-12

the ground at word Of command and maneuver in
battle formation above hostile fleet and there must
be courage aso for the coward never flies IN peace or
in wa--not in an aeropane.
Whether Fogartv was coward not seemed likely
never to be known. Hanging to the tail OF lonpng
runaway monoplane is no test Of courage Impulse may
urge take hold and fearake him afraid to let 60
"When you had her going. said his com AIDES, you
should have twisted her tail.
AN so would said Fogarty, grlnnng, II the tan
hadn't been so busy tW1st1n Fogarty
ONE morning when Fogarty still tinkering with
- the Gavroche his brother flers mounted their gaso
lene birds and glded into the air and away. Fogarty
stood wrench in hand, and watched them Use above
the inclosng fence and he cheered then-a farewell
unheard and UNDECIDED NO one was thinking OF 70
garty Like trail of wild geese they disappeared each
er with his net of high explosives between his feet
But Fogarty the last white plane faded into the sky
laid hand gently on the little Gavroche and drew
the other across his eyes He would have liked to have
gone with the "b'ys.'
aBut don't We mind Gavvy." he said gently. "Ye
may be bum fier; but Commando Foga'ty IS fond
of ve!'
1t soon appeared as if Commander Fogarty would
tinker from end of the to the other tor the
war promised to be short The aeroplane fleet picked
up the enemy some forty miles off Montauk Point, and,
led by the big red bplane of the ADM al made directly
for them at a height of thousand feet The great
dreadnoughts were bechng smoke from every tunnel;
but the smoke was neither the black smoke Of soft coal
nor the thin gaseous smoke of anthracite. 1t pourel
from the tunnels in smooth columns of rusty red, lisln2
high in the air. where it seemed to disappear; but Whe
still thousand feet up and half mile away the red
bplane entered the region of this gas. The Admiral
coughed once and then his head fell forward in doze
and the splitting cylinders of his motor seemed to ow
sleepy Slower and slower came the explosions and
the led flagship 1oaed gently to the surface OF the
ocean Instantly boat shot out from the nearest
batleship and in five minutes the Admiral awoke to
find himself prisoner aboard the foreign OF war
In half an hour of the eat man-b DIS was lett
of all the fleet that had passed proudly Owe the head
of Mike Fogarty and his little Gavroche There was
but one aeroplane left in the United Staes-and that
could not fly fifty feet!
In two days the great field at Hampstead was deserted
and the rows of hangers stood empty The macinlsts
were hurried the great aeropane factory IN Ohlo the
senres recalled their regiments the cook tents carted
AWAY Only Fogarty remained-Fogarty Commander
of Airship Number Thirteen forgotten by Washington
pUT Fogarty was busy. He slept beside his little
- Gavroche in the hangar and worked as ne had
never worked before He was learning to hop-skp
Dav after day he took his seat IN the low built Cav
roche and cut her loose,-"cu her loose literally Tor
he was alone and it needed all his Irish ingenuity to
devise plan by which he could give the propeller the
necessary turns the engine and still be IN the
seat when she started He tied the little Cav oche to
post with rope while he started the motor, and when
ali was running well he took his seat, gasped the stee-
ing wheel, and cut the rope
Day after day he bounded oughly over the grass and
broke something! Now it was