“Yes,” slowly, “and–yet–”
“I know how you feel. I’m with you, fellow, when you get ready to make the change.”
McGee’s eyes lighted with surprise and joy. “Really, Buzz?”
“Surest thing you know!”
“And you don’t think we’d feel like–like–”
“We’d feel like two Americans, going home. Shake, little feller! There, I feel better already. Come on, let’s go in; that’s the curtain bell.”
67CHAPTER III
Night Raiders
1
On the following Tuesday morning a group of two Spads and several Nieuports were delivered to Major Cowan’s pursuit squadron at Is Sur Tille. A Lieutenant Smoot, one of the ferry pilots who had flown up one of the Nieuports, sought to ease the pain caused by his own lowly calling by taunting Tex Yancey–an extremely dangerous pastime, for Tex had a ready tongue.