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¥ v 7 ~ . . machines. S OF AIRMEN ANECDDOTES TOLD BY AN AVIA. TOR FROM OANADA. o Tells How a Democratic Fellow- i Countryman Greeted King George | During Ome of His Visits to {| Wramce--sQther Adventures of thy pen at St Fvsa, : 4 ERE are! some of the stories ' Beene going the rounds among the Airmen at the front who are - fighting with the allies: In the spring of last year, when the Fokker was doing iis greatest dimage #mong some of our slower Lieut. A on a reconnaissance flight. Unfortun- ately be was unable to get back witn his' information as he got into a fight with two Fokkers 'and' in his less speedy machine he was no mateh for the two of them. A bullet went through his gasoline tank so that be was forced to land. It happened that he got down into a German aero- drome, Naturally the Arst thing Te attempted-fo do after getting out of his machine was to set it on fire, so that it could not be used by ihe enemy. He was in the act of carry- ing this into effect when a German officer appeared on the other side of the machine and in very good English remarked: 'When you have finished with that foolishness you might come in and have luneh; your old machine is of no"use to us!" Last summer when King Geotgo visited the Soon at at the front he in- spected among others a certain squad- ron of the 'service. During the inspection Officers had the honor of to him. As he passed pe 'Hine accompanied by the officer who later making the introductions, olate 1 momentarily Canadian officer's forgot a name. This ian not wishing 'o have 'the King go by without know- ing him, stretched out his band to shake the King's and sald: "Bam- wolt, sir; glad to meet you, sir." Re- port sayeth not what the King's "thoughts were. (It Is only right to a that "Bamwolt" was he officer's name.) ' My friend, Lieut. G-- , WAS Just a youngster. He even looked younger than he was. 1 rémémber the day prévious to his going over to France. he explained to me that the reason his mother called him Regi- nald was because he was born in '1897, the year of Queen Victoria's Blise, ahd Reginald was derived rom Regina, Quéen, He seamed s0 'young to go. However. be had nét* been at "the front two ¥ ng went wrong WH tits en. #0, as he kflew ie must he near Holland, be glided fu that direction 'with the hope of being able to land there, Having % down safely and thinking he wag In Holland he was Just congratul ne himself when he saw some soldiers in grey uniforms running toward him. It was not un- til then that he Pealized that the .Duteh border was still one hundred yards away. He had no time to de- Stroy his machine: as it ta enid he established a new record for the *100 yard dash." However, be got safely over, so"is now interned in Holland, Flight Lieut. R + of the Naval Alr Service, was out on a morning patrol off the east coast nf England last spring. He sighted a number of warships near the land whith he took to be: British from the height at which he was fying. Thipk- ing to ents: . the Jack Tars, he proceeded to some fancy flying, in- cluding spiral, vertical banks and a loop. During "stunts" he came down from: 8,000 feet to 1,500 feet.. Suddenly the alt seemed filled with Adjutant Beis, of the French an Setvice, got 10st when on a flight the snomy iy Sarritary. He man- | to k safely over the |' yg d not be sure in what af thin bs was. when he saw 'aerodrome. He decided to come E make Sure of where- w 11, 1918 masToN, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, APRIL 11, was out FIRST PAYMENT 0 " YOU LOVE MUSIC Why not let the world's greatest artists entertain in your home. 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