Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-14

silvery mess, and watching the
ground pass by with a cloud yelling
II now and then sure was some sight.
incidentally it sure was cold, and
soon l was holding the controls with
my knees, with my hands under my
arms TO Keep them warm, although,
wlthal, watching out for Boche be-
low, but none showed up. although
we flew around for an hour.
Hard Luck
Ihere were only two of us, for the
third bird had returned with a bust
ed motor. Flying along $500 meters
hlgh, sometimes diving. sometimes
elm oing, we flew around over the
Boche territory, but saw nothing.
once We started down after lot of
planes but they proved to be French
Immediately after 1 saw seven
'Boche- knew they were Boche be-
cause they were away over on Ger
man territory and no Shrapnel was
bursting around them. Now, when
one sees a Boche, he must signal his
leader by shaking his wings up and
down, and l sure shook mine. So
much so, nearly upset myself. ana
nnally he saw me signaling. But |
was too impatient to wait for him
TO start something, and l was sick
and tired of shooting my gun off (to
see If II worked) at nothing more
exciting than the trenches, so, Sec
ing one Boche away behind the rest,
l started after him, and then that
darned gun iammed again. Six
times | fixed it and six times II
jammed, and thoroughly disguised |
turned around and started home.
hadn't got very close to the Boches,
so they didn't follow me. And to
think that every time 1 tried that
gun before ii worked great,
The captain Just called me down
proper for jumping on seven Boches
alone and remarked smilingly that il
was probably good thing that my
gun did stick, else there might have
been one pilot more missing He
further went on TO say that l must
not attack on my own hook. but
only when the leader does. So there
YOU are, and if l get a crack at a
leader-and luck.
Te day before this incident was
the same kind of a windy. cloudy
and beautiful day, but no Boche
seemed to be out. My leader was a
venturesome old duck and shrapnel
was bursting around us most of the
time, as we were diving around on
the Boche side OF the line as a rule.
Once he started down, headed
SAld4SAI INTO GSTUlanN. ulun
know what he was shooting at, but
l was right behind him all ready 10
plug the first thing that showed up.
suddenly he pulled up and turning
sharply started back. l had not
seen anything 10 shoot at, but l let
several shots go just for luck. and
TO see If my gun was working. IT.
was.
When I found out what he was
shooting at il made me laugh. for.
seeing the Boche throwing shrapnel
all around me. he had watched care
fully TO see where the shells came
from, and finally seeing the fire at
the muZZle of the gun as another
shell started 10 say "Howdy do" to
me, down he swept toward it, both
guns going full blast. And the fact
that they stopped shooting immedi-
ately afterwards he laid jokingly to
his skill.
No Papers But Much News
The paper man Just Came-with
no papers, but an enormous amount
of other news as TO damage done.
And there were no letters to-day be-
cause the train was held up by dam
aged lines. so the "Gothas" sure
were active. This morning early
FIVE more came over, and l Judge
took photos galore, which means We
will probably get il tonight. Only
the other day a Frenchman brought
down a Boche who had photos of
all the escadrilles, which speaks Tor
itself. However. since l don't know