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S-PACIFIC —.

FLIGHT

BEGIN MERE TODAY Kar Dunn, pretty young nurse, is Rired as a stewardess on Overland Airwars and, the same day, meets Ted Graham, veteran pilot who flies the transPacifie route. Kary is assigned to the western division of the service. Mnnie Blaine, apprentice pilot, pavs her marked attentions. Monte ix daring, romantic, hut Kar is more interested in Ted. She and Dickie, Ted's adopted 5-vear-old become close friends. Ted leaves on a flight Pacific. When he returns Kay and Dickies are waiting for him. Ted asks Kay to have dinner with them, hut the Japanese servant has nothing in the house to eat except canned heans Kay herself prepares the dinner, is pleased at Ted's compliments NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY

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BY DECK MORGAN CHAPTER ELEVEN ED'S courtship—if such it eould be called—was the strangest Kay had ever known. He made it quite plain that he wasn’t interested in matrimony. Nevertheless, she was

attracted by his air of quiet resolu- | tion: even when she rebelled against | it. she could not resist this attrac- |

tion. - Ted was too reserved. too matter-of-fact, to be exciting company. Kav had learned that one may not judge the quality of experience. The quality of accomplisament can be judged. though, and she never doubted the worth of Ted's accomplishments in the air. She admired him, loved him. One seemed inseparable from the other. Monte Blaine was always about anc tried to see her whenever she had a free moment. She refused his invitations steadily, but if Ted had any plans that included her she alwavs accepted Monte was exciting but reckless: she never had occasion to distrus

. Ted.

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E had come back from his last trip to the Orient with a new, inspired look in his eyes. Kay observed it as soon as the ship cams in. She had been waiting at quay to see him, to tell him that she couldn't get leave for Dickie from military school this time. The child had been disconsolate, and had shed some tears. “Sorry the little

the |

shaver couldn't |

come down to see us make port,” |

Ted said. “But I'm glad of one thing I'll be able to see vou alone tonight. You ‘Thank you!” “What time will you be free to £0 to dinner?” Kav hesitated. Tt was Doris Lee's last night in Oakland for a long while, and Kay had allowed Doris to prepare dinner for the pair of them. . = *1 don't. know, Ted,” “I promised Doris—" “Oh. Doris is a good gal!” he said, laughing. “She has a heart of gold, but I can't let her get in my wav.” Kay laughed. “Doris is the best friend 1 have. Lots of people don’t appreciate her. She's grown a shell about her, like a turtle. Back east she fell in love with one of vour apprentice pilots, Ralp Bangs, but she doesn’t trust him any more. Says he has a girl in every port.” ”

she said.

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dinner time. and Doris will have to

entertain him. Then you call Doris | younger generation at all. and Say you won't be home for din- { for me entirely.” Mr. Jones mopped ~ That leaves a dinner for two |, net. : | his broad forehead.

and she will have to ask Ralph to stay. conciliation.” *It may mean murder,” Kay warned. “but I'll take the chance.

now.” |

look simply swell.” |

| of hanging up his | looked straight at Mr. Edwards.

Perhaps it will lead to a re- |

: They tell me Ralph's a model lad |

. “I'm glad to hear that—f{rom you,” |

Ted said seriously. “We need seri-ous-minded pilots for Trans-Pacific Airways.” “Where are we going for dinner?” Kav said.

is the price?”

“We'll dine out and then go back |

to my place. He added, hastily, “I want ta

I want to talk to you.” tell |

you about the last trip when Dickie |

ues-

isn't around to ask a lot of

tions.”

= =

reeY dined in a little ship grill overlooking the lights of the

{50 feet high, but inside the lagoon

he had done was part and parcel, of his admirable character. When he told her about the jade market at Macao his voice seemed to carry her across the ocean, so that she walked along the Bund, admiring the pieces of jewelry, There were amusing sjories, oo, incidents involving members of the crews on the four-day flights across the Pacific. 5 n n

E told her about the wild birds on Midway Island, the albatrosses. He made her see clearly the tiny tufts of green that were the islands, encircled by coral reefs in the middle of the blue ocean. The

ocean swells rolled across the bar- | riers of coral in waves sometimes |

where the Mariners came to rest all was quiet as in a pond. He told her about the cosmopolitan amusements under Diamond Head in Hawaii, of surfriding on the beach at Waikiki. In that evening she came to love the trans-Pacific flight, as Ted loved it. He took out some articles. of jade he had bought at Cacao, and laid them before her on the /taple. “I! bought the ring for yvoul® %he said. !

| words. i excellent taste.

| away—"

{ that ring.

i the clouds you see things pretty | clearly.”

| “Then of course I shall wear it.” | times people seem to have lost their

| naivete about such things. { don’t even ask the question.

4 i i i i |

ais,

“But you may have anything else | vou want n | Smiling, she tried on the ring It was one of the most beautiful the had ever seen.

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ED said, laughing, “If matches . your eyes.” ! | “My eyes!” she said a little rue-| fully. “Ted, this is too lovely for | I adore it. You have such | I should like to have it, but—just because I've tried | to do things for Dickie when you're | i “Oh, Dickie!” Ted said. “For the moment I had forgotten about him.” He looked at her intently for a few seconds, then went on. “I was thinking of you when I bought | I thought about you a

lot on this last trip. Up there in

“Thank you!” she said prettily.

