. Vive la France! . o 60 O j= O 6« o coo Vi C 60 ao ^ 3O •a. Anti-aircraft guns, posted outside the towns, are ready to givea warm reception to an aerial intruder. CONFLICT IN THE CLOUDS 207 aviators one by one appear, black dots againstthe crimson sky. One by one they come swoop-ing down from the heavens and come to restupon the ground. TwiHght merges into duskand dusk turns into darkness, but one of theflying men has not yet come. The four cornersof the aviation field are marked with great flaresof kerosene, that the late comer may be guidedhome, and dow^n the middle of the field lanternsare
. Vive la France! . o 60 O j= O 6« o coo Vi C 60 ao ^ 3O •a. Anti-aircraft guns, posted outside the towns, are ready to givea warm reception to an aerial intruder. CONFLICT IN THE CLOUDS 207 aviators one by one appear, black dots againstthe crimson sky. One by one they come swoop-ing down from the heavens and come to restupon the ground. TwiHght merges into duskand dusk turns into darkness, but one of theflying men has not yet come. The four cornersof the aviation field are marked with great flaresof kerosene, that the late comer may be guidedhome, and dow^n the middle of the field lanternsare laid out in the form of a huge arrow withthe head pointing into the wind, while search-lights, mounted on motor-cars, alternatelysweep field and sky with their white is written plainly on the face of everyone. Have the Boches brought him down ?Has he lost his way ^ Or has he been forcedto descend elsewhere from engine trouble orlack of petrol? Hark! exclaims some onesuddenly. Hes coming! and in the suddenhush that ensues you hear, from some
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