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diff --git a/43683-h/43683-h.htm b/43683-h/43683-h.htm index cbb6829..caa885a 100644 --- a/43683-h/43683-h.htm +++ b/43683-h/43683-h.htm @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> -<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" /> +<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /> <title>The Project Gutenberg eBook of Our Young Aeroplane Scouts in Germany, by Horace Porter</title> <style type="text/css"> @@ -91,27 +91,10 @@ table { </style> </head> <body> +<div>*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 43683 ***</div> <h1>The Project Gutenberg eBook, Our Young Aeroplane Scouts in Germany, by Horace Porter</h1> -<p>This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with -almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at <a -href="http://www.gutenberg.org">www.gutenberg.org</a></p> -<p>Title: Our Young Aeroplane Scouts in Germany</p> -<p> or, Winning the Iron Cross</p> -<p>Author: Horace Porter</p> -<p>Release Date: September 10, 2013 [eBook #43683]</p> -<p>Language: English</p> -<p>Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1</p> -<p>***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK OUR YOUNG AEROPLANE SCOUTS IN GERMANY***</p> <p> </p> -<h4>E-text prepared by Emmy<br /> - and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team<br /> - (<a href="http://www.pgdp.net">http://www.pgdp.net</a>)<br /> - from page images generously made available by<br /> - Internet Archive<br /> - (<a href="http://archive.org">http://archive.org</a>)</h4> <p> </p> <table border="0" style="background-color: #ccccff;margin: 0 auto;" cellpadding="10"> <tr> @@ -345,7 +328,7 @@ a pair of eyes as keen as gimlet points.</p> noted secret agent—"Herr Roque," if you please, fitting into his masquerade as a merchant having contract business with the authorities of the canvas -city of aėroplane hangars.</p> +city of aĆ«roplane hangars.</p> <p>"Come over to quarters for a few moments, young sirs, won't you?"</p> @@ -360,7 +343,7 @@ the words indicated a command to Billy and Henri.</p> <p>Heinrich Hume, aviation lieutenant, who usually had a good deal to say on those grounds, made no more protest than a clam at this interruption of a -special aėroplane test. He simply waved two other +special aĆ«roplane test. He simply waved two other aviators on duty into the machine, as Billy and Henri marched meekly away with the imitation merchant.</p> @@ -426,7 +409,7 @@ the garb of a sailor to mislead him."</p> <p>Then it jointly dawned upon the minds of Billy and Henri that Anglin, the smiling secretary of the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_6" id="Page_6">[6]</a></span> eminent director of affairs at Calais, and later in -the rōle of a bubbling sailor here in faraway Hamburg, +the rĆ“le of a bubbling sailor here in faraway Hamburg, must be the Ardelle about whom Roque was talking.</p> @@ -446,7 +429,7 @@ pair of bright boys.</p> <p>Condemned of mixing in the battle of wits between the grim Roque and his strongest wily rival from over the sea, and it were better that the young -aviators had tumbled from their aėroplane during +aviators had tumbled from their aĆ«roplane during the last high flight.</p> <p>But those who traveled in spirit with Billy Barry, @@ -474,7 +457,7 @@ the former had never seen the latter in person. Had such been the case, the French agent's invasion of the empire would have ended at Bremen, when these two masters of craft had both been guests at the -same time of the same café.</p> +same time of the same cafĆ©.</p> <p>Roque's unerring judgment had convinced him after the first question that the boys had no knowledge @@ -869,7 +852,7 @@ head—that of Ardelle.</p> riven by blazes of powder from the shore guns, trained upward, and the air squadron, Zeppelins and naval seaplanes, were leaping skyward to meet their -kind in aėrial battle.</p> +kind in aĆ«rial battle.</p> <p>Roque charged madly into the air station, dragging the boys after him.</p> @@ -933,7 +916,7 @@ and submarines, but so great was Roque's impatience to reach the fortified island that the motors<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_20" id="Page_20">[20]</a></span> were put by Henri to the limit of speed, and so that part of the conflict is not in the record of the -Aėroplane Scouts.