10 Short Novels Magazine — page 94: what you’re looking at

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Medals to the Craven Powerful Novelette of War Skies Dark against the sky behind him, Sexton saw wings—wings that bore the black cross of the enemy. By Major George Fielding Eliot Four victories in the skies of war were already chalked up to the credit of Lieutenant Bob Sexton. And now in his gunsights was lined up the body of Germany’s famous Gerhardt, whose death would make Sexton an Ace. But the stream of lead that blasted forth from Sexton’s gun muzzles won a medal for another man— and gave Sexton a “descendu” which he never could claim! OB SEXTON concentrated all his which. Sexton and his companion, Bill powers of air-vision on the little Dorn, were flying. fleck of scarlet in the evening sky. If it were indeed the German ace, Ger- The colored spot was far ahead—and well hardt, and his famous Red-Wing mono- below the eight-thousand-foot level at plane, then, for the first time Sexton had 92 com