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УCancel the call for the doctor,Ф said Morley. УCall the morgue.Ф



By WILLIAM MORRISON

Army Aviator Don Morley Was Up Against a Blank Wall in Ferreting Out
TreacheryЧUntil a Nazi Agent Made Some Sabotage to Order for Him!

AR below him, the plane was twisting and from the wreckage more than two miles
away. turning end over end. As he drifted slowly He made his way slowly through
the fields that down, Lieutenant Don Morley heard the lay between him and what
had been a new fighter crash, then the roar of an explosion. Seconds later,
plane. By the time he reached it, the wreckage was his feet hit the ground. He
disentangled himself charred and blackened, and the flames had almost from his
parachute, and stared at the flames rising died away. A group of farmers stood
at a respectful distance, curious, but afraid to venture too close.
УYour plane, Mister?Ф one of them asked.
УIt was.Ф Morley spoke coldly to conceal the rage he felt. УAny of you men see
what happened?Ф
УMy boy was watchinТ you. Personally, I ainТt got time to keep lookinТ up in the
air. But he said a wing came off.Ф
УGood boy. A wing did come off. Did he see where it fell?Ф
The boy himself, a ten-year-old, darted forward.
УIТll show you where it is, Captain!Ф
A few moments later Morley was staring at what was left of the wing. It told him
nothing.
This was the fourth plane of the new Wyatt type that had crashed. Eight men dead
so farЧand he would have been the ninth if he hadnТt been unusually alert and
jumped just before the wing succeeded in tearing loose. It was lucky, too, that
he had been flying alone. There wouldnТt have been time for two men to get out
of the plunging wreck.
УWhat happened, Captain?Ф the boy asked. УWas there sabotage?Ф
Morley nodded slowly. It was so evidently sabotage that not even a kid could
mistake it. Four Wyatt fighters downed in two weeksЧeight men murderedЧhis eyes
were smoldering when he turned abruptly on his heel and tramped away.

ORLEY sat around the conference table with three men who turned their heads
whenever his eyes met theirs.
УThatТs the kind of plane youТve been supplying to the army, gentlemen,Ф he said
bitterly. УTheyТre supposed to be in first class condition when we get them.Ф
УThey are.Ф It was Carter Wyatt himself, principal owner of the plant, who
spoke. УItТs easy enough to talk of sabotage, Lieutenant, but proof is another
matter. Those planes were inspected thoroughly before we let them out of the
factory. Are you sure that something didnТt happen to them after they were
delivered?Ф
Morley laughed without amusement.
УIТll stake my life that nothing happened to them. I know the mechanics who went
over every bolt. TheyТre personal friends of mine, and theyТre careful about