</p> +AĆ«roplane Scouts.</p> <p>Just off Helgoland, though, the boys had the shock of noting the crumpling of one of the British @@ -1302,7 +1285,7 @@ at whose right elbow the secret agent was stationed.</p> with the notes. The latter accepted this as permission to speak, and read in precise manner the results of close observation during a recent -aėrial expedition of Zeppelins, escorted by armed +aĆ«rial expedition of Zeppelins, escorted by armed German biplanes, in the vicinity of Dover straits.</p> <p>Henri's quick ear and thorough knowledge of @@ -1565,7 +1548,7 @@ stormed back into the dining-room and announced:</p> <p>"We've been the dupes of that spy Ardelle. Nobody but he could have gotten away with a venture like this. But" (gritting his teeth), "I'll beat him -yet. I say, Vollmer" (turning to the aėrial recorder +yet. I say, Vollmer" (turning to the aĆ«rial recorder now minus his records), "you have the whole thing in mind and we'll strike while the iron is hot. We may outride the warning, for he can't get it @@ -1595,7 +1578,7 @@ clothes.</p> would have it.</p> <p>There seemed to be some unforeseen reason for -delay, as the aėrial expedition did not start forthwith, +delay, as the aĆ«rial expedition did not start forthwith, as intended. Indeed, it did not start from Cuxhaven at all. It might have been that Ardelle's theft of the guide records had put a spoke @@ -1614,7 +1597,7 @@ point before named.</p> <p>What an array of the warcraft of the "upper deep"—the great dirigibles, seaplanes, destroyer, artillery -spotter and scout aėroplanes. The boys were +spotter and scout aĆ«roplanes. The boys were in their element. Even Roque had a smile for their enthusiasm. It was not the war spirit that animated Billy and Henri—they reveled in the show @@ -1735,7 +1718,7 @@ levers of his machine in one hand and with the other unsling a rifle, beginning fire at a German birdman below him.</p> -<p>A half dozen armored aėroplanes of the raiding +<p>A half dozen armored aĆ«roplanes of the raiding force swarmed in upon the daring Briton. His machine was peppered with lead, and it was apparent that the man had been wounded as he dipped @@ -1777,7 +1760,7 @@ and eager for the next move in their adventurous careers.</p> <p>Just around the corner from their hotel was the -very café where they had the thrill of seeing Anglin's +very cafĆ© where they had the thrill of seeing Anglin's face in the mirror while they were dining there with Roque.</p> @@ -1801,7 +1784,7 @@ and they saw that the singer was one of the curly-lock type, and in evening attire.</p> <p>What of the eyes, though, that gleamed upon the -Aėroplane Scouts as they stood in the doorway—the +AĆ«roplane Scouts as they stood in the doorway—the artistic make-up could fool them, but there was no mistaking the smiling orbs under the blackened eyebrows.</p> @@ -2200,12 +2183,12 @@ and Bangor.</p> the boys unconsciously said good-by to the character of the Hamburg merchant. They went far with the many-sided man, but never again saw him -in the rōle imposed by this big city on the Elbe.</p> +in the rĆ“le imposed by this big city on the Elbe.</p> <p>When the boys retired they left master and man—Roque and Zorn—conversing before the fire. With the coming of the morning, the journey to the -unknown began, and the Aėroplane Scouts had no +unknown began, and the AĆ«roplane Scouts had no idea of its purpose or their assignment in the new sphere of action.</p> @@ -2285,7 +2268,7 @@ of the air—a great cylinder flanked by platforms. This newest of the huge airships was about the length of a first-class battleship, and the opinion<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_58" id="Page_58">[58]</a></span> of the young aviator that it could not drop anywhere -and everywhere like the aėroplanes he drove +and everywhere like the aĆ«roplanes he drove was not a prejudiced one.