The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-09-21

blaine, apprentice PHoS Fo'
marked attention. Monte is dar-
ing, romantic, but Kay is more in
terested in Ted. She and Dickie,
Ted's adopted 7-year-oid son, be-
come close friends.
Ted leaves on a flight across
the Pacific. When he returns Kay
and Dickie are waiting for him.
Ted asks Kay to have dinner with
them, but the Japanese servant
has nothing in the house to eat
except canned beans. Kay herself
prepares the dinper, is pleased at
Ted's compliments.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XII
Ted's courtship-if such it could
be called-was the strangest Kay
had ever known. He made it quite
plain that he wasn't interested in
matrimony. Nevertheless, she was
attracted by his air of quiet reso-
luton; even when she rebelled
against it, she could not resist this
attraction.
Ted was too reserved, too mat
ter-of-fact, to be exciting COM
pany. Kay had learned that one
may not judge the quality of ex-
perience. The quality of accom-
plishment can be judged, though,
and she never doubted the worth
of Ted's accomplishments in the
air.
She admired him, loved him.
One seemed inseparable from the
other.
Monte Blaine was always about
and tried to see her whenever she
had a free moment. She refused
his invitations steadily, but if Ted
had any plans that included her,
she always accepted.
Monte was exciting but reck-
less; she never had occasion to dis
trust Ted.
He had come back from his last
trip to the Orient with a new, in
spired look in his eyes. Kay OBJ
served it as soon as the ship came
in. She had been waiting at the
quay to see him, to tell him that
she couldn't get leave for Dickie
from military school this time.
The child had been disconsolate,
and had shed some tears.
"Sorry the little shaver couldn't
come down to see us make port, !"
Ted said. "But Pm glad of one
thing-I'll be able to see you
alone tonight. You look simply
SWELL"
"Thank you"
"What time will you be free to
60 to dinner?"
Kay hesitated. 1t was Doris
Lees last night in Oakland for a
long while, and Kay had allowed
Doris to prepare dinner for the
pair of them.
81 don't know, Ted" she said.
81 promised Doris"
"Oh, Doris is a good gal" he
said, laughing. She has a heart
of gold, but 1 can't let her get in
my way"
Kay laughed. Doris is the best
friend l have. Lots of people
don't appreciate her. She's grown
shell about her, like turtle.
Back east she fell in love with one
of your apprentice pilots, Ralph
Bangs, but she doesn't trust him
any more. Says he has a girl in
every port"
Ted chuckled. "I'll tell you
what I'll do! I'll call up Ralph, tell
him to report to your apartment
at dinner time, and Doris will
have to entertain him. Then you
call Doris and say you won't be
home for dinner. That leaves a
dinner for two and she will have
to ask Ralph to stay. Perhaps it
will lead to a reconciliation"
at may mean murder" Kay
warned, "but I'll take the chance.
They tell me Ralph's a model lad
now.'
"I'm glad to hear that-from
YOU" Ted said seriously. eve
need serious-minded pilots for
Trans-Pacific Anyways"
"Where are we going for din
ner?" Kay said.
"We'll dine out and then go
back to my place. | want to talk
to YOU" He added, hastily, 81
want to tell you about the last
trip when Dickie isn't around to
ask a lot of questions"
They dined in little ship grill
overlooking the lights of the bay.
All through the meal Kay OBJ
served a curious light in Ted's
eyes-those pale blue eyes that
had seen so much danger. She
wondered about it, wondered why
Ted eyed her as he did.
Later they stopped at the little
house on the beach and Sato
served them coffee. About the
room were many of the trophies
of Ted's flying career. From a
window Kay could see the trans
Pacific air liners at anchor in the
harbor, bobbing up and down like
surface ships.
Ted brought out a giant map
and showed her the four day
course across the Pacific ocean,
via Honolulu, Midway, Wake,
Guam and Manila. He told her
about the quiet achievement of
the trans-Pacific flight.
1t had meant five years of
steady planning, but Ted had
learned patience early in his ca
reer. He had been a pioneer in
establishing air service to the
tropics. He was one of the few
pilots to have more than 10000
hours in the air to his credit.
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