"Oh, yes; and you too!" exclaimed Tom, so warmly that Nellie
blushed, and the damask tint in her hitherto pale cheeks was most
becoming.

"We've seen your picture, and Mab's too," went on Tom. "Harry keeps
them just over his cot in the barracks. But I didn't recognize you
when I saw you a little while ago in the machine. Though I might
have, if so many things hadn't happened all at once, and made me
sort of hazy," Tom explained.

"Then are you and my brother good friends?" asked Nellie.

"The best ever!" exclaimed Tom, and Jack warmly assented. "Not so
many Americans are in this branch of the escadrille as are in
others," Torn went on; "so Harry and Jack and I are a sort of little
trio all by ourselves. He hardly ever goes up without us, but we
are on a rest billet; and to-day he went up with Du Boise."

"If he had only come back!" sighed Nellie. "But there! I mustn't
complain. Harry wouldn't let me if he were here. We both have to
do our duty. Now I'm going to see what I can do to help, and not be
silly and do any more fainting. I hope you'll pardon me," and she
smiled at the two boys.

"Of course!" exclaimed Tom, with great emphasis, and again Miss
Leroy blushed.

"Then, is to wait the only thing we can do?" she asked.