</p> <p>When Henri had a look at the powerful motors @@ -2362,7 +2345,7 @@ particularly with the improved method of distributing explosives where they would do the most harm. The airship had a special armored compartment for bombs near the propellers and a big gun -mounted in front to destroy aėroplanes. "Get a +mounted in front to destroy aĆ«roplanes. "Get a fleet of these over the English channel," he proclaimed, "and somebody would think that hell had been moved upstairs!"</p> @@ -2448,7 +2431,7 @@ Billy.</p> all," interpreted Henri.</p> <p>A bright clear morning presented itself for the -aėrial race, and Lake Constance lay like a broad +aĆ«rial race, and Lake Constance lay like a broad mirror under the sunlight. The course was set due north and straightaway for twenty miles, and the turn fixed at a high point called Round Top, upon @@ -2474,7 +2457,7 @@ field glasses.</p> <p>"They would run a swallow to death," remarked the secret agent to the aviation lieutenant at his side.</p> -<p>The aėroplanes had dwindled in the vision to +<p>The aĆ«roplanes had dwindled in the vision to mere specks, and there was no telling which was in the fore.</p> @@ -2506,8 +2489,8 @@ watchers below—then the close finish—and<span class="pagenum"><a nam the white-faced pilot crowned victor was Billy Barry of Bangor, U. S. A.!</p> -<p>When the aėroplanes made landing, Roque -pushed through the crowd and favored the Aėroplane +<p>When the aĆ«roplanes made landing, Roque +pushed through the crowd and favored the AĆ«roplane Scouts with a forcible slap between the shoulders.</p> <p>The victors were quick enough to extend hands @@ -2582,7 +2565,7 @@ sights of the Ring and the Kartnerstrasse.</p> <p>Roque, as usual, was up to his eyes in war business, ever behind the scenes but ever moving, for -there is close military coöperation between Germany +there is close military coƶperation between Germany and Austria-Hungary. All interests related to the war have been pooled—one empire gives to the other what can be spared. The king-pin of secret @@ -2839,12 +2822,12 @@ rising mist of the morning.</p> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_73" id="Page_73">[73]</a></span></p> <p>As aviators, the boys were instantly aware that -an aėroplane was working near and the proof was +an aĆ«roplane was working near and the proof was immediately furnished by the appearance of the aircraft itself, swooping into the circle of illumination, skimming close to the surface of the highway.</p> -<p>The lads sprang forward to greet the aėrial visitor, +<p>The lads sprang forward to greet the aĆ«rial visitor, and as they did so a tall figure, hatless and coatless, leaped from the cover of a ditch nearby, ran like a deer alongside the skimming biplane, and @@ -2873,7 +2856,7 @@ heard above all the rest.</p> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_74" id="Page_74">[74]</a></span></p> -<p>The boys were again in the rōle of innocent bystanders.</p> +<p>The boys were again in the rĆ“le of innocent bystanders.</p> <p>When the sun later replaced the flames in lighting up the sky, not a trace of the French airmen could @@ -2899,7 +2882,7 @@ watch had picked him up and carried him out of danger. There was a back way that could be traveled, smoke hidden, without observation.</p> -<p>"But how about the aėroplanes dipping just at +<p>"But how about the aĆ«roplanes dipping just at the right time and place to carry him off?"</p> <p>This was the point that especially puzzled Roque.</p> @@ -3013,7 +2996,7 @@ It developed that the boys were expected to navigate separately on this occasion, Billy to pilot Roque himself, and Henri to be accompanied by one Renos, who had been awarded a service badge of -honor for his work as an aėrial observer in giving +honor for his work as an aĆ«rial observer in giving first warning of the advance of a French division against Burnhaupt, which saved the day for the Germans.</p> @@ -3072,7 +3055,7 @@ farther aloft, and circle. The French fortress of Belfort could be seen directly underneath.</p> <p>The aviators well knew that an explosion close -to an aėroplane is often sufficient, through the +to an aĆ«roplane is often sufficient, through the force of the air concussion alone, to bring it down, and they knew they could not chance a close shot from the long-range guns in the fort.</p> @@ -3082,7 +3065,7 @@ height, the powerful glasses enabled the observers to plainly distinguish the movements below.