Item 01: G. O. Hawkins articles and notes ca. 1916-1919 - Page 37

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[Page 37]

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of the German aeroplane.
They are drawn up there facing the roadway with a uniform half- left turn, on plank stands. These indispensable mechanised transports become the very homes of those who drive them. There is a driver and an attendant to each.
As we pass them now we know each beetle-hooded shape hides two sleeping men, and we envy them their slumber and their peace. There is a dim light in one or two of these waggons but there is not a sound down the long line of them as we march by.
That hushed hour has come when all things acquire a weird presence.

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