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1 Laughing Through Clouds
A Story of the R,C.A.F..
By SE7i MGCUR RO E RTSQI•T Copyright 1,902.
$T INSTAx MVNT really. Are you enjoying your -
"'Do you, knave= that subaltern self?"
J Was just dancing 'with?" ,jeee Graydon pressed her slim fin -
asked his 'partner. gers. He looked down into smi1-
Judy shoot her head. "She Ing eyes and at red lips that pout -
seems to think she knows .you,
'though, she added, after she had
managed to guide his steps to a
darkened corner of the room far-
thest from the spat where the
girls who temporarily lacked par-
tners ho congregated, "I'll lose
you"again if I'm not careful."
Her small head nestled cosily
"You're 'nice, Johnnie ... I mean,
out of Waterloo. She was a
member of the Overseas League
in St, Ja tes Street, and,
when
town,1
m was usually to be found
at that club's dances. She knew
London intimately and she was
dee for leave i a month's ti
e.
The sofa on which they sat was
a short one, barely long enough
for three to sit alongside and, as.
the lights were dimmed it is not
surprising that Graydon, by no
means a misogynist, took been de-
light in the close proximity of a
very pretty girl who made no at-
tempt to conceal her pleasure in
his .companionship, Three times
ed invitingly--- they ignored the resumption of the
There was another interrup- music until at last the girls an-
nounced regretfully that they
could stay for but one more dance,
And by the time the final strains
of that number had died away
Jack Graydon was resolved to
spend the next ;forty-eight hours
M London,
tion; from Gwen and Jerry this
time, who had contrived to work
their Way alongside.
Intermission next," the sail-
or explained. "There'll be a mad
scramble soon's the music stops.
If yoti don't mind getting the
C dw dna ae c h
gi ub , , I'll
ft 1 the
drinks and the girls .can wangle
a place .on the terrace," '
Jerry's warning came none too
soon for when Graydon reached
the refreshment table he found
a queue had already formed ahead
of him, He did manage to secure
a plate of anaemic -Joking sand-
wiches (proof positive that the
Food Controller did not encourage
evening indulgence) and, stutnb-
ling into the semi -darkness of an
enclosed porch, joined his party
in a secluded corner.
During the ensuing half hour
he learned that Judy's home was
near London, not 20 minutes' run
•
They quitted the dance -floor for
the lobby. At the foot of the
stairway, Gwen said: "I'll fetch
our coats, Judy. You keep John-
nie company while Jerry brings
the car around."'
"We have to be in Cosham
Barracks by midnight," Judy ex-
plained, "It's on Terry's way and
he can run us out."
To avoid the throng rnilIing
about the lobby they had ascend-
ed .to the third step of the big
stairway. Graydon was leaning
against the balustrade with his
arm ,half -encircling Judy's slim
waist and as they stood thus she
called his attention to the dark;
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' eyed subaltern walktog past with
her naval escort. The sailor
glanced at , Graydon, nodded in
recognition, then turned to say
Y
something pa to his cons nion.
The ATS officer gave Jack a
quizzical look;
�ti7Y frown
ipuck-
ered
?
uG
-
ered her forehead then her gaze
was quickly averted, -
Jack's eyes narrowed. That he
was the subject of their convers-
sation was all too obvious, What
was the naval chap telling her?
But the 'pair had passed out of
sight and hearing before Gwen
returned with the coats.
"I've had a wizard evening,"
Judy said, as she pressed Gray -
don's hand in farewell, "It was
nice of you to join us." She add-
ed in a barely audible whisper:
"Jerry can take a hint some-
times,"
Ascending the stairs to his bed-
room, for he had no interest in
further dancing, Graydon felt a
pleasant glow of satisfaction, This
forty-eight was turning out much
better than he had dared hope.
Gone were all his misgivings about
tomorrow's masquerade. It prom-
ised to be rather a lark.
Next time (and there would be
a next time, he vowed) he would
stay • on the mainland. Cosham
Barracks could not be far away,
judging by the scant time Jerry
had allowed himself to drive the.
girls home, It should be no trick
to find Judy and --
"Hang it all!" he growled, dis-
gustedly. "I forgot to ask her
name! What an ass I am to-
night!"
On reaching his room, he de-
cided it would be only wise to
familiarize himself with the scene
of his coming adventure, It was
something like setting out on a
new bomber objective without the
help of an experienced navigator.
He fumbled in Hyde's haversack
for the pocket guide -book and be-
gan to study carefully that sect-
ion which described the country
round and about Halebridge. He
would have to make a bluff at
knowing something about it, yet
how much could he be expected to
remember about a place he was
not supposed to have seen since
he was ten.
Arreford—he would be met at
that railway station. He'd better
know something about Arreford
village. Godshill, too, for the
lands, of Halebridge extended
south as far as Godshill: The
name was oddly familiar.. Had
not an English author written
something about it always rain-
ing on Godshill? Jack fervently
hoped for fine weather; he did
not look forward to spending all
day indoors discussing desert
warfare with Colonel Hayley.
So far as the manor itself was
concerned he had little appre-
hension. The travel book he had
read in Hyde's barrack -room had
devoted several pages to it and
Graydon had studied them 'y so
carefully that he was confident
he knew more about the place
than did the real nephew. The
important thing would be to play
the part of Hyde, just as an act-
or did when losing his own id-
entity in a role. But how would
that idiot act? Hyde's behav-
ior was always unpredictable. And
what possible excuse could he of-
fer for his long neglect of kin-
folk?