</p> <p>It was quickly manifested that the garrison lookout -had become aware of the aėrial visitation, and +had become aware of the aĆ«rial visitation, and that they did not approve of the color of the hovering aircraft.</p> @@ -3223,7 +3206,7 @@ though he was, the big moves only appealed to him.</p> <p>A great battle was raging at Soissons, on the Aisne river, in France, and Roque had in mind -an aėrial journey north, and quick flight across +an aĆ«rial journey north, and quick flight across the border to the scene of the fierce artillery duel, following the line of march of the mighty force under General von Kluck.</p> @@ -3236,13 +3219,13 @@ sufficient skill and courage to pilot a military biplane in an active war zone. Henri very quickly convinced the doubter that he was very much older than he looked when it came to the fine points of -aėroplaning, and, too, that when there was an +aĆ«roplaning, and, too, that when there was an emergency demand for "sand" the youngster had plenty to spare. Schneider had additional assurance of capacity when he was advised that both of the lads carried Roque's indorsement of efficiency.</p> -<p>It was a bitter struggle that the Aėroplane Scouts +<p>It was a bitter struggle that the AĆ«roplane Scouts were to witness at Soissons, and six days of it had already passed. The earth was still dropping on<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_85" id="Page_85">[85]</a></span> many graves of the German fallen, and yet, sprawling @@ -3343,7 +3326,7 @@ French had been expelled only the day before.</p> <p>"My boy," was the brisk address of the officer, making a field-glass survey of the smoke-crowned landscape, "I am going down the line, and I am -to do the distance in an aėroplane. Is it you or +to do the distance in an aĆ«roplane. Is it you or Schneider who will do the driving?"</p> <p>"You gave me the first call yesterday," reminded @@ -3489,7 +3472,7 @@ mental cheer to relieve the strain of his trying position.</p> <p>The colonel, however, had not lost his memory<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_92" id="Page_92">[92]</a></span> along with his hat, for even then a foam-flecked horse was bringing him back to the driver of his -aėrial chariot. Mud-bespattered from head to foot, +aĆ«rial chariot. Mud-bespattered from head to foot, he sent a hearty hail ahead of the pounding hoofs of his weary mount.</p> @@ -3675,7 +3658,7 @@ but quite silvery brilliant imitation of the big illuminant.</p> <p>The diamond-shaped light in the lowering sky flashed this way and that, as if responding to the -manipulation of an aėrial cable.</p> +manipulation of an aĆ«rial cable.</p> <p>Roque was not puzzling about the appearance of the dancing light; it was the message that it @@ -3940,7 +3923,7 @@ about 50 broad.</p> <p>Then a counter-move, wherein the French had advices from some source unknown of the coming flight of a Zeppelin out of the Black Forest, and -three French aėroplanes were ready to charge at +three French aĆ«roplanes were ready to charge at the big dirigible, which, after a continuous exchange of fire lasting forty minutes, made narrow escape to the north, just when the lighter craft @@ -3964,7 +3947,7 @@ pigeons 'round about.</p> every once in a while that don't stop to associate with this housekeeping bunch? I've seen two of these birds already this morning; they act just like<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_106" id="Page_106">[106]</a></span> -an aėroplane, circle about, and then break away +an aĆ«roplane, circle about, and then break away like a bullet. There's one now. Look!"</p> <p>Henri followed the aim of Billy's finger, and, @@ -4660,14 +4643,14 @@ instance.</p> <p>The kind of danger with which the boys best loved to toy was again speedily coming to them—the -peril of aėroplaning.</p> +peril of aĆ«roplaning.</p> <p>Schneider brought the order to report forthwith -at the aėrodrome.</p> +at the aĆ«rodrome.</p> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_125" id="Page_125">[125]</a></span></p> -<p>At the aėrodrome an immense Zeppelin airship, +<p>At the aĆ«rodrome an immense Zeppelin airship, as long as an ocean liner, had just been inflated. Roque was engaged in conversation with the captain of the great dirigible when Schneider @@ -4708,7 +4691,7 @@ had a chance to again meet Anglin.