Show T eT t-l t ti jJ I Z F L 5 V br by special 11 arrangement rr i nt with tb the tbt I hrs referred ld In itt Or Great irest at Brit ain McClure Nl Syndicate C Copyright 1919 1915 and Au All rights r und for ot br by tho Frederick k A. A Stokes company om ran Copy COIl Franco Holland Ital Italy Spain right Ml au by br E Edward v V. V nt ck r. r All AU lad zd tb tIm the S countries ri Tho The usual formalities which I 1 have already described attended the ceremony More Jore than twenty pilots pilots pilots' of ot the he American air service were wera presented presented pre pro with the D. D S. S C. C by G General n Patrick after aCtor which tho the military band played the na national lonal anthem while we Voe stood at Qt attention I could not help thinking of or the thc a ab absent sen sent t name were being road read out but who did not riot answer and for whom decorations were iero walling waiting for deeds of heroism that had ended with their death There was White for whom the whole group mourned What hat hata a puny recognition was a simple r ribbon rib rib- b- b bon boa for lor heroism such as his There Thero was w Luke the Luke the most Intrepid that Over o sat In an aeroplane What possible pos pos- l sible honor c cOuld be given ben him b by his hla j country that would accord him hini the distinction dis dis- Unction he deserved 1 I One Ono thing was certain Too reputation reputation reputation tion of or these great greal Anti Am- loan can an airmen live 11 as long Ions as is the tho comrades who knew them thorn survived Perhaps none of or ofu ofus u Ut us would QuId ever er 11 0 to JUT ur r homeland a again aln I glanced down the the line lino o of honor men mell who wore were standing Im Immobile Immobile immobile Im- Im mobile in their tracks listening to the last notes of or The Thc Star-Spangled Star I I Banner Banner- Who ho ho will be the next to go s-o. I wondered knowing only too well that with every overy fresh honor that was sas conferred came a corresponding de degree do- do sr gr gree o of or responsibility and obligation to continue continuo to serve c comrade comrado and coun country so long bug as s life IlCe endure CHAPTER XIII An Aeroplane Movie lovie T THE lIE new Liberty Libert duly arrived and X after a Do bIef rehearsal of or our parts in tho the coming sho show we wo again had our machines run out on the field fieldon on the morning of oC October 21 1 and took our stations in the line Captain In Cooper was again placed In the time rear nt of ti th T r lX nt t. t tet h it Tr vu 7 1 CUI In tho Iho front scat as his pilot Jimmy was lS t to keep his machine as near the actors as possible always flying to the left side so that the photographer might face the Bh and arid keep his handle turning with the least possible difficulty Movie MotIe 1 0 Staged In Air Reed Chambers sat fat in the front scat of oC the thc captured Hanover and piloted It He carried two to guns uns which would fire only onh trace and flaming bullets and with true movie Instinct Heed was prepared to do his utmost to imitate with two guns the Roman noman candle ef of- Oct Ct of or the latest Cour- Cour gun our n effort cHort of the Huns Hun whom hom he hc was supposed to represent Tn rn the rear s seat at of the lie fin In In machine Sat Thorn Taylor Talor the villain of or the pla play pla He was dressed dressel i villainous toti I looking e-armen e r der 1 dere e e w n hl MIO thie most t particular Tun un Ho lIe too had a gun un one whit it 1 would woul emit emita a most fearsome amount the tho climax of or the action was reached As a clever r piece dc do resistance Thorn carried with him down 11 out of or sl sight l t of the tho tho camera until the proper time came a dummy Boche Roche pilot stuffed with ith straw At the hei height ht of or the tragedy Thorn was supposed to duck uck himself down out of ot si sight ht behind his anti and heave overboard o the thc stuffed fl figure which would fall with outstretched arms and le legs head bond over heels to earth This would portray portray por por- tray the or very acme of or despair of the I aviators a who it would be seen I preferred to hurl themselves s out cut to deliberate rJ death ath rather than longer face faco the tIme furious assaults of ot the dashIng dash- dash In log Ing young youn American tl air fighters As S to the tho la latter I was supposed to tob tobo b bo ho it In iii my old No o 1 I with the lie the ln Insh Insignia nl plainly Inscribed on the time sides of th the f and the red red white and blue markings along Ings and tall tail sufficiently h- h glaring to prove prO to tho the most skeptical movie moyle fan an that this was Indeed a genuine United States I was wac to be ho Tack lack the Giant Killer with an abundance co