The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-05-10

often hguuened,
ing to confirm his success from an official point "a
view In the afternoon he went up again, anu
by no means discouraged with his mornings eA
perience he went look for the enemy IN the
neighborhood Of the reservoir
He was not long in appearing. Soulier soon saw
in his path an albatross biplane with three MI
traiIleuses Following his usual tactics sou1ef
dropped from the altitude in which he was ny
Ing always very high. and swiftly pursued 'ne
enemy The albatross sought to escape from AT
tack but overtaken by light charge anu
fell spreading itself out the earth and taxing
IRE The deed WAS done. but again the pilot look
ed about him for spectators who might supply tne
confirmation necessary to his of'lcial recoghiuoh,
Unfortuna tey again there was no one VINO hao
his triumph.
soulier. however, hardly had time to indulge
in hitter reflections before new danger ana
new opportunity presented Itself
Some kometers further he perceived mag
niflcent observation balloon, lighted by the rays
Of the setting sun.
Where the Drachens are there are also the
bursts of shrapnel and toward the middle of these
clouds of black smoke Soulier guided his machine,
carving 1t through the marvellous evoutions OF
which he is master. Again fate was against MIN.
for as he fred his twentieth cartridge his MI
trailleuse stopped, and there was nothing for the
n,lot to do but to return to his own camp.
Turning with the object Of making for home
quarters Soulier saw himself beset by new enc
mics.
Two thousand meters above his head four en-
envy airplanes circled.
One of them came on at full speed and at 2Oo
meters opened fire on him.
1t is at such moments these that the aero
hattie flyer finds himself at the height OF his glory
With every nerve taut, with every bit Of skill
In play, he turns, twists and circles his
way out Of such difficulties. and when he
comes through them successfully tastes for
moment a glory almost unknown to other men.
A slide down the wing, loop, then all the ga
nut of beautifully executed NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
most valuable quality is their faculty of keeping
the enemy guessing where the machine will be In
the next secondhand Soulier had succeeded in
showing his heels to the enemy. Then, guiding
himself with hand and repairing his mitrail-
leuse with the other while at the time he
continued his series of acrobatics, Soullier winged
his way to the French lines. succeeding in throw
ing off the first one and then another Of his ad-
versares
To complete his mischance his motor weakened
He had only one resource-to do the death drop
He let himself fall in spras. and the Bosches
believing that he had been sent down. beat their
wings as II in n dance Of JOY.
Then suddenly the dead" French aviator right
ed himself. began to arm anew his mitrailleuse
and with last shot at his enemy, regained his
lines, able at last to say "alone."
The tolls and dangers of this terrible day had
counted for nothing. however. on the official rec
ord of the young aviator but the following day
although his activities were by no means SO con-
tinuous, was to bring him the substantial recogni-
ton that every war aviator longs for
BY the same bright star that Of the day be-
fore he started morning flight. passing rapid
ly over the enemy trenches Presently perceiving
D. F. w. scout machine. he attacked 1t vigor-
ously.
In these single combats In which only two ma
chimes take part the fight Is usually very soon
over In three minutes the enemy had been beat
en-, the machine fell in flames and the two avia-
tors crushed on the ground On this occa-
sion observers In a balloon and some infantry
troops had been able to follow the duel and re-
ported official confirmation eagerly desired
That very night at the Bonnie Maison farm In a
friendly ceremony the new was baptized in
champagne.