</p> <p>When this journey ended it was in territory remote from that of any former experience of the -Aėroplane Scouts—a new battle landscape. It had +AĆ«roplane Scouts—a new battle landscape. It had snowed, and the drab, brown plain of Poland had turned to glistening white. The biplanes floated in a tarnished silver sky, which, pressing down, @@ -4737,7 +4720,7 @@ on which to sail, for in the next flight of the biplanes<span class="pagenum"><a a few miles distant he found a bright spot in this winter scene of rack and ruin—a clean, white lodgekeeper's kitchen, where a canary sang, -and where the aėrial wayfarers rested and were fed.</p> +and where the aĆ«rial wayfarers rested and were fed.</p> <p>"I'll show you even better," he said, "when we break into Warsaw."</p> @@ -4752,7 +4735,7 @@ little mound of earth in a Warsaw stable yard.</p> <p>But for the present there were busy days ahead for the aviators in reconnoitering the Russian lines.</p> -<p>Most of the aėrial work here was over a plain, +<p>Most of the aĆ«rial work here was over a plain, flat as a floor. Black dots here and there marked isolated houses, and the Kalish road was bordered by a line of leafless trees with smooth trunks, which @@ -4847,7 +4830,7 @@ the road and had swung into the plain on the left.</p> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_130" id="Page_130">[130]</a></span></p> <p>This from Roque, as he rejoined his companions -standing by the aėroplanes.</p> +standing by the aĆ«roplanes.</p> <p>"Give us a precious ten minutes and we need not care," volunteered Henri, who had discovered the @@ -5045,7 +5028,7 @@ some importance, as affording the only connecting link with the outside world.</p> <p>Almost every day, the boys were advised, an<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_136" id="Page_136">[136]</a></span> -aėroplane went to Galician headquarters, on the outward +aĆ«roplane went to Galician headquarters, on the outward flight carrying only letters and postcards, but on the return trip bringing tinned meats and hand grenades for the soldiers.</p> @@ -5194,7 +5177,7 @@ charged to keep an eye on them.</p> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_140" id="Page_140">[140]</a></span></p> -<p>It was the third aėrial expedition of the week, +<p>It was the third aĆ«rial expedition of the week, and following the same route, without mishap, had no longer the charm of novelty to Billy and Henri, and, it may be stated, the easy sailing had begun, @@ -5869,7 +5852,7 @@ savage hides."</p> <p>"We won't stand in the way for a minute," quickly and earnestly stated the Austrian flyer, "and more power to you, sir. What's more," he added, -"we can spare an aėroplane or two, and I know +"we can spare an aĆ«roplane or two, and I know several full-blooded lads who would be mighty willing to join such an excursion."</p> @@ -5883,7 +5866,7 @@ would help some."</p> <p>"What's the matter with us?"</p> -<p>The Aėroplane Scouts had edged into the circle. +<p>The AĆ«roplane Scouts had edged into the circle. The idea of a biplane hunt especially appealed to them.</p> @@ -5895,7 +5878,7 @@ was given by a nod.</p> in readiness to start for the Cossack roundup. The Austrians in the party carried a supply of bombs for emergency work, but the most elaborately armed -of all was Schneider, in the rōle of chief challenger. +of all was Schneider, in the rĆ“le of chief challenger. He bristled with revolvers, a shoulder-hung carbine and a heavy cavalry saber.</p> @@ -5948,7 +5931,7 @@ dive will settle the question—our choice both ways."</p> <p>For the first few miles all the creeping figures below were of the friendly forces, but with the -onrush of the aėroplanes all traces of the camp +onrush of the aĆ«roplanes all traces of the camp were obliterated and only a trackless waste presented itself to the view of the lofty travelers.</p> @@ -6033,19 +6016,19 @@ While the boy was getting the motors in play, the fighting observer shifted his carbine from shoulder to knee.