Glldat Chi
By OREN ARNOLD
COAST-TO-COAST FLIGHT
CHAPTER V
TJEAUTIFUL Loraine Stuart had
JJ been hall sitting, half leaning
on tho arm of a reclining chair,
there In the Soaring Field recep
tion room. It was a posture which
both Loraine nnd Pat knew was
calculated to show off her figure
to full advantage.
When Jimmy Carr paused as if
In Indecision, however, Loraine
vas already rising. She flowed to
ward him. Pat just waited, and
wondered.
"Jim-mee, darling!" Loraine
cooed. "How thoughtful!"
She took the big box of candy
from him. Captain Carr swal
lowed, and looked helplessly from
one girl to the other. Quickly then,
he forced a smile.
"Y-Yes, surel" he managed. "I
mean sure!"
It wasn't like Jim Carr to lose
his poise. Pat observed him with
surprise. But Loraine was strip
ping off the pretty green ribbons
which held the war stamp cor
sage. One ribbon also held a tiny
envelope. Quickly, almost self
consciously, Jimmy took that en
velope. As if it were of no im
portance, he stuck it in his pocket
now.
"Sure, sure," he kept repeating,
boyishly. "They really are nice,
aren't they? Sure. I mean I
thought . they, uh well, look,
they're kind of like flowers, aren't
they, Loraine?"
"Mmmmmm!" She tip-toed
gracefully, pressing the corsage
gently between them, and kissed
Jimmy full on the lips. Jimmy
took it as an awkward schoolboy
might have.
"Sure, sure," he was still say-t
ing. "Uh look. How's about you
and Pat having dinner with me?
We have been so busy, but all
'right Pat?"
Loraine seemed to rediscover
Pat, then. "I'm sure Miss Friday;
would love to go with us," she
aid.
Pat's teeth pulled at her upper
lip. She wasn't at all sure what
the score was here. But then Jim
my came to his senses again, and
before she knew it all three were
jbeing herded into his car outside.
He was talking now, like the Jim
my' he really was. Chatting and
(teasing and not waiting for an
swers, but-just being happy in the
company of two extraordinarily
: pretty girls.
I He took them to Elmira's
swanky new Skyline Cafe, and
iLoraine said, "Want to touch up
my rouge, darling." .
CHE didn't invite Fat to accom
J pany her to the women's
lounge. Fat tucked in her lip
again; she had often had to pre
jtend not to see Loraine Stuart's
- trivial little slights, during the
days of her intensive training
pere. Loraine was already an ex
pert at flying motor ship or sail
plane and, to a small degree, had
been one of . Fat's instructors.
Jimmy's plan of having Loraine
teach Pat everything, however,
had not worked out well; other
male officers had tactfully aided
Pat over this embarrassing hump.
While he and Pat waited, Jimmy
was talking, low tone.
"Haven't time to take you home
for dressing and all that, Pat," he
said hurriedly. "You know how
it is. Army life makes us infor
mal. But I wanted you to have
the corsage and candy. You de
served theml Here!"
He held that tiny envelope out
to her. Fat's chin fell, and she
looked at Jimmy in astonishment.
Her pulse had leaped. ,
"Read it!" he ordered. "It's
proofl"
She took out the card. "Con
gratulations, to a swell kid for a
swell solol" He had written that;
Suddenly again he took card'
and envelope, tore them to bits,
pocketed them. His lips set tight
."Jimmy, I I goodness, I "
"Misunderstanding," he mut
tered. "You deserved them. But
she happened to be in the recep
tion room, too. We're engaged
Apologize. Y'know how 'tis. Gosh,'
Pat, I please don't hold it against
sh-h-h-hl" '
Loraine was returning. But Pat'
was soaring again! ,
So, Loraine had "happened" to'
, be in that reception 'room! Fat!
understood that; she could add
two and two to get four. Loraine,
, had seen Jimmy come there to
headquarters and leave the note
on her desk, and Loraine had gone
to read that note. Of course!
Patsy bit her lip this time; to
control what she might have said.
She studiously avoided Miss Stu
hrt's eyes, too. She didn't trust
herself when angry.
." i ":
IDUT versatile Jimmy Carr now
" was covering everything swell.
He ordered three grand dinners,
and Pat's excitement hnd some
how built in her an enormous ap
petite. Jimmy teased her about it
t which was fun sfor him and her
(and took her with a penny to
iveigh on the big scales near the
door. The needle swung back and
forth, settled finally at 102.
' "Hoo-ra-a-ayl" he exulted, for
her.
She. was wide-eyed, beaming.
"Jimmy! That means I ought to
be a real hundred. Of just me!"
