The Detroit times., 1913-12-11

oy HER6ERT QUICK.
n. (Qepyrioht 1918, by the Newspaper
nntorprise Association In the Uni.
h led States and Great sritaln.)
CHAPTER w.
And after all, The Battle. as We
called It, had not yet happened.
Everything we had seen, all the saw
II - Wrecking OF what had been the
HdD6ly shapes of men which we had
obhed down upon from the biplane,
.RlWoo but = .skirmish.. 1t was merely
~ 0lRort on the part of the Army OF
ia IN AGion 20. take city almost taken,
~ hasten BY few hours a fall which
aN&6 Inevitable, to drop from the sky
lnko the fortress which they had not
Nfeo succeeded In piercing along the
ngt82ce OF the earth. or by borrowing
fal11orneath.
M u had failed. There was still hope
1o the garrison In the longed-for CON-
1k Or the Flying Column of Relief
TT = mere hope. II had beat OF the
&Gt ferocious attack yet made, that
11o all. The defenders could still
|ht: but their eyes were always on
HI horizon looking for the Flying
C3Iumn.
|k$ The Flying Column Of Relief had
Mined just out. Of striking distance
the Army OF lnvasion--so much
vkD IN the news which had come In
ne was away. The aeroplane
v0ment for the relief OF the forts
w Be made In an hour at any time
hour. from what We could learn
nit 10 none too soon.
me defenders were still holding
but tie assaults Of the day had
ttered them. There was rumor
y the besiegers could feel them
nkening a. the two forces pressed
~ against knee In the trenches.
# tone Of rs tfDught of sleep. /
nk Travis thought of IL for me, for
looked at me solicitously many
~ but he said nothing. He seemed
Angaly .timid. And none OF the
HSpaper men slept
re knew that the real thing was
oly to be pulled on al any mo-
mt. AT dawn we thought OF rea-
~ why the even, would come in
grey OF the mornin.: and for
I6ey hour OF the day we had SINH
M reason. All Of us kept our ma
hes ready for flight at the word.
How can the achievements land
liked. with those awful wires over
S Aeld?"
They'll lower them" said Travis.
rpll them up. They've got 1t
k4o0, BE- course
Dnre,'' assented. Hawkins. That's
#1 don't zee how they're to put 1t
said, Everett. I'D go bail to
- seven out OF ten of them out"
All right" said Billy Diggs. And
MI three that get in will be worth
<1&nfy outside So the trade would
j. HUNDRED and thirty per cent
But losses OF 70 per cent can't be
INJURED" objected Everett.
Cant they queried Hawkins.
Ven ought to've seen this mornings
lk})e lawn party
But military history insisted
E4&rett, proves that flesh and blood
&nb't stand IT,"
tEmciency Is the word now" said
r}avis. in soldiers. a hundred per
keG1t efficiency ought to cover hun.
A<94 per cent loss on both sides. r.
~ world can stand II, maybe the
l4n can be made TO. too
H41t seems to me- said Artz OF the
1Qter's that they could be kept out
Ga systematic cruising over the
~. and dropping fire Of bombs
M the achievements are landing
- tactics would give double use
& the explosives use when
~ fall through the planes. and an
lll1r when they 60 OF by lighting"
Dume objection as above" said
~ Diggs. TOO many reinforce
~ would leak In. Suppose 80 per
4And dropped bombs don't seem TO
nn1loh MUCH said Travis Its
NY well tried out Except among
o(neu, what harm have they done
W ~ landing won't be made
~ bnillings.'
|R n.y. ala = little something to the
6kno this morning suggested
f,tG11 you insisted Billy
GueruIouely, that II these BIZ
~ 60 looe eight out OF 10 or
o0N o1ip h the two, they'll have
6leW omils passed over their
\ q Dl1ly's spfhet. The taut
eo36 Travis, slowiy--"if
49, 1lo.6end the world at
~ }ook me BY the arm