The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-06
TWENTY

After the shave Gun 1elt SO llloS1l
better that he was able to watch
Tommy tuck away a hearty Eng
lish breakfast of eggs, bacon, toast
and marmalade, Of which Samno
was plainly inordinately proud
and decidedly hurt because Jun
would not partake.
tits a barbarian habit to eau
breakfast" he pronounced, as ne
slipped a cup of coffee. Next door
to cannlbalism, in my opinion.
.You may be right" said Tom
my. But in that case I'm a par
barian every time
He took the opportunity to ASK
in a low voice, while Sambo was
out of the room:
Look here, microphones or no
mikes, we've got to have a pow
WOW, pretty soon, you and l. How
dc we manage-I NEAR SO that we
can talk reasonably freely"
THE only safe place is a nice
open space" Gun replied, in the
same tone. After you've finished
making a beast of yourself, we'll
90 out and sit in the sunshine-and
in the middle of the lawn"
Good fellow" grinned Tommy
1.-TWO heads are better than one!'
Breakfast over, this plan was
put into effect. They SPRAYED on
their backs, putting blue smoke
into the air while they talked.
What about this early birding?'
Tommy asked. Il gather you found
out something"
mot much" admitted Gun.
But not SO bad, considering. For
instance, I discovered that all our
guards are actually mechanics,
Their hands, as well as their dress.
told me that much. Also n is
most certainly. Prussian, who has
served in the army, and another
is almost equally certainly an ltal-
ian. His back when l whistled one
of his favorite national airs 10 him
gave that away. l also tried him
on revolutionary tunes, but the re-
suits were negative. All l can say
is that they attracted his atten-
ton, but whether he loved 'em or
hated 'em, I'm damned if l know"
Hard luck" said Tommy. And
then: Yes, I can see what you're
after, l think"
well here's the situation as l
see it. The missing bomber hasn't
crashed into the sea, or anything
Ike that. She's been pirated and
kidnapped, presumably in much the
same manner as We were. They
know-or suspect-that at White
hall, and so we e sent up as a
little bit of ground bait, SO to
speak. Well, the fish has swal-
lowed us, all right-but the great
question is, what kind of fish is it,"
You mean, who'd have an in
terest l pinching our latest
~pianes?"
That's about it. Now, it might
be some move on the part of ar
international gang of either fas-
cists or communists - hence the
trying out of revolutionary tunes.
Or it might be ar attempt to get
Planes for Spain-presumably for
the government side-the others
seem to get plenty. Or it might
be just a move by some country
that intends to 60 to war with us
soon. Or, again, it might be just
d plain gang of mercenary Grim
irals with some need for the latest
type Of airplanes! That's one of
the things we've got to find OUT"
They'll get a hell of a disap-
pointment when they give poor lit
tie x. O.. O. the ono e over.!"
grinned Tommy. Apart from the
fooling with her shape, she's about
as up to date as the Ark
Yes" Gun frowned. But that
is a drawback, let me tell you"
rs it," Tommy seemed sur
prised. Why"
Because it may make them sus-
pect that we just allowed ourselves
TO be caught. as we did. And that's
the last thing in the world we
want them to think"
True enough" agreed Tommy,
gravely. We'll have to try to think
Of a way out Of that, somehow. Do
you think they brought that bomb
er out here, wherever it is?"
Il imagine SOL"
"Well, she had three men