The Project Gutenberg eBook, Dick Donnelly of the Paratroops, by Marshall McClintock, Illustrated by Francis Kirn

DICK DONNELLY

of the

PARATROOPS

Story by

GREGORY DUNCAN

Illustrated by

FRANCIS KIRN

WHITMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY

RACINE, WISCONSIN

Copyright, 1944, by

WHITMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY

Printed in U. S. A.

All names, characters, places, and events in this

story are entirely fictitious

CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
I.[Token Resistance]11
II.[A Man With Two Names]20
III.[Wadizam Pass]37
IV.[Encircled!]50
V.[Break-Through!]69
VI.[Special Mission]86
VII.[Not So Happy Landings]106
VIII.[Two Visitors to Town]120
IX.[Uncle Tomaso]132
X.[The Old Bell Tower]150
XI.[Fruitless Search]168
XII.[A Visit to the Dam]181
XIII.[The Fourth Night]193
XIV.[Interrupted Performance]207
XV.[No Calm Before the Storm]222
XVI.[Zero Hour]235
XVII.[Aftermath]245

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

[Planes Swept Low Over the Airfield]10
[“I Want to Get to Fighting,” Tony Said]23
[“I Want to Stamp Out the Rotten Government.”]33
[Dick Just Missed the Big Boulder]45
[The German Read the Report and Gave an Order]57
[Dick Handed Max a Ball of Cord]71
[Dick and Max Walked Happily up the Hill]81
[Major Marker and the Men Went Over Their Plan]93
[Jumping in the Darkness Was No Lighthearted Task]109
[Slade Set Scotti’s Broken Leg]123
[The Two Men Walked Toward the Villa]135
[The Old Man Told of the Underground’s Activities]145
[“By Golly, I Think We Can Get Away With It!”]157
[Dick Tied the Rope Securely Around the Box]171
[Dick Scanned the Report of German Troop Movements]183
[“If I Could Only Get a German Officer’s Uniform!”]197
[“I Didn’t Need to Come Along,” the Lieutenant Said]209
[Scotti Looked After the Others]225
[Dick Stopped Behind a Tree and Waited]241

Planes Swept Low Over the Airfield

DICK DONNELLY
of
THE PARATROOPS