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A Story of the R.C.A.F.
By SEYlviinat ROBERTSON Copyright 1.952 I
Laughing Through clouds
ed story of the Mounted Police or I "I stayed in Southsea, sir. M—
14th Instalment
By the time lunch had reached
the coffee stage (and it was cof-
fee, served at the table, both de-
partures from household routine
obviously designed to please their
Canadian guest) Jack Graydon
seongrattdated himself that he had
successfully weaved his way thro-
ugh all the conversational flak
he had been dreading. True he
had not. been able to confine the
table conversation solely to the
history of Halebridge for the Col-
onel's monologue was interrupted
•:a dozen times by his wife who ask-
Ked several pointed eitsestions about
her sister-in-law and the Hyde's
Canadian home, but barring one
luefortenate slip (which no one ap-
peered to notice) when he referred
to his "mother" as "Mrs. Hyde,"
Graydon was able to give satisfact-
ory replies to all the queries. He
quickly discovered that the Hay-
ley's knowledge of Canadian life
was very limited and the verbal
pictere he drew of the town of
Clairsville, Saskatchewan, was pre-
cisely what they expected to hear,
' The "flak" was one thing; the
machine-gun burst of questions
which spat forth from Barbara
was quite another. Happily, she
had assumed the task of serving
so that it was easy to avoid re-
plying to her direct inquiries un-
til after she was out of the room.
Each time she returned Jack
would be away on some longvvind-
the Cree Indians, subjects about
which (if the truth be told) he was
as ignorant as she for his own
sketchy knowledge of such things
charaeteristically Canadian, had
been gleaned frem. Hollywood films
But any topic was good enough se)
long as it steered the talk away
from Clarence Hyde's experiences
in the western desert. Once, in-
deed he was obliged to tell Bar-
bara that he preferred to forget
all about the "stinking East." He
was rewarded with a disdainful
sniff.
Throughout the meal, as often
as he dared without risk of cle-
teetion, he studied the girl's fea-
tures. He had seen her some-
where before; of that he was posi-
tive, It was not her resemblance
to Hyde, marked as that was, Now
that she was hatless he saw that
her black hair was arranged in
short, tight curls and that she had
a habit of running her fingers
through it. She was wearing an-
other pair of slacks but had
changed from her sweater to a
sleeveless blouse and the trans-
formation seemed to add at least
two years to her age. Certainly
she was more mature than the
school-girl who bad come scamp-
ering across the lawn to greet him.
"Did you come by way of Wat-
erloo this morning?" Mrs. Hayley
asked, as all four lingered over
coffee. "You must have done to
get the ten o'clock train ferry
from Portsmouth. But that would
mean leaving your camp at a very
early hour, I had no idea there
was an early morning train from
Byford to London!"
Jack's face turned a fiery red.
Not for worlds• would he admit
that he had wandered over half
the West Country the previous
afternoon and evening. He wanted
to forget that stupidity as quickly
as possible. Yet, even in his con-
fused state, he was aware that
Barbara's dark eyes were regard-
ing him intently.
"I—er—I came down last night,
Aunt Ada," he said slowly, leav-
ing her to infer that he had trav-
elled by way of London as any
sane man would have done. "I—
er—it was too late to cross and—
I met some friends in Portsmouth.
You didn't expect me till this
morning anyway so I—" Again he
left his sentence hanging in the ,
air. 1
"I didn't know you had friends 1
in Portsmouth, Clarence. Was it
anyone we know?"
"No. They were Army types."
"From the camp at Havant, I
suppose?" Colonel Hayley put in.
"No. Cosham," Graydon replied,
unthinking.
"Cosham!" Barbara's initial in-
credulity changed to undisguised
merriment. "But that's an ATS
barracks!"
"Well, why not, my dear?" her
father demanded. "Surely there's
nothing odd in Clarence having
friends in the ATS! Gad! The
Army's half women these days."
"Humph!"
"Where did you put up last
night?" the Colonel asked hastily.
"I'm told there's a very good
Officers' Club in the Fareham
Road."
4-b
I think it's called the 'Princess
Royale That big hotel on the Es-
planade looking down the harbor."
"What? You stayed at the Prin-
cess,' You'd be at the dance then.
It's odd you didn't run into Bar-
bara, She was there,"
Jack hastily gulped a mouthful
of scalding coffee, sputtered, chok-
ed over it, then set down his cup
in wild confusion spilling half its
contents into the saucer.
"I'm afraid you're finding that
coffee much too hot," Mrs, Hay-
ley said. "Do let me give you some
more cream. It IS cream," she
added. Smiling.
Jack recovered his poise with a
heroic effort.
"I might have seen Barbara at
the dance," he acknowledged, as
his downcast eyes avoided her dir-
ect glance. "But—you see —I
wouldn't have known her. Besides,
she'd be all dressed up and—"
"But surely you would have
known him, Babs!" Colonel Hay-
ley protested. "I mean to say,
we don't see many Canadian alias
men down this way. Not Flight-
lieutenants with the DFC. Why
didn't you look Clarence up? He
could have come across with you
this morning."
Graydon held his breath as the
girl looked directly at him. The
expression in her dark eyes was
baffling.
"Oh, you know what it's like at
a big dance, father, The floor was
terribly crowded. Even if I had
caught a glimpse of Clarry I'd
never have found him afterwards."
Jack threw her a grateful look.
"In any case," she went on.
"Clarry wouldn't have thanked rfie
for routing him up at the time I
left. I took the earliest boat, you
know."
"It wasn't too hospitable of
you," her father grumbled. "Clar-
ence must have found it very dull,
not knowing anyone."