</p> -<p>The buzzing of the aėroplane had evidently +<p>The buzzing of the aĆ«roplane had evidently caught the ear of the wild cavalryman across the gulch, for the horse was rearing, lifted by an unexpected wrench of the bit.</p> <p>Nothing, however, on four legs or two, would have a ghost of a chance to outdistance a racing -aėroplane.</p> +aĆ«roplane.</p> <p>Spur as he would, the horseman was overhauled in the space of three minutes.</p> -<p>The aėroplane, skimming the earth, mixed its +<p>The aĆ«roplane, skimming the earth, mixed its scattering of snow particles with those raised by the pounding hoofs of the wildly galloping horse.</p> @@ -6207,7 +6190,7 @@ and bore down in force upon the aviation party.</p> <p>"To your places!" thundered Roque.</p> -<p>The pilots of the several aėroplanes were already +<p>The pilots of the several aĆ«roplanes were already making ready for hurried flight, and Henri, in addition, had assisted the wounded and weakened Schneider to his seat in their machine.</p> @@ -6260,7 +6243,7 @@ of the Austrian forces in getting through to the relief of Przemysl.</p> <p>"Just think what might be done if we had enough -flying machines, Zeppelins and aėroplanes, to bring +flying machines, Zeppelins and aĆ«roplanes, to bring over an army corps every week or so." This idea expressed by the ever-enthusiastic Stanislaws.</p> @@ -6377,7 +6360,7 @@ underground fortress, to save which this day's engagement had been planned.</p> <p>Schneider and the boys had received orders from -their chief to stand by the aėroplanes, and on no account +their chief to stand by the aĆ«roplanes, and on no account to leave their posts.</p> <p>"He evidently does not believe there is much of<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_172" id="Page_172">[172]</a></span> @@ -6568,7 +6551,7 @@ attested by a gleeful hurrah from the observer.</p> <p>"There's a man on the ledge over there—there's two, by jingo! Round again, pard. Steady now!"</p> -<p>The aėroplane was dangerously near the ledge, +<p>The aĆ«roplane was dangerously near the ledge, a little above it. Henri was standing, one hand<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_177" id="Page_177">[177]</a></span> gripping a stay for balance, and in the other grasping a ball of whipcord. With a sharp turn the pilot @@ -6705,7 +6688,7 @@ melting snow on the slopes revealing many bodies of Austrians and Russians.</p> <p>In a clearing at the edge of a considerable forest -the aėroplanes again settled, the observers being +the aĆ«roplanes again settled, the observers being first convinced that there was no military occupation, especially hostile, of the wooded tract.</p> @@ -6766,7 +6749,7 @@ that of the other, and two of us hunt for the new camp of the Austrians."</p> <p>"They could fix us all right," assured Schneider, -"for there is quite a number of aėroplanes with +"for there is quite a number of aĆ«roplanes with the force which was driven back."</p> <p>"It was my intent to get in touch once more with @@ -7100,7 +7083,7 @@ he called to the observer:</p> the turf for us now."</p> <p>The motors clanked and ceased to hum. The -aėroplane took the downshoot and skated to a +aĆ«roplane took the downshoot and skated to a standstill on the slippery soil.</p> <p>"Stranded but not wrecked."</p> @@ -7324,12 +7307,12 @@ blanket laid like a tablecloth and the steaming coffee pot topping the little camp stove.</p> <p>"I have had some experience in living in and out -of an aėroplane," modestly admitted Roten, "yet +of an aĆ«roplane," modestly admitted Roten, "yet I have seen days when I wished that I hadn't been born for this profession; hungry days, never-resting days, ever-perilous days. A sailor may be saved from shipwreck, a soldier has a fighting chance on -the ground, but when an aėroplane goes too far +the ground, but when an aĆ«roplane goes too far wrong, just save the pieces, that's all."</p> <p>"Right you are, sir," earnestly declared Billy; @@ -7767,7 +7750,7 @@ call 'em."</p> <p>Schneider, shading his eyes under a hand, scanned the blue expanse above. "By the great hornspoon," he almost shouted, "I believe they're -aėroplanes!"</p> +aĆ«roplanes!"</p> <p>Henri was more than willing to be convinced that such was the fact.