Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-21

| atcly after. through another door came
the messenger with Il glass Of watcr.
The drink made me feel better. and
commenced TO have hopes in view or
thc presidents sympathy and Kindness.
Then the bell rang, again. and the
messenger once more told me 20 fol-
low hhn into the committee room.
lost hope when saw the husiness-like
look on the presidents face. Eut the
next irinut" was the hnpp:cst chap
| n Loudon. for he said:
smith prncur. for Yourself the uni
forn "f a probationary rying ofilc,r
and report 10 TIA" training center al
/ Hehfotd. We wish YOU iucH. 80 away.
uud do we'll ~
! ~. rose and shook hands with the
overwhelmed 'ruhby." who stumbled
out OF tho room. down the stairs and
! int" the open air. THO hours after
| ward I've was being measured for Il
uniform. aud a week iatcr saw him a
! budding young tyin;; Office: ut The
! :,jr trIinin" center.
"rubby" said little. but he though. II
whole lot. lie found he dsl.ktd. au'
almost feared. dying: nut he attacked
lis work with Il grim detcrminatiur'
to succeed that Uo,-trast"d with ans
SomeW hat dcah face. Under the III
ilucuce OF air service training the bond
in his hack disuppcar co Three months
later Wncn ne passed his ""YamS' sat
iSfactnrily you never would nave So
pcc;Nd nim of once being Il typical Lon
don clerk. y week later we get Hin;
on the east coast dcicnsc> az l.ieut"n-
amt Harold Smith. but once ho am!
20, chummy he confessed TO the nj -
name OF '"rubhy''--why tn" nickname.
hc didn't know.
''Tubby" had one bad fault-thc Oh
session Of his desire for revenge. but
| broke him OF IN. habit Of dwelling
too much on the subject. much as
sympathiGed with him.
TIntY GETS his
CHANCE FOR RENENG"
His chance for revenge came on IN"
February night OF the press notice "t
his disappearance. ! was on duty ,nat
night AT headquarters with an unGoou.N
amount of weather forecasts
Three Xcppclins passed overhead be-
tween midnight and one o'clock in IN"
mCrniug and after them, IN purySu't'
rose the land machines of the squad
ron -Four hours afterwards the sam"
Xcppclins were reported returning from
landmarks over the station. apparently
unscathcd from the attacks "t anti
aircraft guns and acroplanes a!ike.
"Tubb' happened TO be with the COM
mandiug officer when message 10
this effect was received.
runnY RECEIVES
PERMISSION TO GO AIoFT
May have a try for them. sir he
asked.
The {. o. shrugged his shoulders
We'll. know you're Il good pilot and !
't,, .,t ~
perfectly calm. If YOU want 10 60 60
but don't get done in
".rubby" reached for my hand and !
was surprised at the strength OF ms
grip. FOR he was not ovcr-strong. Now
can soc It's significance.
Twenty minutes later "Tuhby" left (
the watcr IN a small scaplane. For
one about to attack Xoppclins coming
from the land his movements appeared
curious. for he mad" no attempt 10
turn and keep over the land after ris- T.
ing.
Due east; straight ont TO sea. climb /
ing steadily. he headed
An hour later - destroyer reported: I
''l'assed unknown plane, cast, forty
miles aOOh feet"
1t was "Tuhby" The {. O. swore
We were at a complete loss 10 fathom
his game.
report from tho DESTROYER:
Passed one Zeppelin. east 10000
feet"
.rhorcs something uncanny about
that boys movement" the G. q. com
mcntcd. Then he turned to hear tn"
report Of the land flyers who had just
returned from their unsuccessful pur-
suit.
An hour later We got a third repor,
from the destroyer:
Try radio from trawl"r; unknown
aircrafr engaged In square"
Suuarc-is 200 miles from our sen
base. could see what was happen
inr IS rhourh We're in the seap!ane
wiki "Tubby"
Thc Zeppelin had ovcrtakcn him. lie
had seen Il a~~r"ach from his roar
md turned. The Iepp had seen
"Tubhy" and turned it's nose mp with
the astounding CELEBRITY that we have
been taught TO expect when one OF them
is attacked.
Before he could chnc!; his downward
ewoon. "Tubbv" had swcnt past the
great silvery envelope. and, naturally.
found himself right in the midst Of a
haiisrorrn of machine gan bullets.
.'rubhy" was in 4 tight corner. The |
I"pp was above him and he was IL |
its range of fire.
The climb above the Zepp was n Ions;
ana tedious wcli-niGh Impossible" task |
ana meant lhat in pursuing her he was
withdrawing farther and farther away
from his home base.
He had Ia choose between returning |
TO safety "a his own home hase--or
rs near as Nc could get TO it on his
rctr"l snprlv-with his work Of re-
vcngc unfinished, or following his
enemy until Ii" once moro had an OPP
portuni,y 10 drop his bombs from Il
superior height above her and effect
her destruction.