of or smoky and flery flerY tuff pouring from rom all my suns gunD every time the monstrous hostile hove 1 In iii sight alg r. r S. S lieu Fliers Delighted With riot Plot riotA Plot A row few films of ot a distant formation orm Uon passing through the sky d 4 been taken early in the game so 80 as to de delude delude dolude do- do lude the innocent public Into the Uie be belief be- be lid lief that I was was going goIns- up to to demolish the whole caravan caraan with my ray one re resistless re- re machine A series of falls and would put the one nano Hanover Handt r out of or the tl fighting enough h times Umes ta account ac account u- u count fora whole formation of ot them Then as the last desperate encounter took place Thorn Taylor after atter shoot hoot shootIng hootIng Ing InS nil hil Ills hb spectacular ammu ammunition HUon well over m my head would force forc the dummy to commit S suicide rather Than longer endure oC of t waiting It was a a. clever plot The rhe whole aerodrome was as In raptures over tho the Idea and everybody left loft off oft work to gather on tho the field to witness tho the contest I doubt If It the later performances perform ances arices will ever have havo a a. more more expectant tant more interested or so 51 large an atm audience J. J Ii C flee JImm Jimmy and his camera operator got ot awa away safely this time and right behind them them the comedian and tragedians of tho the show winged wins their wa way Arrived at 2000 feet teet over the field we pulled pUlle up our belts a and d feegan gan the tho performance It was vaa necessary ary to l keep cep an eye ec on the camera camera jo so a as not to get et out of ot Us Its beam m while pulling off our most priceless stunts anti and at nt the same time we had to be bea a little car careful ful as to the tho direction In which our bullets were going Captain Cooper was 18 thrusting his hie head 1 out Into the thc manfully trying to keep m my swifter mo Jn moving machine always within the eye o of his 1113 camera As I came up under the Hanover aeroplanes aeroplane's tall tail I would let ort oft a terrific stream of ot flaming projectiles which nr are arti perfectly perfectly- visible to the naked cy eye ere and certainly certain ought to bo ho cau caught ht by a camera even In the daytime day day- time Thorn shot as lustily under me mo and over O me mc as I approached and even Reeds Reed's front guns gun Ung were spitting death In a continuous stream at the Ima imag Inar mary inary enemy planes ahead of or him Dumn Dummy G German Leaps to 10 Death Over O and over o we wo repeated the performance per per- forman e the Hanover l dying a a. dozen doen deaths In as man many minutes At last our movie ammunition beginning to near exhaustion it became necessary to sta stage e a big bi- hit that denoted the climax of oC the pta play Coming about abo above tho the Hanover while Captain Cooper was as grinding away Industrious industriously ous not more than twenty feet from Its tR side side I descended In a made a a. zoom and a Q ren On n the opposite side of or tho the Hanover anti and kicking m my rudder over came m hack back directly at the time enem enemy full run Into IntI the tho gaping lens of or the camera Firing I m my l last t rounds of ot ammunition on as I approached I r saw sa them there go o safely over the tops of both machines As Aa T I drew drev drewIn drevIn In to the time closest po possible distance that remained safe sare for or such a a. maneuver tr I thre threw my may Tip imp Into to a 3 zoom pa passed cd over th the vanquished and came me bt back bruk k iii hi m a loop Joop s somewhere near I m my ray orl original inaI position As I t glanced at the time Hanover er I 1 sa saw that sh she sho wn was doomed A quantity of or lampblack released b by the tho craft crafty Taylor was drifting windward Indicating that something seriously wron wrong had occurred occurred oc occurred oc- oc with the enemy machine Such Ruch Sucha Rucha a dense cloud of or smoke would satisfy the tIme dullest Intellect that ho he must soon begin to suspect fire Ah Mi Its lia There Thero she comes come's I knew know sho simo w wits was s afire Sure furo enough several e bright landing andin- flares suddenly l ignited under tinder the time thelI lI Hanover's wings throwing a. a bright ht gleam leam earthwards but pre prevented prenter from rom Injuring the tho wings wins themselves hy by time the tin sUra surfaces eA above them Finding longer loner existence on such a burning deck utterly unendurable the poor I dumm dummy gathered himself elC together InI in iii inthe the tIme arms of the stalwart Taylor Talor an anti and l with ith ono one tremendous leap p ho he departed I the tho blazing furnace forever ore cr Continued Tomorrow |