Jack was contemplating his
own reflection in the shaving
mirror when he asked himself
that last question. The explan-
ation, when it came, was sur-
prisingly simple: that scar over
his eye! The real Hyde had no
such disfigurement; the pseudo -
Hyde could advance it as the rea-
son he had avoided his relatives
after his return to England from
the Middle East. He had not
wantedthem to know of his
wound lest they tell his mother.
He hoped they wouldn't fuss
over his injury as some fond re-
latives did. No, they wouldn't,
he 'concluded, as he lay in the
five inches of bath water per -
You cal t qo SF
you Feel
These clays most people work under
pressure, worry more, sleep less. This
strain on body and brain makes physical
fitness easier td lost—harder to regain.
Today's tense living, lowered resistance,
overwork, worry—any of these may affect
normal kidney action. When kidneys get
out of order, excess acids and wastes
remain in the system. Then backache,
disturbed rest, that "tired•out" heavy.
headed feeling often follow. That's the
time to take Dodd's Kidney [sills. Dodd's
stimuiate the kidneys to normal action.
Then you feel better --sleep better—work
better. Ask for Dodd's Kidney Pills at
any drug counter, 53
in The- Air Force
e the
htherto
Throng ca op a i n of
.CAF and USAF a successful
mercy nliss* has saved another
fe
When a. request for an inured-
iate air evacuation by a sick Es-
kimo from. Fort Chimo was re-
ceived recently at RCAF Station
Goose Bay, Labrador, all RCAF
aircraft were away from their
base an other missions. However
the USAF Seazch and Rescue
squadron on the adjoining air-
drotne, immediately volunteered
to fly the mission.
milted by fuel regulations. The
Colonel was not Iikely to be an
effusive type. The kid (what
was her name, Barbara?) was
happily away at school. Accust-
omed as he was to the plaguing
questions of his own small sisters
at home, ,task breathed a sigh of
relief at her absence. That was
one lucky break.
"O, well," he told himself re-
signedly as he prepared, for bed,
"If I do louse it up I can make
some excuse and get away early
I wonder if Judy has Sunday
evening off? Jerry could tell me
'her name. He said he was Duty
Officer at Gosport Naval Bar-
racks tomorrow. I can find him
there easily enough,"
Graydon slept soundly and at
a quarter of ten next morning,
after a breakfast consisting of
herring on a piece of indestruct-
ible toast, a tomato no larger
than a golf ball and viler coffee
than usual, walked on to the sta-
tion platform at Portsmouth Har-
bor where he was soon buffet-
ed by a swarm of late -arrivals
trying to board the "UP" train
(Damn the English language
anyway! Which way was "up"?)
He was finally able to reach an
RAF corporal who wore the dis-
tinguishing armlet of the Ser-
vice Police.
"The Island ferry, sir? Down
the steps. Get your landing card
at the bottom."
Jack tendered his own identity
card at a wicket manned by two
sergeants: one Army, the other
Air Force. Farther along the
wharf a score of civilians await-
ed interrogation by a special con-
stable. It was clear that every-
one desiring to cross to the Isl-
and was carefully scrutinized.
(To Be Continued)
Fort Chimo which is situated at
the southern tip. of Ungava Bay
wasforecastinglow
ceilings
and
heavy fog when the USAF air-
craftcraft
took off from Goose Bay,
Nevertheless, a safe landing was
madeat dus
and thepatieret was.
taken saf
aboard,
,
The take -off fabarwas accomplished
without benefit of runway lighting
of any kind, Three hours later
the patient was resting comfort-
ably in the hospital at Goose Bay
extremely thankful for RCAF-
USAF co-operation.
At a colorful ceremony, at RC-
AF Station, Winnipeg, Col. Marcel
P. Faure, recently appointed
French Military Air and Naval At-
tache, to Ottawa, presented Fren-
ch Air Force pilot badges to Air
Commodore John G. Bryans, CBC,
CD, Commander of 14 Training
Group, and Group Captain L. H.
Randall, DFC, Commanding Of-
ficer of the station.
French Mr Force Navigator
badges were presented to Wing
Commander Fred Y. Craig, DFC,
Officer Commanding No. 2 Air
Navigation School, and 18 French
flight cadets, Count Serge de
Fleury, French Consul, and Fren-
ch liaison officers Lieut. Comman-
der R. H. Le 13uf and Lieut. M, E.
Chaval attended the ceremony.
Brig. ()million Discusses
International n Affairs
a i f a
The Current Affairs MOWS/Pin
Leaders at RCAF Station Clinton
had d th
e -opportunity
t
O -hear ra
lecture by an outstanding Guth-
oritY on the Middle Fast last Wed-
nesday evening. He was Brig. C.
D. Quillian of the British Army
{retired) ,
Brig. Quillian . has recently
come' to Canada after spending
thirty years in the, Middle Bast,
In 1.945 he was retired from the
British Army but remained in the
area as the Middle Bast correspon-
dent for the London Times. It
was illuminating to hear this first
hand account of the domestic and
international problems of the sev-
en Arab countries and Israel.
From his intimate knowledge of
the region and his shrewd obser-
vations, Brig, Quillian was well
qualified to discuss each country
in detail, its attitudes and policies
towards the rest of the world.
Pointing out that there were
communist agitators in the Middle
Fast as in all other areas, Brig.
Quillian made it clear that the
hope of the Democratic Nations
was to show by example that de-
mocracy stood for freedom and
justice for all.
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spoil, your Holiday!
Christmas and The New Year again usher in
a season of festivity and good fellowship.
As in the past it will also be marked by
increased dangers -- more traffic, more hours of
darkness, slippery roads, and holiday haste and
impatience,
i appeal to Ontario citizens to overcome
these added hazardt by greater care and common
-sense when walking or driving.
Don't let an accident spoil
holiday happiness for yourself or
for others. _
MINISTER
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