Bisbee daily review., 1917-05-20

which she 90 loared to see. the cloud of dust which should mark the prog ress of large body of horsemen.
 The little expeditionary force had moved rapidly and with craft, effacing itself completely from the face of the country side. long before sunrise.
 For upwards of an hour Patria pur- sued her fruitless reconnaissance.
 At length, discouraged and dis heartened, she turned back to her start ing point and dropped down to the private aviation field. .
 AS she descended, in spite of the preoccupation of every faculty i'm posed by that most difficult task known to aviators, that of negotiat- ing successful landing, she was con scious that strangers watched her from the body of huge gray motorcar on the edge of the field.
 Alighting beside her stationary bi- plane, she saw a group of some half dozen moving toward her from car. Donald was one of these; the others
 
 the regular army of the United States. She identified one or two faces made familiar to her by production in the pages of newspapers and magazines the faces of men who had risen to high places in the service of their country. One wore on the collar of his tunic the insignia of brigadier general. Her heart warmed to their soldier ly bearing-then sank as she was re- minded that all they stood for, of gall lantry, loyalty, bravery, intelligence and efficiency, must count for nothing in event of war, because the country they served refused them men enough to lead successfully against any but the most pitifully impotent enemy. Introduced by Captain Parr, the brig adler general greeted her with grave courtesy, presented formally each member of his staff, and complimented Patria on her own skill in aviation, as well as the skill of her corps of air men.
 'I have seen a great deal of wonder ful flying" he said, but what I see going on here surpasses anything that has come under my observation, for snap and precision-comes near to what I have heard of the work of the French and English flying corps. I could wish," he added, a trace wist- in his eyes as they held Patria's, my own command were as well off"
 "My men and my machines" Patria told him, "are always at the service of my country"
 Tn event of need, then, I shall not hesitate to call upon you"
 "You need not. I am doing''-Pa- tria hesitated briefly; yet this official visit proved that the secret of her preparations had leaked out-'what I am doing solely as patriot and a soldiers daughter"
 Tt is because you have proved your self to be that-a worthy daughter of my own comrade," the general said, "that I have yentured to make this uninyited call. I would be glad if you could give me few moments of your time to discuss question of pub lie policy"
 There was no way to escape. Pa tria bowed gracefully to the inevitable.
 If you will be good enough to ac- company me TO my home," she said, "we caa finc there a quiet place in which to taIE. And I shall be honored if you and your staff will be my guests for luncheon"
 The invitation was eagerly accepted, and the party motored back to the hacienda.
 There, while luncheon was being prepared. Patria abandoned all effort at concealment and, conducting the general to. the library. laid before him a complete exposition of all her plans and preparations to repel an invasion, emitting no material detail.
 "Not my biplanes alone" she con- cluded, "but the rest of the gear I have gathered together here-and the men trained to manipulate flare at my country's call"
 The general strengthened up from the typographical map over which he had been bending. There was admira- ton and something more in his regard.
 "You are a very remarkable young woman, if you will permit me to say so, Miss Charming. I am only sorry that there are not more women-and men-like you in this land. If there were"
 The wistful look possessed his eyes again, but he shook that humor off.