Ted went on. “In these modern They They just seem to grow into it! But,

Kay, I want you to marry me.”

{To Be Continued) (Copyright, 1926. NEA Service, Ine.)

| MR. JONES’

BY JAY WILSON Daily Short Story

R. DEXTER EDWARD S| stepped . jauntily out of the] elevator on the tweifth floor and | walked down the corridor. He | paused before a frosted-glass door | marked, “J. Hawthorne Jones, Real | Estate and Insurance” then pushed ! the door open and entered. ! A small sign on a desk told him | that the blond young lady behind | itt was Miss Winfield, Receptionist. | Mr. Edwards smiled. | “Good morning, Miss Winfield. Is | Mr. Jones in?” Miss Winfield considered Mr. Ed- | wards critically. | “Name, please? ment?” “Mr. Dexter Edwards. I have no | appointment.” “Can't see Mr. Jones without an appointment. Whadya sell?” “Locomotives,” said Mr. Edwards. !

Got an appoint-

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Mr.

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Edwards,” Mr. |

a deep leather chair. “Sorry I was] abrupt. Can't understand this Too much

“What can 1 do for you?” “I'm in the market for a house,” said Mr. Edwards. “Specifically, that one out on Maple Terrace. I saw your sign on it.” Mr. Jones became businesslike at once. “Ah,” he murmured. “Yes, indeed. An. exceptional value. Sea-green tile baths, a living room that. . . .” “I know, "said Mr. Edwards. “What

“A steal at twenty-five thousand.” “T'll steal it.” Mr. Jones blinked.

Mr.

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Edwards pro- |

AN now,’ | ceeded, “could I burglarize a |

{ little life insurance from you?”

bay. All through the meal Kay ob- |

served a curious light in Ted's eyes—

those pale blue eves that had seen

s0 much danger. She wondered about it, wondered why Ted eyed her as he did. Later they stopped at the little house on the beach and Sato served them coffee. About the room were many of the trophies of Ted's flying career. From a window Kay could see the trans-Pacific air liners: at bobbing up and down like surface ships. . Ted brought out a giant map and showed her the four-day course across the Pacific Ocean, via Honolulu, Midway, Wake, Guam and Manila. He told her about the quiet achievement of the trans-Pacific flight.

| eloped!

i pup alive! What?

It had meant five years of steady |

planning, but Ted had patience early in his career. He had been a pioneer in establishing

~ air service to the tropics. He was

one of the few pilots to have more

“ than 10,000 hours in the air to his

credit,

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< E showed her, too, a map of the

world flight, called “Around the World in Twenty Days.” It included a regular commercial time“table flight around the world, in

“which the Trans-Pacific Airways

was to play a major part. : Ted didn't talk much about his

“own part in all this achievement. "He talked a lot about the enginee:s,

‘the new direction finders, the de‘signers and mechanics. He went on, speaking of his ideals

learned |

i learn dancing, swi ing, ridi { g imming, riding and | given such tests. : |

“Oh—of course—how much did you have in mind?” “Oh .. . say, a hundred thousand | for a starter.” : Mr. Jones was still blinking when the telephone rang. As he listened to the voice at the | other end of the wire, his neck swelled and his face turned an apoplectic purple. “Oh!” he shouted into the mouthpiece. “So she hasn't come home | vet, eh? A fine mother you are! What kind of reputation do you think we'll get with a daughter staying out all night. WHAT! She's | Well, I'll be ... | Call the | police—have every road blocked! | Have them arrested! I'll skin the! No, I can't leave. I've got business to attend to. Goodby!” . : = = = R. JONES turned a livid face to Mr. Edwards. “That's gratitude for you!” he | growled. “Since. she was a baby, | I've given my daughter Susan every | chance, every advantage. Money | poured out like water so she could |

everything else that goes with bring- | ing up a daughter these days. There

{isn't a prettier girl in the city than

| Susan,

She could have had her |

i choice of any man‘she wanted. And |

do you know what she's done?” “Eloped,” said Mr. Edwards. | “Hah!” snorted Mr. Jones. “And who with? Some young squirt she | didn’t even see fit to introduce to | me and her mother. When I catch | him, I'll. . Uh, sorry. You were say- |

ing you wanted sone life insurance?

and aspirations in life, There had | been a time, he explained, when he |

had been impulsive, reckless in the ‘air. That was when his young wife

* had died. 15 years ago. Since that fime a life of danger had left its "mark on him. It wasn't just matur- |

. Scientific planning for real progress in the air had changed his nature

» ® » AY sat listening, her hands folded neatly in her lap. She couldn't take her eyes from his t. He was so earnest, so fer-

sincere. Everything that

A hundred thousand?” “To begin with.’ : “To begin with,” murmured Mr. | Jones. “To be sure.” |

= rr =

M~ JONES filled in the figures |

on an application blank with |

loving care. He went on asking |

| questions and filling in the answers. | Age, 36; occupation, sales manager |

for locomotive concern. Mr.

| get a penny of mine!

| grew there.

| when vacuum-packed canned goods

| can.

DAUGHTER

“Throwing herself away on some rascal she’s ashamed to tell us about!” “Beg pardon?” Mr. Jones started. “Sorry,” he said. “I was just thinking about my daughter again. Well, they Won't Whom shall I put down as beneficiary on this policy?” “Why,” Mr. Edwards grinned, “I think you'd better put down Susan Jones Edwards.”

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