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CoDvrieht, 1943
By OBEN ARNOLD NEA Service, Inc.
PArs PLAN
. CHAPTER XX .
VWHEN the morning radio forum
ended there in the hotel con
vention hall, Pat Friday came out
with her lace looking ever bo seri
ous. Her mind was in a whirl, and
she dodged the lobby crowd which
would surely recognise her,
' ducked up a stairway and went to
the big women's lounge. First
person she spotted there was Lo
raine Stuart.
Pat stopped in her tracks.
It wouldn't do to antagonize Lo
raine. Not any more than had
been done already. This whole sit
uation, Pat reminded herself, was
so strained! Here in Phoenix,
Ariz,, hanging on the outskirts of
all the publicity and all the ex
citement and fun of the transcon
tinental soaring flight, was Cap
tain Carr's'own fiancee. The girl
who was originally scheduled to
fly with him, and who, the public
thought, actually was with him,
at least in name. Only it was Pat
herself who publicly carried Lo
raine's name. The real Loraine
remained a nonentity, sulking,
concealed.
All at once Pat felt a rush ol
sympathy for the other girl.
- "Whether I like her or not hai
nothing to do with It," Pat told
herself. "She just got a dirty
break at the start And and after
all she's the girl Jimmy loves!"
That was the fact which stung.
Loraine Stuart was the girl Jimmy
loved, Pat's own love for Jimmy
was a secret which only two peo
ple in the world knew.
She went to Loraine and sat
down. "Come on and go places
with me," Pat invited, with sin
cere kindness now. "There's no
point in our despising each other,
Loraine."
The taller girl was smoking. She
exhaled, looking off as if unaware
of Pat at all.
"No," she said, finally.
Pat tucked a pretty - lip In,
thoughtfully. Then she tried again.
'Loraine, I've, already told you,
the whole thing is impersonal with
me. It's bigger than we are. And
as for Jimmy himself I admitted
I was out of the picture there, too.
He's yours, by his own choice. And
you owe it to him to to be a good
sport and all. . . . Don't you?" --She
looked at Pat, then. "Did
he send you to tell me this?"
"Goodness no!"
"Then let me alone."
For a. long moment Pat Just
looked at the other girl, studying
her. When she spoke again, it was
in low, sad tone. "All right, Lo
raine. ... All right. ... I Just
wanted to try to be friends. To
I try!"
' Pat left her, then. There were
some things she couldn't do, and
this was one she had muffed, she
realized. It built unhappiness,
deep inside. What a shame that a
boy as tops as Jimmy Carr had to
marry such a girl! Had to. . . .
Pat shrugged. Loraine was his -own
choice.
i Jimmy Carr was conferring with
Army officials and technicians in
another of the hotel halls, Pat
knew. They -would have a lot of
man-talk about the trip so far.
The tow plane's performance at
various altitudes. The various
stresses encountered. The effects
of air pockets. The reports, on
weather and other natural phe
nomena. Weather especially was
important. Pat and Ed Bryan had
faced two storms on their power
flight westward, and this morning
she had looked out the east win
dow of her hotel room and saw
- ominous clouds over distant Su
perstition Mountain. Superstition
lurked on the horizon like a
sprawling blue monster.
"I want to talk to Jimmy," Pat
told herself now. "If those farm
ers that one especially want
proof"
AN audacious idea had germl
nated in Pat's mind, but she
held t down until she could talk
with' Jimmy Carr. She carried it
to his conference room right now.
"Come in, Miss Stuartl" the
men greeted her with respect. Pat.
, hated the necessity of masquerad
ing under Loraine's name. But
she stuck it out
"Could I have about 10 minutes
of your time, gentlemen?" she
asked. "If Captain Carr and I
could only"
Jimmy had seen her now. 'Tat!"
he called, involuntarily. Then, re
membering, said, "Come in, uh,
Loraine. Sure, sure!" Pat could
have been a nickname; a pet name
which a man called his fiancee.
Army men smiled benignly on
them and made a place for her at
their long table.
"I was Just talking to a twiners
meeting," she explained. "And
and a man challenged me. I guess
he made me mad."
A youngish major spoke up. "I
will personally shoot him, Miss
Stuart"
Pat gave him a quick smile.
"This is serious, major. I mean it.
But first I want to be sure of my
ground." She turned, as if seeking
highest possible authority, to an
other man,
"Jimmy, didn't you say glide.,,
could be made for around (200
each, when quantity production
starts?" she asked.
. "Yes. That's an estimate, of
course. But there's not much to
them. No expensive motor. Just
framework and fabric, and a few
instruments."
"Could really big one be
made?"
"They can be made as big as
boxcars."
. "Oh! Then Jimmy "
! He Jabbed a finger at her, and
wept his glance to include the
men around them. "Listen, in
lunula they have already used
Sliders that carried dozens of men.
Also in Germany. Exactly what
we are .doing in America, of
tourse, is military information,
kept auM..M..ttH&.. But out
Army men hava already an
nounced plans for moving" 7S,000
soldiers coast to coast over night
Using gliders, towed by airplanes."
"I knew that!" Pat nodded.
"The 75,000 would include full
equipment even to light cannon
and machine guns!"
"A lot of weight, then. In glider
trains."
"Well look, Jimmy that farmer
who made me mad, he said it was
a crazy idea. He said gliders are
just kites. He said he resented the
whole idea."
"Resented it? For Pete's sake!"
"'Some people always resent
new ideas," another officer put in.
"He said that soaring might
have some place in the Army bus
iness, but it certainly had none in
civilian life. And he said the
Army ought to mind its own
affairs."
Jimmy said, "The Army is made
up of civilians in uniform. Our
problems are theirs. Theirs are
ours."
"I told him that," Pat agreed.
"But he he laughed, the wrong
way. I said it was feasible for air
trains to take perishable fruits and
vegetables from these very farms,
and drop off a loaded glider at
every town passed. He scoffs at
the Whole idea of air trains."
Jimmy slapped the table.
"We can show him proof!" said
he. He turned to the other offi
cers. "Gentlemen, this week we
have a soaring carnival. And here
is a challenge, put right up to us
by a civilian. It's rather signifi
cant if you ask me! Will you help
me back up what Pat what Miss
Stuart told that farmer, with real
proof?"
The officers were looking at Pat
in frank admiration. '
(To Be Continued)'
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