The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-10-07

pilot safe.
He left her with the naval Gus
todian. under arrest. lllah dlSem-
barkcd and became the island :
first Jail bird.
Ted devoted his attention to the
other passengers then. The naval
surgeon had gone ashore with the
precious serum, and was d lrcady
administering to the meningitis.
victims in the hospital. An cpl
dcmic would be fOrcstallcd.
Passengers were not allowed to
go ashore on the quarantlncd is
land, but they were too excited 10
S!ccp. 1t was already 2 o'clock
i'm the morning, and they stayed
up TO watch the dawn. which
would break on Midway with u
riot Of tropical color. They had
missed dinner the evening before
in the giant flying boat on account
Of the storm. Now they dincd on
the lest the steward could find in
the ships ratiOns.
Only the crew members went to
sleep, for they had to fly the ship
next day. Ted went sound asleep
and once or twice Kay went to
glance at his sleeping face. How
peaceful he looked after the
storm. But to Ted now the jour
ncy had been routine flight!
Engineers were making repairs
to the radio loop. Tomorrow they
would have to fly on to Guam.
Kay stayed on Midway to help
care for the sick at the hospital.
At first Ted had protested; he
wanted to take her on TO Manila
and he was afraid for her health.
But she was eager TO prove her
loyalty and be of help to the men
who were suffering, and at last
he agreed.
Towards noon she stood on the
dock and watched the Mariner
take off for Guam. Its great silver
hull throwing up gray spray again,
the Mariner dashed along the sur
face of the lagoon, and took to
air. Kay watched it disappear
ing over the ocean, her eyes fill
ed with vagrant tears.
How proud she was Of Ted and
how she loved him. She knew
now. too, that he adored her. They
had come together in the storm
and Kay was sure that this new
understanding would endure in
the calmer life ashore. She had
finally made adjustments in her
own life. 10 meet the necessities
of his. She had made Ted under
stand that she was u human being
with needs far more complex and
interesting than the robots and
instruments in his flying Marin
crS.
As the flying boat passed out
Of sight, Kay thought of Dickie
and how happy she would be to
be back in the little house on the
leach at Ship Harbor again. The
home port. For Kay, it was home.
\ feeling of content arose with
in her. She turned and walked
back toward the hospital on the
lonely island in the middle of the
Pacific ocean.
u
Ted sat in the chart room with
the navigation officer, charting
the course for the day. They
would be in the island of Guam
by night and in the Philippines the
day after. 1t was a routine job.
Back and forth, back and forth.
year in and year out.
He wlked back into the COM
partments to see how the paSsen.
gers were faring. The army wives
were asleep in their chairs. The
Chinese merchant famed himself,
smiling back at Ted with the cX-
IRENE courtesy of his race. The
English explorer had taken the
hood from the falcons eyes, and
the tiny black buttons looked out |
into the light with terror.
The missionary and the Ameri- /.
can travelling salesman were en-
gagged in an argument over the !
place of bathtubs in the progress !
of civilization. The young polo !
player walked up and down the !
aisle, trying his sea legs.
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