The Washington times., 1936-02-08

and glanced out Of the window
again.
"You could cut that fog in
chunks" he muttered, "even the
Sesgulls have to walk! ] tell you,
Les, II"
The voice Of Tex over the loud
speaker interrupted him:
Texas Clark in plane nine call
ing Newark"
Crisply. BUZZ. at the mike, said,
go ahead, Tex"
Texas Clark to Newark, east
bound. Ten miles west of Be!hle.
hem. Flying blind on instruments
on the Newark beam. Altitude ten
thousand. Visibility zero. What
Is the ceiling at Newark"
Ceiling zero here, Tex, getting
no better" Buzz responded.
Jake listening, scowled and
studied the map again.
I'VE can't take chances with
passengers. That stuff is going to
turn into Sleet before long. Buzz,
notify all stations and ticket Of
fices that nothing but the mail
goes out Of Newark until the
weather clears"
Buzz proceeded to obey orders.
Les Began came in with more
maps.
Dizzy is lucky to be sick,
Chief" he said to Jake. "he sure
handed Tex a sweet run"
Dizzy sick, says your" Baldy
exclaimed. He had just come in
with the daily report Of the me
chanical department.
Sure he's SICK" Jake answered.
Baldy grinned deriSively.
"He made q quick recovery,
Chief. I saw him and Tommy
slowing away spaghetti and
swillin' wine over at Mama Gini'S
an hour ago!"
Jake seemed suddenly to, freeze
in his chair as he glanced sharply
at Baldy.
Sure Of that?" he asked.
Guess spoke out Of turn,
Chief-but that's right"
At that very moment, in q Sc
cluded booth at Mama Gini's,
Tommy had laughingly completed
her once-interrupted count Of
ten" against temptation and was
responding rather passionately to
Dizzy's kisses. Then she pushed
him away.
"Aw, Dizzy, don't be like that.
7 guess those stunts left me sort Of
goofy. You sure can fly, and isn't
it grand? When you're up there
In the sky everything seems diff
ferent. there's nothing sordid or
mean"
Sure, you got 1t. Sometimes
when get down from blind fly
I swear I'll never 60 up again, but
I know will. I'd rather be mail
pilot than be a king"
I'VE hoStesSes get all the grief,
Dizzy"
well, passengers are tough
handlin,' but you amt lonesome.
Once when I was on o transport
a woman almost had a baby. I
thought for q minute I was going
to be the first aerial delivery boy"
Goodness. Dizzy, what did
you do?"
"Radioed ahead for an ambu-
lance and got down with her,
o. K, In time for the doc"
The radio at Mama Gini's cut
off a program, for this warning:
Bureau Air Commerce, Newark,
to all StationS-warning. Heavy
fog. Visibility at Newark zero.
Ceiling Zero"
Dizzy twitched nervously.
"GeeS, If I'd known Tex would
be up against this I wouldn't have
let him take my run. I'd rather
be up there than put him behind
the eight ball"
DIZZY didn't know the half Of
1t. Tex Clark was having the
worst run of his experience. And
his wife, listening in at home, was
having q much worse time Of it.
She knew, only too well, the dan
gers Of this sort Of flying. She
also knew why Tex had taken this
run-to let Dizzy run around and
make a play for just a kid Of q
girl. She did not want to disturb
Jake at o time like this and had
telephoned Baldy. He told her
all about it, including the fact
that Dizzy had reported sick and
was at that moment at Mama
! Gini,s with Tommy Thomas.