The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-31
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over the continent of Europe is
about all 1 a say at the moment.
But I'm keeping notes, and We'll
be able to work it out later-if
any. Meantime these quick change
have got me beaten!"
(Which, I imagine" remarked
Gun, lis precisely what they are
intended to do"
Another half-hour of these tao
tics, and then came the message:
eve shall now land. You will
follow down, using all necessary
precautions"
Gun acknowledged the message
with a curt 20. X"
He passed instructions on to
Tommy, and a few moments later
the leading plane dropped into the
cloud bank and disappeared. After
waiting a short time, and as per
instructions, using all necessary
precautions" Tommy followed suit.
The cloud was considerable, and
when they finally emerged below it
the altimeter registered only seven
hundred and fifty feet.
"Land-ho!" cried Tommy
through the phone. And a sail on
the starboard bowl"
This was right e u h. The
black plane was about a mile or
away, and slightly to their right.
There was terra firma below, and
no sign of the sea from that height.
The land looked rugged and hill
ly, with a number of big, stark
pine woods, and no sign of town
or village in their vicinity, b vi
away to the west there vas some
sort of a town, with factory CHM
neys sticking up.
"What do you m a k e of it, Tom.
N.Y." Gun asked. where are we?'
"Ask me another!" was the an.
swer. But it looks like Germany
to me. Sort of district where they
keep their blooming schlosses, or
whatever they call them!"
Over the radio there came fur.
Their directions: 2
"You will now follow us. Short
ly we shall land, so be prepared.
You will follow us down."
Again Gun sent back the brief
20. K" The black plane turned
her nose to the southwest, and
they were off once more.
They flew for perhaps a dozen
miles, and then, in what looked
like a sort of gigantic birds nest
amid the pine-streWed hilltops,
Gun saw what was obviously an
ideal natural landing ground. IT
struck him, too, that nature had
been somewhat improved upon by
a human touch or two-the clear.
ing of trees and bushes, and so on
The big plane descended, and
finally made a skillful landing in
the cup below, leaving maximum
space for the smaller machine.
Tommy handled the plane with
the utmost skill, and made a safe
and easy landing, bringing the
plane to a stop, as Gun noted with
approval, in a position strategical.
~ good for a quick and safe take.
off again if necessary.
There were three men in the
other plane, and all of them had
climbed down by the time Tommy
had landed. Two stood by the plane
The third, a short distance away,
revealing beneath it the uniform OF
a squadron leader in the British
Air Force.
Trying to establish confidence"
was Guns mental note.
AS they both climbed out of the
scout, the man turned t O a r d
them.
There Vas a queer silence in the
place. The first sound that broke
the Stiffness was the low murmur
of voices as the two men standing
by the big plane spoke together.
Gun had good ears, and he could
just catch a fragment or two OF
their conversation. They spoke in
English-or rather, American, but
the American accent in its popu.
larity has internationalized all Ian.
guages, so that an American voice
did not mean that it necessarily
came from an American throat.
&c.. we want, but who's the
other guy, anyway"
Guess he's some sort of assist.
ant, or partner. Might be pretty
useful-sometimes the hired man'u
talk easier than the boss, and may.
be know darned near as much"
Gun was quick to catch the point
and whispered hastily to Tommy
Hazeldeane:
If any questions are asked, I'm
your assistant-your confidential,
assistant. Don't forget!''
To Be Continued
noIonnfoo r. H.