The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-16
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" NAht1ANA - Atte NAAa u wv IS
Eaggy Atlantic odyssey. The nip
had gone out OF the whole drama.
and his soul Vas haunted by =
memory-thc soft light in a pair
Of blue eyes as he glanced fleet
ingly in Joan's direction that
awful night in the o. C.'s cabin.
That he had followed the stern
path Of duty didn't ease his pain.
There are emotions that rise
above patriotism. and IN the soft
ness OF those blue eyea-even
after his "betraysl'-Greg had
read forgiveness. He could have
sworn that she had given him a
kindly smile. as much as TO say
that she understood. But he felt
every movement he had spent
with the girl would remain for
ever with him.
That night before landing had
provided many thrills. In the late
afternoon. the troops had plainly
heard intensive gunfire in the dis
tant southeast and. strangely
enough. the convoy had immedi-
ateiy veered off an oddly irrregu-
lar course In the direction OF the
action. An hour or 30 after sun.
set, the booming noises had ended
and the ocean expanse had as
sumed the mantle OF awesoms
tranquility that comes with night.
II was nearly o'clock when
lonely winking light off the
starboard bow made the night
young. Outside. the ship remained
It's same gloomy blaeked-out self
but. inside. IL was pulsating with
life and good fellowship.
That lonely light meant the con.
voy had actually come within
sight Of land-moSt likely North.
ern Treland-and although tbs
ships were obviously in dan
gerous waters the thrill OF seeing
lighthouse after so many day.
at sea dominated all other senss
/ tons.
The party lasted 10 dawn whef
the men found themselves sailinI
serenely along the River clyd'
thanked on either side by rollins
Scottish halls with pretty Villages
dottng the breathtsking green
/ ness
Bands resppeared. and M
troops sang as the convoy ap
preached a big harbor later in IN
day. The escorting msn-of-wa
lined up on the sides. and the tar
stood on deck at attention. u
salute 20 the passing eontingen,
Famed rivalry between Army am
Navy went by the boards. AM
the soldiers eheered themselysl
hosrss. II was q superb momsn
enough almost for any man
lifetime.
Next morning. Greg and hi
fellow staff officers reaches
Aldsrshot Camp. Army trsnspor
autos rushed them from thu rail
way terminal through TYPICAL.
English lanes. bordsr.d by well
kept green hedges. quaint it'll
villages. endless parade ground
level as a BILLIARD table. prett]
streams and dens. wooded areas
oecssionsily they slowed dosr
along the left sd. Of ths road 10
passing lines Of marching troop
or motorized conveys.
GREG remembered that bacs
home he had heard a Epeaksl
compare the sire q Montreal Niti
that of Aldsrshot Montreal. 81
/ 900 acres. and Aiderah0t. %. 90
acres. And. too. that speaker Ia,
Gwslt On the fact that upon thss.
parade grounds where cAn4eial
feet nov marched. Romans ono
marched 70 vsr. and ruins some
whore in the Aidershot ar.i
marked the SPOT where King Al
fred had built fortificztlons I
thousand years before.
But that vas ali the tine h,
Rad for remarkably historical re
fisctions. A few minutes after ar
riying AZ yimy Barrseks-ths ID
yis.onsl n Rollins and hi
companions were pu; % work. Il
fact. for - hours he was -
desk without even leaving 10
meals.
Nov. three days after Arrivinl
az AioershOt. the hectic preliml
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