Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-18
CHAPTER iii
General .SuslIo,g Tackles n Hun

"sHSof .oNaHOtC dChteS III"
Doggy was astonished when she found
l. herself somersauting toward this ground
that for a moment she didn't know what had
happened Then she realized that bullet
had struck her airplane ana upset ii. With
out waiting to- wonder If the damage was
fatal. she pulled on her controls.
The airplane went into another somersault,
stopped short and Strengthened out. But it
was upside down. Peggy braced her knees
to keep from falling headlong, and again
ierked the controls. The airplane turned
down, took frghtfu dive and Strengthened
out right side up.
Peggy felt a thrill OF relief al her "vn
safety. but this was followed Instantly by
flash of alarm as she thought Of General
Swallow. lie falling far beneath her.
She feared that he was badly hurt. perhaps
dead.
Pointing the airplsne downward. she dNed
al such speed that she socn passed her lum-
bling Bird friend. Quickly she Strengthened
OUT. coming up beneath General Swallow 81
that he dropped gently on the top OF her
plane Al least she would prevent his being
sn!a shed by the long fall TO the ground.
General Swallows weight made the ma
chine wobble badly and she had all she could
do to prevent its upsetting again Then
she headed for the ground so she could find
how seriously he had been injured.
To her surprise she heard a shrek Of pro-
test. 1hen GeNeral swallow Hcdu op'
peared looking down over the edge Of the
arplane.
Up. up" he shrilled. We're going back
to fight the Huns"
Aren't you hurt" asked Peggy, scream
ing loudly to make herself heard above the
whirr of her airplane.
MY pride and my feelings are shriled
General Swallow in reply and I'm gong
to thrash the Hun who did it" with that
he launched OF the plane and few along be-
side Peggy Look at my lovely tan ne
cried Indignantly. It's been ruined by thst
Germans bullets
On is that all"' screamed PeSGS. ready
to laugh in her relief
Isn't that enoughc My beauty is spoiled
shrilled General Swallow anErilS.
The bullets had caught General swallow
right in the tail, clipping off several feath-
ers and tumbing him over. but he himself
wasn't hurt a bit. And his beauty wasn't
spelled, either. for other feathers would prob
ably grow out in place Of those he had lost,
But General Swallow was in a very fury
of rage and he climbed up toward the fight
ing aviators SO fast that Peggy had to squirt
to keep up with him.
Teddy Rose was battling hard against the
seven Huns. Six OF the German machines
had him hemmed in. and the seventh was
behind him in such way that the pilot
could pour deadly stream of bullets at
him. This the German was just about 10
90 when General swallow went into action
That's the Hun who shot me-" screeched
General swallow, and he darted straight at
the German. The enemy pilot had his hand
on the trigger of his gun when tn. angry
Bird struck him full in the face. The Ger
man dodsed TO one side and his finger pulled
the trigger. His jerk caused his plane to
swerve to one side and point at another
German. "Br-r-r-r-r" went the machine
gun, hurting its bullets right into the other
German plane, cutting the control wires and
causing the machine to dive helplessIy to-
ward the earth
But General Swallow didn't stop at this
Before the German could recover from the
shock of his first dash he seized the ayi-
stors nose in his sharp beak and nipped
for all he was worth. The startled German
let go his controls and grabbed for his tor
mentor. General Swallow darted to one side
and nipped the German in the back OF the
neck Then he pecked at the mans goggles
at his cheeks and once more at his nose.
The German was blinded by the tears that
rushed to his eyes from the pain when Cen
eral Swallow nlpped his nose He was con-
fused by the pecking and the buffeting and
all the time his sirplane was roaring toward
the earth. RefoTe he got IL under control
It was close to the ground that all he
could do was 10 straighten out before strik-
ing AS he did this his machine crashed to
earth and he found himself prisoner
(Temorrsw srlll BE- told ho,r Pegsy also