"Growing upl" he avowed. "Six
teen, going on 17, I betchal"
Back at the table, Loraine was
quietly poised. She smoked her
cigaret with studied artistry. But
Bomehow she put a damper on
the spirits of the other two here.
Jimmy dropped his gaiety and,
man like, slipped Into shop talk.
J "One tiling, kids," he began,
serious tone, "this soaring busi
ness is taking hold all over the
(land. But the general public isn't
fully Informed about It yet. And
line public has to. know.'.'. . .
Copyright, 1943
NEA Service, Inc.
"Why, Jimmy?" Pat asked. Lo
raine, apparently not interested,
gazed off at the orchestra, across
tho cafe,
"Because it's the public that
runs this land! Not some rich
muck! And you know what?" He
jabbed a finger at her.
"What?"
"We got new orders. A new Job.
I did, I mean. Today."
"Oh! Jimmy, are you?" Dis
tress shone on Pat. Was he about
to be transferred? Sent away?
"We're going to help educate the
public, Pat I got a wire today
from Washington. From Bar
ringer, the head of the nation's
.'soaring and gliding service. He
wants me to conduct a transcon
tinental sailplane flight"
; "Oh Jimmy!"
"We are to fly coast to coast in
a sailplane, with a passenger, just
to prove it can be done. We stop
in every big city en route. We
start at Elmira and go west."
"How how wonderful!" Pat
said. "With a a passenger and "
She finished a little lamely, wor
ried. Jimmy was proud, and justly so.
But In Pat was that new uneasi
ness. Loraine Stuart had shown a
spark of interest but had said
nothing; she Just sat there smok
ing, aloof, cool.
(To Be. Continued)
HELP-WANTED DEPT.
PORTLAND,' Ore. Portland
cemeteries are asking the war
labor board to lift the industry's
wage freeze.
Several reported alarm at the
shortage of caretakers, and one
said it couldn't get enough grave
diggers.
THIS CURIOUS WORLD
AftC4Z METtOSS ARE WAGS,
UXXeofS METEORS, ?AASAAU
OiHrvoas- METEORS, s4CJ?0?Aj,
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SAND 15 PUT ON RAILS TO CREATE
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WEAPON
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weapon.
7 The uses
it in hand-to
hand fighting.
13 Construct.
14 Species of
deer.
15 Eagle's nest
16 Chinese
pagoda.
17 Therefore.
18 South America
(abbr.).
20 Little mass.
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50 Field of tee.
54 Billiard rod.
55 Sight a rifle.
57 Advertisement
(abbr.).
58 Perform.
50 Explosive
sound.
60 Eskimo hut.
62 Compass' point
63 Smalt food
fungus.
65 Figure of man
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caryatid
(arch.),
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24 Novel.
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27 River (Sp.).
1 28 Like. -,
30 International
lanauaee. .
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33 Aspect.
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36 Within.
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ST. LOUIS Tho manpower
shortage saved two men from
workhouse sentences.
Ono was a butler brought In
to court on an assault charge
and tho other was a cook held
for theft.
Both were paroled when their
employers came into court and
asked for their services. Irony:
The city jail, short of help, had
put m a bid for tho cook.
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A SINGLE DOUGLAS FIR
FURNISHED A 299 -FOOT;
7-INCH, FLAG POLE
FOR. THE OREGON BUILD
IN AT THE PANAMA
PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL.
EXPOSITION .... I9IST.
always bad a 24-hour day? ,
OF WAR
22 Belongs f
him.
23 Space
25 Sorrow.
27 It attaches to
the 4
29 Garment,
32 Dessert.
34 Collection of
facts.
37 Office of Price
(abbr.). ,
38 Desert optical
illusion.
39 Hen product.- 1
40 Indian weight
41 Standard of i
value. '
42 Wig. i
43 Piece out ,
49 Money drawet
51 Arabian gulf.
52 The same.,
53 Ex officio
(abbr.). ,
54 Grain. v .
56 Extinct bird.
59 Hawaiian food
60 That one.
61 Mystic
syllable. i
63 Written form !
of Mister.
J4 Left side
(abbr.).
VERTICAL
1 Exist.
2 Blood vessel.
3 12 months.
4 Wood sorrel,
5 New Testa--
ment (abbr.),
8 Fishing boat,
7 Black-fin
snapper.
8 Louisiana
(abbr.).
9 Moisture,
10 Persia.
11 Ducks.
12 Note of scale,
17 Carbon.
10 Any.
21 Not cold.
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CHICAGO Home on leave,
Lieut. John Hess of the armored
force told this ono on himself.
Recently he and four other
tank maintenance officers wore
driving from Louisville, Ky., to
Fort Knox when their car sput
tered and stopped. Knowing
something about tank engines
they set to work on the engine.
An hour later they asked a pass
ing motorist to push them into
town.
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