Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-04-23

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ficer told her to come the next morn
ing at seven o'clock.
At the Esom home there was much
excitement, for when Mrs. EIsom
went to call Roberta she found the
bed made, the room in perfect order
and the note on the dresser. She
rushed downstairs to her husband,
sobbing. 'Why, Alice" he exclaimed,
what in the world has happened9'
She threw her arms around his neck
and said chokingly, "Oh, dear, what
shall we do? Berta has gone off to
that dreadful war, and we shall never
hear of her again. We have lost both
son and daughter!'
Hush, he said, "Tell me what you
are talking about. Our Bobby gone?
HowP"
''She said, replied his wife, that
she didn't exactly know; as an aviator
If she could, if not, as nurse She
handed him the note. He read it,,
then looked up very thoughtiuliy.
"Don't worry about our Bobby, my
dear. She is capable of taking care OF
herself. She will not be able to enter
as an aviator, and how can she be a
nurse? She has had no medical train
ing. We will keep silent and tell the
people, If they ask, that she has gone
on visit. I'm sure we shall hear
from both Jack and Bobby in very
little while.o
sYou are right replied Mrs. e.
som, trying to smile. She will be
back in a few days, but come, break
fast is waiting"
Roberta went very early to the sta
tion. She felt a little frightened for
the irst time in her adventure. When
she arrived four others were waiting.
The officers at once began the exam
inAtion with the eyes, ears, nose,
throat, lungs and heart. When it was
Rob's turn they glanced approvingly
at her strong arms, bright eyes and
broad chest. They shook their heads
over one fellow and then declared he
might as well go for he had weak
heart. The boy turned pale, but the
officer smiled as he said, 'Oh, don't
worry, you may live to be seventy
and die peacefully in your bed, but
you won't do for air service
Next came the balancing tests They
were told to stand and put one wrist
on the wall, then throw their weight
on it for minute. At the end of the
time they dropped Their. arms to their
sides and were very surprised to see
them raise up again.
Then they were told to shut their
eyes and stand on their tiptoes. Rob
felt swaying, dizzy sensation but
she tried her best to stand as still as
possible. BY the clicking OF heels be-
side her she knew some of the others
had gone down.
| Next came the famous whirling
test. One of them sat in chair and
shut his eyes, while the officer spun
him around and around, then told
the dizzy boy to open his eyes and
touch the offers finger. He reached
out bis hand, but fell fiat on the
fo6r.! The others all laughed, but the
officer said, wait till its your turn, ;"
The next one reached out and touched
the officers hand, without even
swaying. They spun him several
times and he did the same. Next
came Rob's turn. She fell worse than
the first fellow and begged to be tried
over, but the officer answered her
sharply, "Who said you were sup
posed to touch my tingerP'
After several other test the officer
made the following announcement:
ssRichard AYES, Robert Elsom and
Louis Worby have stood the tests. ;"
Rob's heart gave leap and she hnr-
ried to write to her mother. 81 have
passed the aviators' test and now l
will find Jack. Don't write to me for
fear I'll be discovered. Yours in haste,
Roberta 6
The next morning Bobby was set to
ahard task. A huge map was placed
before her with electric light bulbs
here and there on it. When one was
turned on she had to report it's loca-
tion to the commander. These flashes
came so fast that it seemed that they
all came together. 1t was very hard
to tell the exact location and send
the message quickly enough. Roberta
stayed short time on the ground
school. 1t was very interesting work
and she liked it very much. One day
they were all gathered in large
field where they were running the
penguin ian aeroplane with short