SERIAL STORY
BY LORETTE COOPER
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for a tir Ul la tko l'artoo.
Chapter II
THE Island on which the great
ihlp landed to refuel was noth
ing more than a plot of sand. High
tide, Beth knew, would Immerse it
"Think of It," commented Major
Jackson. "What an air base in
this day of modem warfarel Let
Katura do her own camouflaging.
We land. We refuel from buried
tanks capable of keeping the sea
out and the gasoline in. We take
off.. The tide comes up and the
waves erase our wheel tracks in
the sand and pack the particles
anew for the next landing. The
fellow who thought of this had
something."
...Her eyes verified enough of Ma
jor Jackson's description so that
he could easily believe the rest
The major left her for mo
ment to talk with one of the pilots.
When he returned to Beth's side,
be asked, "How did you make out
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last night?"
' "Comfortably."
He Ianghed. N-
v "There was some doubt that you
would."
"Anyone who had any doubts
Jidn't know very much about the
WAACs," she replied.
They walked along the sand.
She watched the sea, and noticed
that even now the island was
shrinking with each successive
onrush of the ocean. She tried to
estimate how long this bit of sand
was, and guessed two miles; yet
it was so flat that an accurate es
timate was impossible, and the
tand was packed so tightly It
could have been used as an auto
mobile speedway just as success
fully as it was being used as a
landing field.
As they strolled along the
peaceful shore, under a sky of
brilliant blue, Beth felt strangely
at peace with the world. She
closed her eyes and found it
easy to Imagine that she was at
' home, enjoying a pleasant holi
day with a friend whose only
.concerns were the every-day
problems of small-town life.
....."I wish we could stay here for
ever," Beth said, softly,
i Brit Jackson laughed. "You
and I have work to do," he said.
"Important work. This island
looks peaceful enough, but you
cant forget the war, no matter
how much you'd like to."
"I know," Beth answered. "I'm
ready, Major Jackson."
' They could hear the whirr of
the plane's motors as it warmed
up for the take-off. The crew
was swarming over the big ship,
checking every detail for the im
portant Sight ahead.
Steadily, they moved away
from the landing place. Before
long they would be alone. Beth
wondered what Brit Jackson had
to say. She had been too excit
ed, too thrilled by prospects of
her overseas duty, to give much
thought to her assignment Major
Jackson was silent phrasing in
Ills mind the words he had to say.
:
yJAJOR JACKSON smoked until
his cigaret was nothing but
a menace to his fingertips. Then
he tore the butt apart and tossed
the tobacco and the tiny rolled-up
wad of .paper to the wind, which
was blowing freely and steadily.
"It's time you knew what you
were going to do, Lieutenant,"
Major Jackson said.
They were out of earshot of the
crew - now. The major stopped,
and so did she, and he turned
toward her.
She looked at him. It was the
first time she had realized how
young and handsome he was. It
was also the first time she had
noticed his insignia. Noticing it,
she was amused at how wrong
she had been in jumping at con
clusions. She had supposed he
was an Air Corps officer, and per
haps a full 10 years older than the
Just-under-30 he appeared to be.
Actually, he wore the crossed can
Don with shell superimposed wh'cb
denote the Coast Artillery Corps.
a
PgETH noticed that Brit Jackson
I was scrutinizing her very
elosely, too; and she sensed that
the view was not unpleasant to
bim.
; "It's time you knew," he began
gain. -"Lieutenant, you are my
one-man staff, If you don't mind
my calling you a man. That's
what you are, for the purpose of
defending the nation. You arc
the one-man staff of the com
manding officer I am he of a
Coast Artillery Barrage Balloon
battalion. Our battalion is some
where off there even now 1
shan't tell you exactly where, and
that is not because I don't trust
you." Ha waved his hand a third
of 'the way around the horizon
"The battalion is on an island
much like this, only the island I
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has a little more area and con
siderably more contours and veg
etation and some of it stays
above water even at high tide. It
is a very important island already,
and we hope it will be even mora
important as the war continues.
Meanwhile it is our task among
other things to get a balloon bar
rage flying so that our further
operations will be protected from
enemy air attack. You know, like
the airplane factory at South
ampton was protected."
She knew what Major Jackson
referred to. She had never been
with barrage balloon troops, but
she had read in newspapers and
magazines about the barrage over
Southampton, and how it kept the
Spitfire factory running almost
without interruption,
"Your staff role," the major con
tinued, "has been designed for
your peculiar abilities." There
was a trace of gocd-humored sar
casm in his voice. "I am told you
women are quite Intuitive. You
will need all your intuition out
here. You are to help men, among
other things, make sure there are
no leaks of information concern
ing our island."
"Are any leaks suspected?"
"I am sorry to say there are.
You needn't ask me any more.
They just are not that anything
actually has slipped. We're just
suspicious without being able to
suspect any individual."
The plane was ready to go.
"We'd better get on," the major
said. "You know, we're just pas
sengers. By the way, if those Air
Corps men kid us, we'll just have
to take it the Air Corps looks
down on everybody, and I know
how they feeL I was a flyer once
myself." His face was grave. "I
could still fly, if I had to but
Uncle Sam doesn't believe it Un
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