Show GERMAN FliER TEASES UI u. S. S S SAIR AIR IR CHAMPION ION e e. No 16 Too Much l for Keeping Out of His Way by Means Ieans of High Altitude Abilities Published 11 by special arrangement with the McClure 1 Newspaper Syndicate Copyright 1 1919 19 br the Frederick A At A. Stokes Stoke company C Copy Copy- pr- pr right 1919 by hy I V. V All 11 rights reserved Copyright In Greet Great Britain i for Cor forI rights Canada and aDd Australia All 11 1 I l France Belgium Holland Italy Spain tussle Hussla and Ind the Scandinavian countries ii Continued from yesterday 1 By Capt Edward V. V T T I and I gazed with stupefaction tl tJ J tion at the smiling and Imperturbable Doug DouS' He stood beside us refusing all aid and appeared more moro deeply deep inter- inter L t ested In the condition or of his machine than in his own wounds In tho the back backof backof of ot his Teddy bear suit a long IonS Jagged tear showed us where the missile had entered his bod body Frightful blood bloodstains stains cr co covered d his back Yet ho he was d deaf dt t to o all r o our entreaties and refused to let us lead him away I asked what had been done about getting an ambulance down and found that Campbell had sent for tor a motorcycle motorcycle motorcycle motor motor- cycle I could not help lau laughing at this childish desire to avoid making a scene which I Very cry well won knew cn w had actuated Doug's request for a a. motorcycle motor- motor I cycle I 11 Immediately Immediate commandeered an automobile and putting Douglas k carefully in it several of us accompanied accompanied him to lo tho the hospital 7 With IUt continued fortitude Doug DouS' reused re- re Mused used an anesthetic while the tho surgeon was was removing the tho bullet It was found that the tho steel nose Itself had neon Deem de deflected deflected deflected de- de by the wire into Doug's back By Bome some miracle it had not touched Iii his spinal column but had traveled up I t alon alongside it for five or six Inches and finally burled buried Itself Itsel In the muscles under un un- den der the shoulder This little memento Dougl Douglas s now preserves as tile most cherished souvenir of ot the great war Yank Shows ShowN Rare With With- splendid grit Douglas smiled 1 talked while the doctor proceeded III With the operation He Ho drew all the up details of the tho finish of the Bumpier I from Jimmy and learned with great reat satisfaction that this was his sixth official of of- I II II victory In reality Douglas Campbells Campbell's victories total seven but buttor for tor one which was downed to m my J knowledge he never received oS of official of- of S confirmation I. I Had it not flot been for tor this unfortunate accident Douglas Campbell r 1 j would undoubtedly have one of ot the tho highest scores scot of or victories claimed by any air nil fighter for tor he wa was Just ening entering entering en- en II ing upon his full stride As It was wa he never fo 1 fought ht again Upon his return reI return re- re I turn In November from America to toI I which he was sent nent to recover his i after arter leaving the tc hospital I A Doug rejoined his old squadron only to find that Its days of fighting were ero I V over The Thc subject o of my encounter with Rising Sun No 16 occasioned no end of amusement about the mess and man many bets were laid as os to the tho outcome I dreamed about No 16 at night ht and was Jup up tip bright and early carlyon on the thc lookout for him ever every morning I 1 took a few i ot of the bets myself naturally enough I 1 never In n m my life lite wanted santed anything so BO much nuch as those orange colored insignia as decorations for m my quarters I planned to build a house some Borne da day suitably designed to set off those I works of ot art to the best advantage 5 15 J E The fates were surely laughing at atme me all this time Dr My further 1 tures with No 10 16 would have appeared i comic to me if It the they had not been so 50 infuriating It Xo No 10 18 A Agnin Appears I rt 3 rrt t 1 S. S 1 T t I In si mv 1 V v ABC I IA ILS IL'S 1 1 O own machine l with ij Just st the t one n r resolve oi burning in m my brain I saw nothing not In tho sk sic sky and searched for or nothing nothing noth noth- I ing else In fact tact I had scarcely gained my Iny very cry topmost altitude and set seti i J forth In tho the direction of what I 1 now knew was the favorite path of or this t daily doll visitor before I saw sass him co 1 to meet me rae It was almost as nos though Wc vc e had mot met by appointment I As I have havo said I reached m my mery ery very highest altitude o before going forth to this thin tryst Some ha have hae e a LL t gher ceiling than others It depends pon Don the quality and natural fitness ot f C the motor My bus bug reached 1 oct eel that morning It had Just been l' l L fitted with two Vickers guns gun Instead f f the one It formerly carrl carried d This 4 weight o of thirty or tort forty fit mt hampered the tho climb some some- hat and lowered my coiling ceiling by at ast act COO feet Tr Try rry as ns I would I could get g-et her no As we wo approached each other othI j 0 o. o 1 16 and I I. I the tho was wa at 2000 20 00 O feet reet and was still climbing My I iy 4 ocho friends knew perfectly well welley C cy ey could climb hl higher her than any f It might make mako their photo photo- V graphs a little but oven even oso wore better belter than our own taken takene e 9 om feet Thc They carne came steadily v- v and I turned as they passed mo me and andS S j a parallel course some Rome 2000 jt t K et ct t below them cs railroad stations at Nanc Nancy and ul UI were their objectives this morn- morn j G Without deigning to pay an any at at- at to me Tn they proceeded over o their 2 Urse ir o and deliberately snapped their tures tureH Occasionally the observer used himself with a little HUle target at me mo At such times limes 1 I real real- 4 that ho lie had hall nothing clao to do so 80 |