The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-08-14

Your dgnter Ii never i0AA1A'
of all figfte- the air men go the limit
in slowness Of speech. Even alteI
Winslow, the hoary elder Of two ano
twenty. was finally prodded to talk.
he left so much to the Imagination
that IT is necessary to ill In between
his wide lines
Hear Planes Coming
He and Campbell had got out early
for the first official flight and were
playing cards In a tent near tneil
hangar while the mechanics tuned up
their machines. The morning was
clear. sunlight streaming between SON
clouds high over the flying field from
the sand bag targets. where a macnine
gun was being lined up and syncnro
nized with the motor. came staccato
bursts of firing. Everything was go
ing on as usual. when in response 10
telephone call from some Tar Cd
servation post, a bugie shrilled out
the "Alerte."
81 was already n my flying toys
Winslow explained, Nand SO got INTO
the air at once. Campbell follow
ed about a minute later. The Boone
planes had Just come into view. flying
quite low. not higher than LOU feet
Their pilots said afterward that the!
were lost and mistook our station Tor
their own, otherwise they would never
have ventured into such a hornets
nest.
ITO me II seemed impossible. feit
sure 1t must be some OF our fellows
coming in from another station bu'
the .Alerte- kept me ready. Ihes
were flying higher than we and TINS
instant / sighted the German cross
let fly a burst from my gun
Shot in Second Burst
.The Boche answered, but alread!
I had banked steeply-on half lool
that carried me above him; then de
scribing a 'vreille;' that is. tail SPIN
IL came squarely behind and shot hin
down with my second burst
by that time Campbell was chas
, | ing his man like hawk after a run
ming chicken across the sky. and l II
> ont after them. How that Boche Oh
go. But he was too slow. Just as
= caught up Campbell sent him down Il
q flames"
He summed up this remarkable COZ
: test in the following schedule:
4 ~The .Alerte!' sounded at S:4'
n Eght-ffty, closed with the Boch'
d Eight ffty-one, shot down my maj
Eight ffty-two, Campbell got hi
Eight fifty-three, back on the ground
Eight minutes by the clock! Goo
: work.
We went into their rooms to Vie
II the trophies, guns. cartridge belt
clocks and so forth that were laid OF
:. on their cots, and while we were 100
II ing them over Campbell added the la
humane touch to the story. In 81
n warfare alone, 1t IS said. have the Ge
!. mans displayed any chivalry. thir
:" that Is quite understandable. The
= termost bravery called for In tho
le desperate 1uels up there in the VIII
and lonely vault Of heaven Is aiwa,
associated with chivalric spir
. The knishtly tradition still obtail
X and this lads utterance proved tn
. our boys can be depended upon to q
a hold 1t.
). MY fellow was wearing an IN
oposs, wanted 1t badly, but the po
:. devil was suffering enough from I
=. burns. hadn't the heart to take
n frsm him"
Fine feeling!
There Is no such thing A. de9s
for men animated by such spi
y backed up by tn. thorough. intens'
:, training given at our fields
=, By a quick combination Of acrob
~ les he had learned during instruct
-. Winslow had got his man. And q:
no thought Of the quick-witted lads Il
are now getting the same training
- by the tens and twenties but by h'
:. dreds and thousands. l ments
y. echoed favorite exclamation OF
a, British Tommy:
poor ole Frit1!"