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He descended in wide circles, his machine canted all the time at an angle of forty-five degrees and lighted gently on the even surface of the field a quarter of an hour after he had crossed the line. He descended to the ground stiff and numb, and Bertram walked across from his own machine to make inquiries. "Parky, Tam?" "It's no' so parky, Mr. Bertram, sir-r," replied Tam cautiously.
In a few months he was a qualified pilot, and might have received a commission had he so desired. "Thank ye, sir-r," he said to the commandant, "but ye ken weel A'm no gentry. M' fairther was no believer in education, an' whilst ither laddies were livin' on meal at the University A' was airning ma' salt at the Govan Iron Wairks.
"Oh, them," said Tam in an extravagant tone of surprise, "they're comin' back, Captain Blackie, sir-r a' five, one with an engine that's runnin' no' so sweet that'll be Mister Gordon's, A'm thinkin'." Captain Blackie turned to the other incredulously. "You can hear them?" he asked. "I hear nothing." "It's the smell of Master Taunton's seegair in your ears," said Tam.
A woman's real love is for to-day and to-morrow, when with her own eyes and her own hear-r-rt she has chosen honorably, sir-r honor-r-ably! I bid you good evening, Mr. Gar-r-r-dner. I request you never to speak of that incident again!" Nor did he, so far as known.
For the first time since he had been a soldier he had a horrid feeling of chagrin, of disappointment, of something that rebuffed and hurt. "A' see, sir-r," he said, "'tis no' ma wish to put mesel' forward, an' if A've been a wee bit free wi' the young laddies there was no disrespect in it. A' know ma place an' A'm no' ashamed o' it.
"Accidents will happen," said the philosophical Blackie; "you can't have it all your own way, Tam. If I were you I'd take a couple of days off you can have ten days' leave if you like, you're entitled to it." But Tam shook his head. "A'll tak' a day, sir-r," he said, "for meditation an' devotional exercise wi' that wee bit gun."
"'Tis a grand invention I made out of my own head." "But what is the idea?" asked Blackie. "Captain Blackie, sir-r," said Tam, "I have a theery, and if you have no objection I'd like to try it oot." "Go ahead," said Blackie with a perplexed frown.
"A' thocht so," he said, "but A' wis not so far frae the aerodrome when yon feller chased you " "I was chasing him!" said the indignant Lasky. "Oh, ay?" replied the other skeptically. "An' was ye wantin' the Scoot to help ye chase ain puir wee Hoon? Sir-r, A' think shame on ye for misusin' the puir laddie." "There were four," protested Lasky.
Blackie directed the salvage work and returned a very thoughtful man. When Tam returned from his tour he sent for him. "You have heard the news, I suppose?" Tam nodded gravely. "Now, tell me, Tam," said Blackie, "did you feel anything wrong with the machine why did you bring her down?" "Sir-r," said Tam, "I'll no' romance an' A'm tellin' ye Flyin'-Coor truth.
"Oh, before I forget, we very much appreciated your poem, Tam; there are lines in it which were quite beautiful." Tam flushed crimson with pleasure. "Thank ye, sir-r," he blurted. "Ye couldna' 'a' made me more pleased even if A' killit ye." The baron threw back his head and laughed. "Good-by, Tam take care of yourself. There's a new man come to us who will give you some trouble."
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