ce in nursing."

"That's fine!" was Jack's comment. And then for the time being he became
somewhat silent.

Tom could easily understand that his chum was cherishing a hope that
some time or other when they were taking a vacation from their arduous
duties while flying for France, the pair of them might visit the French
metropolis, and if so they would certainly try to see Bessie and her
mother again.

"And I've got more news to tell," remarked Tom, when the pair were about
to turn in for their much-needed sleep. "You'll remember about that
message we found in the capsule on the leg of the homing pigeon. Well,
one of the other pigeons we found was used to send a false message to
the Germans, telling them that a certain part of the French line was
very weak. A short while later the Germans made a furious attack on that
part of the line, and, believe me, they caught it for fair--the plucky
French soldiers, aided by the artillery, literally wiped up the ground
with them."

"That's great news!" cried Jack. "Then it paid to bring down that
pigeon, didn't it?"

"It sure did, Jack!"

Two days later came a most important announcement, especially to the
American airmen.

"Things are coming our way at last," the valiant commander announced, as
they crowded about him. "The papers this morning say that Uncle Sam has
at last got his back up. Any day may now bring the glorious news from
across the Atlantic, telling that the United States has taken the steps
that will put her in this World War against the Central Powers. Then it
will be all over but the shouting."

"That's right!" cried Jack.

"You just leave it to Uncle Sam to do it!" added Tom.

Many more adventures were in store for the young aviators, and what some
of them were will be related in the next volume of this series, to be
entitled "Air Service Boys Over the Rhine; Or, Fighting Above the
Clouds."

And here for the present let us leave the air service boys and say
good-bye.

THE END

THE DICK HAMILTON SERIES

BY HOWARD R. GARIS

A NEW LINE OF CLEVER TALES FOR BOYS

DICK HAMILTON'S FORTUNE
or The Stirring: Doings of a Millionaire's Son

Dick, the son of a millionaire, has a fortune left to him by his
mother. But before he can touch the bulk of this money it is stipulated
in his mother's will that he must do certain things, in order to prove
that he is worthy of possessing such a fortune. The doings of Dick and
his chums make the liveliest k