The Washington times., 1929-12-14

Clung WIN eyes ana SplrII w
the flash OF distant wings
They shot on. The motor
thundered. She told herself,
burning: They're following.
Oh therel"
Suddenly it grew dark; sud
denly the clouds engulfed them,
They tore blindly upward.
Then Pat dropped limp and
cold in her corner. No pilot
with less than very life at stake
would follow. The men in the
cockpit were crazed; they sat
notionIeSS, Stone-mad, the
throttle wide open and the lit
tie plane flying like q comet.
Above the clouds into cold,
dazzling sunlight. After a long
while Pat, drew herself again to
the window. She dreaded ad-
mitting that all hope was van
ished. Guy would search for
her. Her mother would have
the air-lanes combed to the re-
motest star. Oh, by now, dozens,
scores, hundreds Of planes would
be racing in all directions after
this one lone fugitive Of the
skies--tnis bright, swift swallow,
: But for the glittering miles
that Pat could see, not the small
est speck was visible. Not .
bird-not even q drifting, be.
guiling cloud.
She was lost. But she sat
there trying to busy her mind
trying to deny her plight. Alb
sorbed in this when suddenly,
adding horror to her misery, the
bundle ct her side renewed its
uneasy movements.
She drew from it. It followed
It Slid down the bench when the
support of her body was with
drawn. ~
She was overcome with revul-
sion. But she HAD to look.
Stealthily she put out her hand
and pulled the blanket back.
Pats blood ran chill. Little
sick tremors went through her.
A child lay tl1ere-a beautiful
little boy. His cheeks were
swollen, his eyes frantic. See
ing Pat, he pushed his hands
free and covered down in fight
ing, uncomfortable terror.
She could scarcely breathe.
She was livid with the sinister,
forbidding angle the presence Of
the child gave to her flight. She
leaned down and tried to calm
the frightened little fellow. Do
ing this, she caught the Ilf1rnis-
taxable odor of chloroform. Had
the child, too, lain unconscious
In the cabin all night? Who
was he? Why was he taken on
this ghaStly adventure?
He had his hands pressed
against his ears. and she could
tell from his Wide-open mouth
that he screamed in panic. He
was afraid of the noise. He
wanted her to make them stop
make it quiet. Hel grew rigid
and kicked against the seat.
But he was unhurt. With ire
lnendous relief Pat saw that the
child was tlninjured.
They were flying through
cloudlesS blue. Beneath them
the mountains marched in long
regiments. oh. where are we?"
Pat wondered. longing to take
tilg child in her arms; longing
for some touch of comfort.
What will they do with us?"
Suddenly as they passed .
populOus town and Pat could
make cut the red roofs OF
houses, 4 crazy hope swept her.
she would take her brief case,
In which were her school books
take this case and drop 1t
over the next settlement.
she wrote her name, and In
big bold letters: "HELPl" She
told that Pat Dawn and q little
yelloW-haired boy whose name
she didn't know had been kid
naped, chloroformed and car
ried away in the night. They
were now racing over valleys
and mountains in what ap-
peared to be Southern Califor.
MIA.
She dropped the case, and
prayed burnlngly to q god who
had Richards face TO direct her
appeal into swift. resctling
hands.
The mountain ranges Of East
and West were joining. They
locked the land with great
swinging wall.
This must be Tehachipi, Pat
thought as they flew through a
pass where the, winds Of all the
world held conclave.
They emerged from the pass
and flew above bleak, lifelesS
lands with dry gulches wander
ing In the cracked earth. Sand
cliffs rose out Of sage brush.
then the sage brush rolled on
In endless, flat dreary levels.
They circled about the desert
land. They were going to land
In the wild, forsaken waste.
Pat closed her eyes, for the
first time admitting her doom.
No one would find them here!
Not Guy, though he rode ia en-