Clinton News-Record, 1953-06-25, Page 97114'i :SDAY, 'JUNE 25, 1953
CLINTON NEWSeRECORD
PAGE NINE
RCAF Station and Adastral Park News
Sesteiee
Lctughing Through Clouds
Dg SEYM¢LTR ROBERTSONCopyright 1952
A Story of the R.C,A,F,
33RD INSTALMENT
There was the sound of foot-
steps hurrying up the walk. Jack
'put down the magazine and turn-
ed to face the open doorway, Nev-
ear had Barbara Hayley looked
mere attractive than she did as
she entered, half smiling, half
•sober, her hand outstretched in
• welcome, Her voice was like a
,caress.
"'Lo, Johnnie. I do hope I've
not kept you waiting. I—I'm a-
fraid I lost track of the time."
He took both her hands in , his
and led hereto the sofa.
"I've got it all laid '•on!" he
cried, exultantly. "I want to throw
..a hang-up party tomorrow—a real
doozer! What time can you get
:away? When is Clarry coming to
town? Let's meet his train!"
Slowly, reluctantly, she with-
drew her hands from his grasp.
Rising, she walked over to the
farthest window. She was stand-
ing before it, looking out far a-
cross the fields, here face turned
from him, before she spoke:
"He's not coming," she an-
nounced in a flat colorless tone.
"Not coming!" Graydon ex-
claimed, indignantly, "What's the
matter? What mess has he got
into this time? How do you
know?"
"I heard — about him --• last
night," Barbara explained. "His
CO came here to see me and .. ,"
"His CQ!" Jack was puzzled,
Only a matter of gravest import
could have brought Hyde's Com-
manding Officer to ) ,enfield.
"Barbara!" His voice was sharp,
edged with fear. He leaped from
the sofa, was across the room in
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three strides, He caught the girl
by the shoulders and swung her
round to face him. "You don't
mean he—r
She did not answer. Iler eyes
were still averted. Her silence
was all the confirmation Jack
needed.
His hands fell limply to his
sides. He turned from her and
walked slowly , to the far end of
the room, staring at a little con-
sole* table. There was a narrow
runner on it; the old-fashioned
type with fringe and odd little
tassels. He fingered one of the
small buds of cloth,. squeezed it,
examining it closely. When he did
speak his voice was strangely
cairn.
"When did it happen?" he ask-
ed.
"Thursday night. He was shot
down over Cologne."
"But—but—are you quite sure?
I mean, he wasn't reported mis-
sing, was he? Perhaps he—"
Jack's words trailed off in an in-
coherent mumble,
"No, Johnnie. There's no doubt
about it. Some of Clarry's flight
saw his Lancaster go down in
flames just as •it approached the
target, The whole crew was lost."
A giant Lancaster going down
in flames, fighting to the last!
With amazing clarity Graydon saw
that red ball of flame crashing
down on its assailant. MacLaren's
fervent tribute "the flyin' fool"
came to his mind. The coincid-
ence that Clarence Hyde was
piloting that machine was too fan-
tastic. Yet it might have been.
There was no way of proving it
was not.
"I wonder if it was?" The words
escaped him and he did riot real-
ize he had spoken until he heard
Barbara ask: "You wonder what,
Johnnie?"
He came up behind her and
placed his hand on her shoulders.
"I must have been thinking
aloud," he said. "It's just possible
—but we can never be sure."
Her hands reached up to clasp
his. He felt the tightening pres-
sure of her fingers. "I don't un-
derstand," she murmured.
"Sorry, Barbara. I—I was on
the Cologne raid myself."
"You were?" Her eyes widened,
He thought he detected a catch in
her voice.
"It was a mighty big show, you
l,now. They took dozens of kites
from Training Command."
"Yes, I knowthat. CIarry went
from the HCU at Lincoln, they
told me. But I thought youwere
grounded."