</p> @@ -7907,7 +7890,7 @@ no damage.</p> <p>"See that?" The big fellow held aloft the rabbit's foot. "There's no jinx that can beat it."</p> -<p>Roque was delighted to learn, as the aėrial expedition<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_213" id="Page_213">[213]</a></span> +<p>Roque was delighted to learn, as the aĆ«rial expedition<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_213" id="Page_213">[213]</a></span> proceeded, that one of his cherished desires had matured—a large German contingent had arrived to support the determined effort of the Austrian @@ -8084,7 +8067,7 @@ big fellow, and his eyes were moist as he spoke.</p> glance at his chum, he said:</p> <p>"The only medal I am hankering after is the one -Billy and I are expecting for making the first aėroplane +Billy and I are expecting for making the first aĆ«roplane flight across the Atlantic."</p> <p>"Have the 'made in Germany' mark on your machine @@ -8241,14 +8224,14 @@ burnished tower tops showing above all other structures on the south line, first identified by the tall column and its surmounting statue in the square.</p> -<p>The aėrial maneuvering continued for a seeming +<p>The aĆ«rial maneuvering continued for a seeming quarter of an hour, and while the sun rays splintered on the glistening turrets over which they were keeping vigil, no other manifestation appeared.</p> <p>Through this long exposure to the danger of attracting unwelcome attention, the boys were momentarily -expecting some aėroplane demonstration<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_222" id="Page_222">[222]</a></span> +expecting some aĆ«roplane demonstration<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_222" id="Page_222">[222]</a></span> from the Russian military camps showing to the east.</p> @@ -8298,7 +8281,7 @@ about them.</p> witnessing returned their wits to normal, and what they had from the first low flight feared was about to be realized. Barely a half mile away, and buzzing -toward them, were three aėroplanes, which, +toward them, were three aĆ«roplanes, which, unnoticed by the otherwise engaged lads, had risen from the Russian camp.</p> @@ -8329,7 +8312,7 @@ the lads how long the chase continued.</p> going. That grave consequences might follow capture was not at all an issue. The boys had no thought of aught else than that they were jockeying -in an aėroplane race.</p> +in an aĆ«roplane race.</p> <p>How far afield they had driven they did not realize until with waning day they had outdistanced @@ -8337,7 +8320,7 @@ their pursuers.</p> <p>They were compelled to land in strange territory, for they feared to take the chance of exhausting -the supply of petrol carried by the aėroplanes, +the supply of petrol carried by the aĆ«roplanes, and, besides, the continued strain on the aviators themselves was beginning to tell.</p> @@ -8479,7 +8462,7 @@ along the buttoned edge of his field coat.</p> <p>Captain Neva presented the compliments of his colonel, told of the near approach of the supply wagons and convoying troops, and mentioned the -handsome addition to the aėrial fleet so luckily and +handsome addition to the aĆ«rial fleet so luckily and peculiarly acquired. The captain's brief relation of the latter incident, a little break in the pall of war, seemed to interest the general, for he glanced @@ -8535,7 +8518,7 @@ train, Captain Neva rejoined his company, and Billy and Henri were promptly adopted by the aviation corps, most of whom spoke both French and English, and all very much inclined to express their -admiration of the aėroplane knowledge displayed by +admiration of the aĆ«roplane knowledge displayed by the youngsters.</p> <p>The boys were right on the job, so to speak, when @@ -8674,7 +8657,7 @@ dreaded even to anticipate.</p> <p>By the air route he had determined to leave, if by any hook or crook Schneider and himself could -get hold of an aėroplane.</p> +get hold of an aĆ«roplane.</p> <p>Billy and Henri had been aloft for several hours, enjoying a bird's-eye view of the really magnificent @@ -8691,7 +8674,7 @@ derrick to haul you out of Boston or Bangor, once you set foot again in those burgs."