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" ' Copyright. 1943
By OREN ARNOLD NEA Service, Inc.
CHALLENGE ,
CHAPTER XIX
rpHE free barbecue dinner held
the crowd at Sky Harbor until
t p. m., also held Jimmy Carr
and hli passenger there. But the
reception committee had thought
fully arranged no night program.
This would give the flyers a
chance to rest (
As soon as he could manage it,
Jimmy slipped away from the
bigwigs and celebrities and went
to speak with Loraine. Ed Bryan
had stayed near her, on guard.
"I can tell you are furious, Lo
ralne," Jimmy began, earnestly.
"But I want to talk to you. I can
explain everything."
"Somebody'd betterl" she grit
ted out.
"I wouldn't say much without
thinking, Miss Stuart," Ed Bryan
said, In definite warning again.
"Now or any other time. There's
plumb strict laws about flashing
around guns and fake Army or
ders. So long, Captain. I'll be
seeing you at the hotel tonight"
When he had gone, Jimmy
drove straight to the point
. "This had to happen," he told
the girt "You must see It In the
right way, Loraine. You simply
must!" .
"Thatr-Jthat Bryan he pulled
me out of the sailplane, and 1"
"I know he did. And I know
he brought Patricia Friday out
here. In fact I ordered him to.
Loraine, I wanted Pat put back
as the passenger. You remember
how I kept you hidden at the
take-off in Chicago? Wouldn't let
news photographers on the field?
That was done on purpose." )
"But why?" i
"Because It had to be! There's
too much at stake. Colonel Fu
redy, the Army they're banking
on this sailplane trip! Coast to
coast. Mountains of publicity. It's
a real chance to sell soaring to
the U. S. A. And we can't afford
to' let any kind of mixup spoil
"We want it to go off smoothly.
And by George it Willi Do you
.understand?" - .
.: j She didn't answer him. Her lips
were taut
"Loraine, I know you got a
dirty break. But if you couldn't
be ready at the start there in
Elmira, then I Just had-to run in
a substitute. It'll only be a few
days more. Now you're mad, and
I -understand it so I'll let you
alone. But you go to that hotel
and meet us for breakfast all
sugar and smiles. Okay, sweetie?"
- Sweetie - still didn't answer.
Jimmy squeezed her elbow in
genuine feeling, said, "Please, Lo
raine," and went away again.
. : Whatever surged in .Loraine's
mind that night only she knew.
But she took no drastic action.
Perhaps Ed Bryan's warning and
Jimmy's plea both helped her to
control herself. She was already
in the hotel dining room next
morning when Jimmy and Pat and
Ed came in.
, "Good morning, Loraine," Pat
said, as cordially as she could.
Both men spoke heartily, too.
They all drew up chairs to her
table, uninvited. And the waiters
began to serve them there.
Loraine was cooler now. "Hello,"
she managed, flat tone.
Pat said, "Loraine, 'we we
shan't do any bluffing. Not among
us four. I can tell you that I was
a9 astonished as you were, but "
"Right" Ed Bryan nodded. :
"but I understand why Ed
and Jimmy felt they had to do
what they did. You must believe
lis when we say this is not per
sonal. . You were not treated shab
bily. At least no more than
than" .
. Practical Ed Bryan stepped in
again. "No more than you was
treated in Chicago, Miss Friday.
-Not as much, in fact You're the
goat in all this, if anybody asks
me!"
. "Yes " Jimmy nodded. "It's re
grettable, all around. But let's all
forget it Please, kids! All of Us.
Intentions everywhere were good,
I'm sure. Certainly this whole
deal was impersonal. A part of
our Army task. And, hang it all,
it's been scads of fun! Aside from
this this little back-stage mis
understanding." THAT was the vein of talk In
which Loraine was held down,
then. She said almost . nothing.
But the other three assumed her
j agreement, and they made extra
I effort to be courteous and kind.
If she was astute enough to sense
that this was by prearrangement,
it couldn't be helped. .
' At 9 o'clock this second day in
'Phoenix, distinguished Army fly
iing officials were to meet local
civic leaders in the hotel conven
tion hall. They asked Jimmy and
"your fiancee" to attend. That
meant Pat, of course, due to the
original mistake which h"l b
allowed to stand. The public still
thought cute little Pat Friday was
named Loraine.
i Jimmy had agreed to meet flight .
technicians for an engineering
powwow, but Pat went to the con
vention hall. The committee had
arranged a radio forum, with 12
microphones.
"Tliis three-day glider and sail
plane exhibition," the master of
ceremonies told the radio audi
ence and the people here in the
hall, "has already proved to be
a much bigger event than any of
us anticipated. This, we know,
is because Phoenix is tho center
of a vast irrigated farming em
pire. Soaring, my friends, is a
means of transportation, and if
we .cm fiojpsbojYLKfijk. SSlbJ&.'XSX.
to deliver fresh form produce to
urban markets "
He had an excellent speech and
he impressed his audience. And
then it was Pat's turn to "say
; something."
i So many times, Pat realized,
public talks of this sort are the
sheerest drivel, pointless, bore
some to all. She had resolved on
this trip to be a little more than
just gracious, and so she set in
now to tell these people how im
portant soaring could really be.
She talked barely 10 minutes,
and then, concluding "Therefore,
gentlemen of Arizona, if you and
all other farming communities
will only prepare for it your
strawberries, your lettuce, your
tomatoes, all your perishables as
well as your mail and your ex
press and a good deal of your
other freight can soon be shipped
across the nation in glider trains.
One big motor plane could tow
10 gliders loaded heavily with
vegetables, dropping one glider off
at each city passed. It could make
money for everybody concerned!"
The applause ended when an
indignant farmer challenged Pat
from the end microphone.
"What she says is crazy!" he
declared. "Talking about a train
of these kites she flew here in!
We need common sense. I resent
this whole proposition. It's just
a crazy publicity stunt"
Pat was first astonished; and
then suddenly she was mad.
"Mr. Chairman!" she called.
"He this is not a stunt at all!
He hasn't offered any sort of ar
gument He has merely thrown
cold water on a grand idea!"
Tho farmer laughed disdain
fully. "You and this Captain Carr
figure you can prow what you
have to say?"
"You betcha!" Pat Friday
snapped, fire in her eyes.
(To E3 Cor"-"-'-)
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ter to u regional WPB office and
a carbon to a brass and copper
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