The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-09-12

me. But when you get lonely in
port just give me wink. I'll be
around.
When he was gone Kay laughed
softly to herself. The spoiled
little brat! He can't be more
than %. In spite Of his conce!t,
though. he's probably a nice boy
She settled back into her seat
and remembered the look OF quiet
resolution on Ted Graham's face.
She sat quietly for, long time,
until suddenly she turned and saw
Doris Lees angry face close to
ncr
THAT co-pilot!" Doris said.
He's Just impossible." She tossed
hcr yellow hair. Il was standing
there, trying to learn something
from the air hostess when he came
by and said we were blocking the
aisle. And that's not all. He said,
Get rid of some of that excess
baggage, sister, if you're going to
flv this linep l turned beet-red,
| know, but III fix that guy! He
can't get fresh with me-"
Kay looked back and saw Chuck
Jones' blond head close to Alice
MiIler's. His blue eyes were shin
ing, and Alice seemed enormously
pleased. Her brooding, timid air
had somehow vanished and she
was laughing at something he had
said.
In Il minute or two the co-pilot
rose and walked past Kay without
50 much IS a nod this time. Doris
scOwled after him. Chuck took the
pilots place, and few minutes
later the pilot appeared. He
glanced at the two girls in uni
form, but. just as he was about
to speak to them, one of the pas
sengers, a dowager, leaned into
the aisle to say, "Boyw
The pilot jumped as if he had
been shot, but he responded cour-
teously.
The plane passes over my
daughters house near Pittsburgh"
the woman said. cts on q big
hill. l wonder if you'd 90 down
low so | can see the lights of the
house. Pm sentimental about
those things
The pilots face concealed his
mirth. Sorry, madame, but at
that point we can't fly lower than
5000 feet. Government regula-
tions."
He hurried on toward the rear
of the plane.
Kay laughed. ~ suppose an air
hostess has to answer a lot OF
questions sillier than that. Well
have to learn a lot-about geog-
1aphy, and timetables, and gov
ernment regulations. And what IS
a gyropilot? Somebody stopped
the pilot back. there and asked
him."
"Don's look at the pilot" Doris
said. Hell think you're flirting
with him. These old women pas
sengers spoil them. Every one of
them thinks he's the Winged Mer-
curry, But we had them like that
| in the insane asylum. too. There
was one who thought he was John
Barrymore.
!
Kay was not listening to Doris
though she wondered idly how
long it would be before Doris for,
got her bitter experiences in the
ipsychopathic hospital. She turned
/ her attention to the passengers
There was a mother with two lit,
tie boys-One of them asleep with
his head in her lap. The other was
chewing gum and making loud
noises. There were several bust,
ness men, Japanese merchant
/ an army officer, a priest. ana
four school girls. Most Of them
were reading magazines, glancine
out at intervals toward the great
blackness which engulfed them
Back in the rear of the plane two
men played checkers.
After a few minutes the pilot
came back up the aisle. He nod,
ded comradely to Kay, but Doris
regarded him with arch suspicion
He stopped to point out the
window, and say, "We're over the
, Alleghenies now-the graveyard
of aviators."
But an hour later the passen
/, gers were still doing the sam
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