Seated on the sofa, side by side,
he told her how he had taken
Fletcher's aircraft. Then he told
her of the scene he had witnessed
high over the Rhine, describing
the last amazing manouevre of
the big plane which had called
forth his spontaneous salute and
high navigator's gasp of admira-
tion. word would go to her."
Of course," he concluded, "The
sky was filled with four -engine Jack nodded. Yes,Hyde's moth -
jobs. It's too absurd to think that er had already beeinformed. He
Clarry was piloting that Lancast- thought of that photograph on the
er. But for my part, I'II always night table in the room in 'C'
believe he was. It's the way he'd Block at Midlands. He remember -
have chosen to go out, fighting to ed the snap of the white clapboard
the last. Yes, the way we'd all house in Clairsville.
choose once our number's up.
Lord! How that man could fly!" Barbara was still speaking;
"He was there," Barbara agreed.• • seems he'd also given my
"It's not too strange, actually., address Group (the
Captau] here,eI Andersonea of
You'll always remember him that
way, won't you?" Martlesham station. He expected
Jack nodded. Ito go there, you know, when he'd
"It's odd, you know," she con- I finished HCU. The Groupie came
tinued. "I don't think of him as a to see me last night. He knew
pilot at all. But then I scarcely Clarrywell. They'd flown to -
knew him as a grown man. I'll al- gether in the desert."
ways remember him as the mis- "Yes," Jack murmured.
chievious little boy who used to From where he stood he had an
uninterrupted view of the meadow.
A flock of sheep was moving a-
cross it, bound for an opening in
the far hedge. Behind his charges
pattered a little collie dog, direct-
ing his parade with all the skill of
a Flight -Sergeant Discip. This
was better than any staged sheep-
dog trial; this was the real thing;
with no human to assist or to
interfere. But tonight Graydon
saw neither dog, nor sheep, nor
meadow. Instead, he saw the fig-
ure of a grey-haired mother wo-
man standing in the old stone
doorway at Halebridge Manor, a
woman whose eyes filled with
tears as she embraced him, But
the voice he heard was Barbara's:
It s not going to be easy to tell
them tomorrow, Johnnie. Not only
about Clarry, but about your week
end. It seemed so simple yester-
day when we expected to have
him with us."
"No, it won't be easy," he
agreed.
His thoughts were still on Hale -
bridge. He remembered the cor-
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tease me to no end—when he
didn't avoid me. He was a naughty
little boy, too. Oh, there was no-
thing mean about Clarry, but he
could be so annoying, Then he'd
look at you and laugh, and, first
thing you knew, you were laugh-
ing with him. I imagine he's still
laughing at me—up in the clouds."
"'Laughing through clouds; his
something overhead," Graydon
murmured.
Barbara walked over to the
small console table. She returned
holding an open book in her hands.
"Listen to this, Johnnie, ' she said:
" 'Laughing through clouds,
his milk -teeth still unshed,
Cities and men he smote from
overhead,
His deaths delivered, he re-
turned to play
Childlike, with childish things
now put away'."
"Yes, that's Clarry all right. It's
written about the old Royal Fly-
ing Corps, I see. There were lots
like him then.
• He replaced the book on the far
table and, crossing to the window,
stared with unseeing eyes out
over the meadow. The room was
very still, so still he could hear
the ticking of the mantel clock.
Once more he would be going to
Halebridge without Clarence
Hyde.
"Does your mother know?" he
asked,
Barbara shook her head. "Not
yet. I thought it better to tell
her instead of writing. I'll be
hometomorrow, Aunt Mary—
that's _ Clarry's mother—was listed
as his next-of-kin. The official
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dial warmth of Colonel Hayley's
greeting at Arreford station. In
his mind's eye he saw the picture
on the wall of Peter's room, of
the schoolboy wearing .the flat
Eton collar. Once more he saw
Colonel Hayley standing in the
library, ashen -faced and stern,
holding his glass 'with trembling
fingers while he kept silent lest
any words of his mar his guest's
weekend leave.
"Why tell them?" The question
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