By.OREN ARNOLD NEA Service. Inc.
PILOT
CHAPTER XXI
YOU'RE still my secretary,
Private Friday," Capt, James
Carr wai laying, pompously,
"Now you rustle up the local
oaring club officials. Tell them
we'll need''
., "Why don't we call the Army
roaring fields?"
"No, Pat And I'll tell you
why." She and Jimmy were alone
' In Major Hale's office, there at
Sky Harbor. Jimmy walked about
the room, too full of energy to
.think of sitting down. "The reason
is, we want civilians to do this,
In spite of the dangers on a test
trip."
' "Do we?"
"Well, dont weT Think, Pri
vate Pat!"
"Army pilots will be better
trained, Jimmy. And if we want
' to really demonstrate a glider
train"
"The publlo knows the Army
can fly gliders. What we have
to do is to sell civilians on civilian
soaring. With a hard, even dan
gerous route for demonstration."
. "Oh. Yes, I do see."
"You and I know that the aver
age college boy or girl, or even
kids high school age, can learn
to operate sailplanes in just a few
days' training. But do you think
the public realizes that yet? No,
sir!"
"No. No, Jimmy. That farmer
who took offense he made that
very point He had never seen
or heard of a glider train before,
so figured there couldn't be such
.thing."
"Exactly! So, Pat you stick
here and do the telephoning,
hunh? We want a train of 10
ships and a power plane to tow
them. It's going to make a grand
show. And, uh look, Pat you be
sure and maneuver me to drive
the tow plane, see? I wanta be
the one who runs that locomotive
in the sky!"
Pat laughed. "Yes, sonny! Sis
ter will let you be the engineer.
You can toot the whistle and ring
the bell!"
"No joking, Pat," he wheedled.
.."You arrange it Just uh, just
sort of take it for granted. You
see, it was you who suggested
this train idea, and the big-shot
officers all fell for you."
"Oh?"
"Sure, they did. You looked
cute as pie. Turned the old charm
on them, whether you realized it
, or not So, you can get anything
you want Me, I'm licking your
boots. I want to run that tow
.' plane."
. Pat felt a sudden tenderness for
him, a surge of love for this boy
ish man. Her eyes were misty
'when she spoke again. She winked
knowingly and said, "I'll do it
.'Jim. I'll use all the influence I
.can."
. "Thanks, Pat" Then he added,
mischievously, "But as soon as I
get the time, I aim to court
martial you. Imagine, a captain
asking favors of a buck private!"
' He was putting on his dress cap
and moving toward the door. Pat
wrinkled her nose at him.
"Where can I locate you if I
need you?" she asked.
"I'll check in. Right now," he
. lifted his wrist watch, "I'm going
' to meet Loraine."
"Oh . . . Jimmy, is she I tried
to talk to her this morning and "
. "She's still got the sulks," said
he. "Not that I blame her, I
guess."
"No. No, of course not."
"And another thing, Pat" he
, was ever so serious now.. "I want
you to know I appreciate your
, part in all this. The the mas
querading you're having to do.
Every tiine I hear people speak
to you as Miss Stuart, I jump."
pAT smiled a little. "I don't
x mind it We understand why,
Jimmy. You and me and Ed
Bryan. And and let me say, too,
that Ed and I want only to help
you. We we realize your em
barrassing position. Loraine is
your fiancee; the girl you love.
Isn't she?"
That last was hardly a ques
tion. It was more a restatement
of fact Jimmy looked off, face
solemn now. "I guess so," he said.
"I mean sure. Sure thing, Pat
' She'll be okay. I see her point
of view, and it I didn't have a
definite obligation in this soaring
flight a duty to the Army, and
the public "
"It'll be all right, Jimmy. I'm
sure it will. You had better scoot
now."
He left her and she was glad
of it She had felt a stricture in
side her throat, a tightening, a
lump. It was a heavy thing that
sprung up on slightest provoca
tion, to threaten her with uncon
trollable tears. And she certainly
didn't want to have a sobbing
scene in front of Jimmy,
1 She could control her emotions,
she knew, by working hard at
something, and so she pitched in
now to do the telephoning Jimmy
wanted done. . She had a list of
soaring club members, people in
civilian life. She arranged a meet
ing here in Major Hale's office for
4 p. m.
Then, trying to think of every
detail, she called up the Phoenix
Chamber of Commerce and got
help locating prominent vegetable
growers, shippers, Jobbers, all men
in the farming industry. She re
membered the Rocky Mountains,
too. Could glider trains be used
to move ore? She wasn't sure, but
Arizona is a mining state so she
invited all the mining officials she
could find. Each new civic leader,
ho discovered, was anxious to
help, out of curiosity if nothing
else, t
.6n .cBdn:t."ask" any of them
Copyright, 1943
about the glider' train demonstra
tion; she just told them!
"Capt. James Carr will pilot the
towing plane," she carefully in
formed everybody. "He wants to
demonstrate that the train is feas
ible for civilian as well ns Army
use. He he intends to be in this
field as a business, when the war
ends!"
That Inst was on sudden im
pulse. Jim Carr had been in in
surance before he joined the
Arm', but Pat felt a thrill thus
arranging his future life. Or pre
tending to in her own mind.
By working hard all day, talk
ing to dozens of men, telephoning,
planning, arranging countless de
tails which included field clear
ance and authorization for an
Army plane, Pat had the glider
train project all completed by sun
down. She gave the information
to the press and radio. The train
would take off, before another
throng of people, tomorrow at 3
p. m. Jimmy came in to verify all
the plans and routing.
Next day, though, the first hitch
came.
The farmer who had challenged
Pat in the first place, pointed out
a difficulty now. "This crazy train
idea couldn't possibly be practical
until after the war," said he, con
tentiously. Distinguished Army
men and civilians were listening.
"Be too technical, and dangerous.
And there wouldn't be near
enough civilian pilots. All avail
able men would be in war tasks."
People looked questioningly at
Jimmy Carr.' This was a consid
eration, surely! But then Pat
Friday spoke up.
"Don't fool yourself, mister," she
was almost haughty. "Women can
do anything men can do. And just
to prove it this afternoon I'm go
ing to pilot one of the gliders in
that train!"
(To Be Continued)'
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