The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1916-11-17

dicated that "Archie" had his fueses
timed Just a bit too accurately for
pleasure flying and that IL was safer
TO take chances from the fragments
coming from beneath or above. This
was one discussion in which the in
nocent bystanders had no part. lie
learned, however, that shrapnel from
an Archie" jumps at you with a
bang" that IL looks like white
puff-ball as IL breaks in daylight and
like the starry shower of a rocket as
It explodes by night.
When a "shrap" explodes beneath
the tail of your machine you feel as
If were going to loop the loop in the
wrong direction. When it breaks in
front, you feel as If you very much
wanted to do a "fip-hop" backwards
in the most improved style. When
you get IL under the wings the con-
cussion almost capsizes you and you
feel as if the old "joy-stick." or guild
ing lever never will put her back on
an even keel.
The "Hickey-boos," it develops in
the course of the conversation, are
the zeppelins, Where they got the
name no one seems to know. 1t is
the exclusive language ~ the flying
corps. Archie" is the nams Of the
home defense aircraft guns as well
as those of the Germans, for general
ly speaking all such guns are the
natural enemy of the airman, whether
he be chasing a "Hickey-bpo" over
London or taking observations at ths
front, They are always threatening
him with an unpleasant end.
Night flying is no easy task at
best.
"You feel like the man in the
song" said Sammy Sampson, a mid
get of the corps; you are all dress
ed up and no iplace to 60
1t is simple enough to go up at
night and simple enough to sail away,
but it is something else again to come
down without taking off a chimney
pot or "strafng" big oak tree. In
ordinary times there is a flare to
guide you safely back to the aero
drome, but on raid nights" when
ali Is dark, and when the "Archies"
are barking at the "Hickey-boos, a"
and the "Iiiqkey@boos" are putt,
putt, putting" at you with their ma
chine guns-then night flying Is sure
iy enough a real mans job.
The Royal Flying Corps is proving
most attractive TO young Canadian
officers. They are qualifying as pi-
lots by the score. Some who came
over from the Dominion in khaki are
now in the deep blue of the Royal
Naval Air Service, but the great ma
iority who have taken to the air are
still in khaki with the white insig-
MIA OF widespread wings on the left
breast of the tunic,
4 had my first real thrill the
other day said one Of these young
Canadians just back from the front.
4 was way inside the German lines,
having the time of my bright young
life, when suddenly ] heard miss
fire. No matter how many cylin-
ders you have got whirring in front
of you the instant one misses your
heart hears it even before your ears
do. That old engine of mine jump
ed and bucked and finally stopped.
And me miles across the line. l
knew it was something wrong with
the carburetor OF the ignition, for /
had enough petrol TO go a hundred
miles or more. In the higher alti-
tudes water often gets into the mix
ing chamber So first of all | jug
gled that old carburetor for all she
was worth. Then l gave the old
boat little tilt downward, she crank
ed herself as she dipped and old
Johnny Engine was purring away in
moment just like a contented tab
by cat in an old maids lap. had
enough of Germany for that day and
set sail for home in a line that would
make a crows flight look like SER
pentine dance"
Sufferer From Indigestion Relieved.