The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-10-06

and the English explorer under
stuTd.
Ted returned 20 the chart room
and sent Kay into the passenger
compartment to rcaSSure the wo-
men. The storm had not abated.
Lightning Strcakcd the skies and
the rain came down in binding
meets. The beam winds Shriekcd
and howlcd a. they tore through
the guide wires.
\ message came in from the
station ut Midway and Ted took
il in with u glance.
YOUR SIGNALS HAVE FAD
Ed OUT. ARE YOU OFF
COURSE? HONOLULU SAYS
YOU ARE LOST. WHAT'S
WRONG WITH RADIO COM
PASS? STORM FADING OVER
ISLAND. VISIBILITY IMPROV-
ING"
Tcd's eyes shonc with renewed
hope. He went 10 the radio officer
for Il new report.
The messages are coming in
stronger" the officer said. we
can't be- far from Midway"
If We can only find the lagoon
on thr island" Ted sail hopefully.
I'VE can't come down in the open
80, with waves billing 30 feet hIgn
over the reefs. -,
Then he came back to Kay. He
called her into the crew compart'
mcnt where they could be alone.
"Kav." he said. IL simply want
YOU 70 know that trust you, and
have always trusted you. don't
want things unSaid 20 come be-
tween us-ever. Whatever hap
pens
She faced him, tears in her eyes:
"Oh. Ted. Nothing can happen.
He went on, 81 want you to
know that | love you. Since | met
YOU there has never been another
girl. | meet a lot of women Ike
Illah but | love you more tnan
ever now. There is nothing can
do TO prove that love now
but, Ted, in thousand ways
during the past hour she SAID
"you have proved your love Tor
me. | only wish there was some
thing l could do ,, .
You are here" he said. That :
proof enough. You came TO pro-
tect me, to protect what was NINE: !
And if anything should happen,
Don't say it, Ted! Please:
She chung to him.
When Ted had gone back TO his
post he found another message
NO SIGNALS FOR LAST
HOUR. ARE YOU LOST OVER
OCEAN? TRY TO SIGNAL BAT
TLESHIP L. S. S. MISSISSIPPI
LATITUDE - DEGREES ID
MINUTES NORTH AND LONGl-
tube l67 DEGREES 30 MIN |
UTES EAST"
THE messages are coming in
strong now" the radio officer
said. I'VE can't be more than a
hundred miles away from Midway.
I'm trying to reach the Missis-
sippi."
Ted glanced at the fuel instru-
mentS. Though the head winds |
had cut down their speed 20 less
than 80 miles an hour there was |
still more than enough fuel 70 take |
them in.
But we can't do much circl-
ing" Ted said anxiouSly. "Wc'vc
got TO locate the island without u
finder now"
He and the navigation officer
took up their positions on the
bridge. The latter looked at the
and then said, This
IS one time the human element
will have TO take the place of the |
machine. It's your ship, Ted. II
ask you 10 try To bring Us. one
man will have to take the respon-
,ibility. and it's yours"
No sooner had Ted taken the
controls that the radio officer
came with another message. lea
opened the throttles of the four
SOO-horSepower ENGINES and or
dered the engineer to change the
propeller pitch. They were stead
lily increasing speed. ,o
He scanned the message. No
SIGNALS YET. ARE YOU LOST
OVER OCEAN? STORM LIFT
ING. CHANGING HIGH PRES
SURE AREA. CEILING 300
FEET"
Ted took the ship through rift
in the black cloud bank and down.
20 a level of 1000 feet. He found
a break IN the cloud bank. But
the rain was still pouring down.
They brought him another mes