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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: ra A TENDER SUBJECT The telling of this tale in the Squadron Mess came about through (1) a mishap, (2) a joke, and (3) an argument. The mishap was to a fighting two-seater, which landed on the Squadron's 'drome with a dud engine. The pilot and observer made their way to the Squadron office and, after a brief 'phone talk to their own C.O., borrowed a tender and pushed off for their own 'drome. The leader of A Flight walked down to the tender, chatting to them, and four of the Squadron's pilots took advantage of the chance of a lift in to a town the tender had to pass on the journey. All of them heard and all were a little surprised at A Commander's parting word to the two visitors. I've told the driver to go slow and careful, he said. You fellows just watch he does it, will you? The joke began to dawn on the four just after the tender had carefully cleared the first bend of the road from the 'drome and t 'e driver began to open her up and let her rip. The joke grew with the journey, and the four on their return to the Squadron that afternoonburst into the full ante-room and, announcing it Such a joke, oh, such a joke went on to tell it in competing quartette to a thoroughly appreciative audience. It appeared that one passenger?the pale-faced nervy-looking little 'un with pink eye-rims?had showed distinct uneasiness when the tender rushed a dip-and- rise at top speed, and his observer?a reg'lar Pickwick Fat Boy, quakin' like a jelly?complained openly and bitterly when the tender took a corner on the two outside wheels and missed a country cart with six inches and a following gust of French oaths to spare. When, by the grace o' God, and by a bare hand's-breadth, they shaved past a lumbering M.T. lorry, Pink Eye and Fat Boy clung dumb to each other and ...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217676076 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217676073 |
| Weight | 0.43 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.30 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 126 pages |
| Publisher | |
| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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