The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-21
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b oerenI# @= 1Soo4n@ - RUPERT GRAYSON

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f,und Tommy quite genu-
Vs. asleep in the tent. Both had
pels sieep an excellent substitute
Iou''G food. Also he had taken both
To- lots but Gun was too tired to
9srr,s about that, and the alcohol
VoII' ,.,rmed him up. He went to
aau On the thought that if you
sleg =, went to enjoy a drink Cor
reSi, else, for that natter the
al, ,,'' to do is to go without for a
woke to a blaze of sunlight
Tommy's question:
~wsIl what happened?"
., had already decided that he
N',Jd not let Hazeldeane know the
No'-N tu,.h. The airman's nerves
1,ra badly strained, and Gun felt
Fs no could not quite rely on his
r', .otion And if, in a moment Of
'asnorati5n he were to give any
'rf That they knew the truth, Gun
l~''' convinced il would be all up
' tbem. They would be Shot
N'., or have their threats cut
..o,,+ the slightes conjunction
he part OF their capors.
.rrrst.r said Gun, I've got
somc ~cIgarets'
uo held some out to Tommy,
who grabbed them eagerly
THAT'S something, anyway"
secondly, tomorrow evening we
= GOOD. square meal, plus a
E.,os and some smokes. During
.-a rolrse of that you're supposed
aa+ vour tongue losened, and
Nh me quite a lot about your pat
Y'+ 5ombin- sight which l shall,
r.cr, pass OH to Trent
~Bptter and BETTER laughed
Tommy. But did you find out any
45ng about them?'
Gun nodded.
~Oui,c a bit. I can't make out
..- vhai the game is, but some
t.4v is Going to suffer for it. l
r-soire. | fancy it will be either
INA government or the rebel forces
+. snajn. Anyway, they seem to
F,vo been buying up explosives in
,b2 yaw. and they must have some
sr- ot an arsenal here. . And
he went on to explain to Tommy
IN hat he had discovered with
re exception of the correspond
nee which had told him the full
strength Of the ingenious but das-
ta.aly plot.
~Hn&l l want to know is said
rynlay. when he had finished.
WAITS going 10 happen after I'm
IMPOSED 10 have spilled the beans
10 YOU?
We must work up some sort OF
yarn for me TO tell Trent. Some
details that are all wrong. Of
mm-e-but not so wrong that he'll
spot en-. And they mustn't be
l.ug.ete - Just enough to make
him feel he's on the right lines,
md let us have another meal. But
tie important thing. Tommy, IS
1~ somehow, by hook or by
crock, we've got 10 get away from
lere within the next day or So"
Tommy was impressed by the
eamestAess Of Guns tone, and shot
( cuIious glance at him.
why? I mean. what's the enor-
mons rush. anyway? We've been
here SO long now"
On, just a feeling I've got" an
s@ered Gun. realizing he had lei
Tommy see a little too much. But
do feel that it's vitality impor-
tant.'
Maybe you're right" said Tom
MY, But Id like to know how the
4eI we're going TO manage it,
SO would but it's got to be
done, somehow"
The day passed with the usual
dreadful monotony OF their days in
what Tommy humorously called
The Concentration Camp" Before
hIghttall they had quite a welcome
splash Of excitement.
Little as they could see from be-
hlad their wire fence, they became
aware that unusual activity was
SoAg on IN the workshops and
!aFd' and presently the gates were
opened and a number of m e n
pushed a big plane out into the
tlat open pace which interviewed