The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-23
ORCHID-FLOWERED SWEET PEAS


 The following varieties are best suited to this locality, for they will stand great amount of sun and the colors are exceptionally exquisite under artificial flight:
 White. King White Spencer; cream or primrose Queen Victoria: cream pink Mrs. Routzhan; light pink or bluish Charm and Florence Morse Spencer; deep pink. "Yarrawa;" rose or carmine. Dec orator and George Herbert: crimson a nl scarlet Vermillion Brilliant orange and orange scarlet. Fiery Cross and Earl Spencer; lavender and mauve. Asta Ohm and Florence Nightingale; blue and pur- pie. Royal Purple and Wedgewood; bi- coors, Mrs Cuthbertson pastel pink and lilac. Agr'cola: picotee edged, Mrs. Town send: striped or haked, Jessie Cuthbert- son.
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 We all count on being in our hangar within a few hours
 Before us we see a curtain of white ! clouds, about 200 meters distance which we should pass in few minutes But what is that?
 There is a shout of warning from the lookout.
 Enemy flier ahead!' Then I order:
 'Fire!'
 TlefulN IS LIE ldSl NOlllii6IlQ gwen NicH our machine guns get into action An aviator!
 We have not reached the curtain of clouds yet, when from it like a ghost or
 q terrible night bird, the airplane dashes toward us at g. great rate of speed. He is | met with death and destruction. One, two, three-10 projectiles are fly ing at the enemy, striking the planes and other parts of the machine. We see kvr,r Ic l,-. dashed past us, but he does not think Of giving up the battle yet. Altitude rudderi Ascendt' order | Now the machine is turning and ascend ing approaches us again. apparently fear l less of destruction. Of course, the giant air craft that the fliers hoped to put out of action has risen speedily and is already much higher, but the fliers are l still trying to give us the death blow. l Brave fellows! We admit that. END OF AIRPLANE l The wind is getting stronger, and our
 speed increases We notice cloud to
 starboard through which the enemy
 would have an opportunity to approach US
 unseen. and they certainly will take ad- vantage of this opportunity. Now they | break through it toward US at great
 speed, but they have only raced into
 space. We have outgeneraied them, realizing what their tactics would be
 and acting accordingly.
 l The airplane has swept by not more than 50 meters below us and is now within range of the gun which is aimed toward it and an easy shot. ] A torn, burning wreck disappears into the sea. We see the water splash when thA aeropane reaches the surface; then tht sea Is again calm and everything is qu ct. Waves are rolling over a grave, anc two brave soldiers have died the hon. orable Heath of seamen. 1 The morning Is dawning, and we can si- ready distinguish objects below us The
 white caps can be plainly seen. l Land ahead to starboard comes the report.
 Low lying dunes appear, and, behind an open space, the red roofs of houses are visible among the woods. Ameland. The sun is now rising, and the clouds in the east are tinted red and yellow, It is a
 beautiful morning with the clear blue
 sky and the deep green sea, rolling in a slight swell. like the regular heavins of the breast of one asleep. In ncrtherly course, the air cruiser proceeds, and we see in the distance Terschelling and the outlines of Borkun. The Fatherland! Ages seem to have passed since we left it's shores. Have our comrades all returned unharmed? A mir dclc tQlS WOulu De-IFQm the nell lQLO which they had gone. The air cruiser sails at a low altitude over Borkum. People are leaving their homes, and, jubilant over our safe re- turn, they wave greetings to us. We are safe Nothing could happen to us now. , Still my mates are on the lookout at all the stations They scan the whole hori- zon.
 "Six points ahead to port on south easterly course zeppelin!' comes the report.
 THEY MEET A COMRADE l There is q comrade. He is heading to-
 ward L-12Q and holds the same general
 course before the mouth of the Jade. l Now we can see the name, L-S4. It ia little Wagener, who surely has made good use of all his bombs over there
 across the sea.
 i Long ago, we have sent our report to
 the admiralty that the attack had been
 a success, and that our air cruiser had not been damaged. We see the ships anchored on the Jade, and heavy smoke
 pours from their tunnels, On the bridge signal mates watch the returning air
 ships. and officers search the sky with their glasses from the quarterback. Then 1 they report:
 'Zeppelins sighted over Wangeroogr' ] It must be runninA through the shir 1 for the crew comes on deck. and they
 break out 2 signal of greeting to us. 4 I laundering "Hurrah is the welcome to their returning comrades. and, tired as
 we are, we wave our caps in salute. l Ahead of us. our hangar is seen. Ev- erything is cleared for landing. In a
 few minutes. the panting motors will be
 stopped. The hanger crew rushes on the 1 field and take hold of the guy ropes
 They lead the giant tenderly to his rest. ing place and close the doors. l Few words are exchanged. for it Is suf- | ficient to tell the hangar crews that ev-
 erythlng went all right and give them [
 report of what cities we visited and where
 we left our cards, There still remains much to be done. Both inside and out
 our air cruiser is gone over with thu
 closest scrutiny. I carefully examine it
 With the exception of two hits which caused holes the size of hand in tho louter wallis of the cabin, no damage has I been done I am we'll satisfied and leave my ship, followed by the crew. Below my valet waits to take of my heavy
 clothing
 cannot refrain from speaking few
 words of thanks to my men. Each one of them has done all in the last few hours that could ever be expected oi human beings Not one shrunk from his sjob, although he faced death every min
 ute, and we knew it was all around us
 Thsy take for granted what they have