</p> <p>"You forget, old top," suggested Billy, "that we -have already on tap a comeback aėroplane trip +have already on tap a comeback aĆ«roplane trip across the Atlantic. I'm no quitter."</p> <p>From a coal-laden wagon the contents was being @@ -9039,7 +9022,7 @@ about giving us a peek at Petrograd?"</p> <p>Billy put the question to his chum as they contemplated with satisfaction a particularly neat job -of aėroplane repair they had just completed.</p> +of aĆ«roplane repair they had just completed.</p> <p>"Don't see why he should say it if he did not mean it," replied Henri. "Next time he comes @@ -9080,7 +9063,7 @@ the aviation chief.</p> <p>The senior colonel meant to be a bit sarcastic.</p> <p>"No; but if the fathers really were as remarkably -skilled in the high art of aėroplaning as 'the +skilled in the high art of aĆ«roplaning as 'the sons' you see here, I would request the general to let me go after them without delay."</p> @@ -9093,23 +9076,23 @@ of some error of judgment.</p> wedge when he gave his name to the younger of the colonels, who had taken a hand in the examination of the youthful candidates proposed by the -aviation lieutenant for special aėroplane service.</p> +aviation lieutenant for special aĆ«roplane service.</p> <p>"Trouville!" exclaimed the officer; "are you of -the house founded by the first Franēois and the +the house founded by the first FranƧois and the motto 'Sans Peur'?" (Without Fear.)</p> <p>"That's in my family record, sir," admitted Henri, who could not imagine what on earth his -ancestry had to do with his ability to run an aėroplane.</p> +ancestry had to do with his ability to run an aĆ«roplane.</p> <p>"Then you will find an open door in Petrograd," proclaimed the colonel, "that of my father, who in -his day of travel was often a guest at the Chāteau<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_245" id="Page_245">[245]</a></span> +his day of travel was often a guest at the ChĆ¢teau<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_245" id="Page_245">[245]</a></span> Trouville, when your grandfather lived and they were kindred spirits in the world of art."</p> -<p>"Chāteau Trouville and its art treasures are no +<p>"ChĆ¢teau Trouville and its art treasures are no more," sadly recalled Henri.</p> <p>"My father will mourn with you there," assured @@ -9118,7 +9101,7 @@ the colonel.</p> <p>Another assurance came from the aviation chief when the officers had returned to army headquarters to assist in the preparation of dispatches that -were to go forward by aėroplane within the hour. +were to go forward by aĆ«roplane within the hour. Said the lieutenant:</p> <p>"It is settled, my flying friends, that you are @@ -9291,7 +9274,7 @@ participant in a cozy chat.</p> <p>The duke delighted in his memories of the close alliance he had maintained with the house of Trouville, and received with extreme regret the information -that the old chāteau had been razed by the +that the old chĆ¢teau had been razed by the engines of war.</p> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_250" id="Page_250">[250]</a></span></p> @@ -9471,7 +9454,7 @@ flight toward the distant towers of Warsaw.</p> <p>To follow them beyond this fixed destination is to turn the leaves of the next record, under the -title of "Our Young Aėroplane Scouts in Russia; +title of "Our Young AĆ«roplane Scouts in Russia; or, Lost on the Frozen Steppes."</p> @@ -9495,360 +9478,6 @@ the transcriber.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> -<hr class="full" /> -<p>***END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK OUR YOUNG AEROPLANE SCOUTS IN GERMANY***</p> -<p>******* This file should be named 43683-h.txt or 43683-h.zip *******</p> -<p>This and all associated files of various formats will be found in:<br /> -<a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/4/3/6/8/43683">http://www.gutenberg.org/4/3/6/8/43683</a></p> -<p> -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions -will be renamed.</p> - -<p> -Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no -one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation -(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without -permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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