"Ye-e-e-es."
"Would have been' nice for you
too," he persisted.
"Oh, I didn't lack partners,"
was the demure reply.
With a feeling that he should
come to the girl's rescue, Jack
opened his mouth to say something
then decided it would be wiser to
keep silent. Each voluntary state-
ment he had made since his arrival
had brought greater risk of ex-
posure. It was difficult enough re-
plying to direct questions without
creating further trouble for him-
self. How much di'd Barbara know
about that evening? The naval
chap had'told her something. Judy
(bless her!) had cut in on the tag
dance in the nick of time. He spent
an uncomfortable ten minutes
while the conversation lagged and
he was greatly relieved when Mrs.
Hayley rose from the table.
"You told me you wished to
have a good look over the old
place," Colonel Hayley said, as
they quitted the dining-room,
"We'd best do that right now.
Praid you shan't see much of me
tomorrow. I've a do on with the
Home Guard. Sunday you know
—the only time most of the lads
have free. I'll leave you in Babs'
charge and I hope she does a bet-
ter job than she did last night.
I can't understand why she didn't
recognize you. I'd have known
you anywhere myself."
Graydon told himself he must
be playing Hyde's role to per-
fection. His host was so positive
that he had difficulty suppress-
ing a wild impulse to tell him
how wrong he was.
"Oh, I suppose Babs was too
much taken up with her sailor
boy to notice anyone else," the
Colonel added, giving his daugh-
ter an affectionate pat on the
shoulder. "It's a pity you didn't
meet him, my boy. He's a fine
lad. Jove! If he's off duty to-
morrow we might have him over
and—"
Jack felt a hand tugging at his
side pocket. ° "You're going to lose that but-
ton," Barbara said. Her cheeks
were scarlet and Graydon was
sure she had created the diver-
sion in order to silence her fath-
er. "Take off your tunic and I'll
sew it on 'for you right now.
Don't be silly, Clarry. It's not
the least trouble,"
For Graydon had clapped a
hand hastily over the pocket
which contained the tell-tale en-
velope and Barbara's fingers were
caught in a firm grip.
"Oh- -thanks. But you'll need
some thread, There's some in my
kit upstairs. I'll get it. now."
With that he bolted quickly
from the room.
t (To Be Continued)
FLIGHT CADETS'
MESS HOLDS
INITIAL DINNER
The first mess dinner of the
1953 season was held in the Flight
Cadets Mess, RCAF Station, Clin-
ton, on Thursday, January 22. The
guest speaker for the occasion was
W/C W. B. Miller, director of Air
Services at Air Force Headquart-
ers, Ottawa. The speaker was in-
troduced by F/C G, Watcher,
Windsor, the Cadet Officer Com-
manding, and was thanked by F/C
G. Noonan, Toronto, W/C Miller,
who was shot dawn in the Battle
of Britain in 1940 stressed the
importance of perfect crew co-op-
erationiit the success of all air
operations.
He told his audience that as
radio officers they would un-
doubtedly be taking an active and
most interesting part in the de-
velopment of airborne radar. He
suggested that radar was in its
comparative infancy and that it
promised fine careers for young
men both in civilian and service
life. The speaker recalled that in
his many years of instructing and
directing training units that no
system compared to the present
one of cadet administration of the
flight cadet organization. This or-
ganization provided the opportun-
ities for potential officers to de,
velop and display the qualities so
important to all service officers.
Among the guests were the
Commanding Officer, W/C B. G.
Miller, S/L W. L. Bayriton, S/L C.
E, Endersbe, G, J. Bury and
other staff officers.
0
RCAF PERSONALS
Mrs. Reatha Carter's birthday
was celebrated on Monday even-
ing, January 26, at her home, 18
Edmonton Road. Several of her
friends gathered to play court
whist. Mrs. Bette Abbott won the
first prize; Mrs. Evelyn Leslie won
consolation.
Home and School
Sees Movie
The regular meeting of A/V/M
Hugh Campbell Home and School
Association was held in the school
on Thursday, January 15, 1953.
There were 54 members present
and nine visitors.
Clarence Trott, principal, gave a
very interesting talk on the com-
parison of education as it is
taught in our schools to-day and
the way it was taught to past
generations. A film entitled "Ditch
and Live" was shown and enjoyed
byRaleshments were served at the
conclusion of the meeting under•
the capable direction of the social
convener, Mrs. A. Carter, assisted
by Mrs. W. V. Colwell, Mrs. Geo-
rge Bury, Mrs. J. Gattinger, Mrs.
W. Stooke.
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NCO's Wives'
New Committees
The regular meeting of the
NCO's Wives' Auxiliary was held
in the Sergeants' Mess on Monday
evening, January 19. Mrs. J. E.
Paterson, president, presided over
the meeting.
The business included the elect-
ion of the new entertainment
committees Mrs. A. H. Smith, Mrs.
D. E. Forrest, Mrs. C. H. Pinnell,
Mrs. C. M. MacKay, Mrs, B. J.
Amireault and Mrs. C. Willms;
and the visiting committee: Mrs.
J. N. Black, Mrs. J. E. Paterson,
and Mrs, C H. Pinnell.
At the conclusion of the business
section of the meeting, several
tables of whist and bridge were
enjoyed by the members. Prizes
for whist were won by Mrs. B. R.
Murphy and Mrs. A. H. Smith.
Prizes for bridge went to Mrs. G.
A. B. Brown and Mrs. G. C. Hack-
ing.
All members are reminded that
the next meeting will be held on
February 2. Miss Margaret Bro-
phey, of Radio Station, CKNX,
Wingham, will be guest speaker.
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