Evening star., 1936-10-11

and suddenly realized that he didn't
give damn. She had been so warm.
so vital, so full of life. that it was i'm
possible to believe she had died. He
stared with unseeing eyes at the
people who streamed past.
And how about Lynn Downey?
Was she in equal danger?
He thought back on the conversa-
tion he had had with the dying girl.
She had mentioned a roll of chicken
wire in back yard in Honolulu. and
she had mentioned President Coolidge.
What had President Coolidge to do
with chicken wire?
He was suddenly seized with an
idea, and crossed to rack which con-
tanned travel folders. pulled out one
bearing the imprint of well known
steamship line. turned to sailing
schedules.
The President Coolidge had sailed
from San Francisco. and was due in
Hawaii within twenty-four hours.
Burke took stock of the situation.
The scene of action had shifted to
Hawaii. By neat bit of strategy the
conspirators had put Wanda Hara
and himself out of the running. while
they, had carried on. Clegg. Gary.
Browning and Lynn Downey we're
on the President Coolidge, nearing the
purple-tinted waters of the Hawaiian
island. He could send radio. But to
whom and about what? Warning Lynn
Downey would do no good. She knew
more about the danger which menaced
her than he did.
He was in quandary. His hands
were tied. There was nothing he could
do save wireless some detective
agency, have operatives meet the ship
and try to keep the various parties
under surveillance until he could
arrive in Hawaii. That would be five
days al least, and Burke knew that
long before that time had elapsed,
whatever mischief was in the wind
would have been consummated.
A newsboy thrust a paper in front
of his staring eyes, "Paper?" he asked.
China Clipper makes new recordg"
The China Clipberi Burke pur-
chased paper, and turned to sailing
dates. He gave an exclamation. The
Clipper was leaving within twelve
hours it would reach Honolulu
almost as soon as the President
Coolidge. If only he could get last
minute reservation! Thank heaven.
he had friends in the airship company
who would help him all they could.
He sprinted for the runway of one of
the ferry boats.
The slamming of door in the huge
Clipper Ship dissolved that feeling of
unreality which had gripped Burke
ever since he had succeeded in arrang-
ing to fly to Hawaii.
The big motors roared into a song
of power as the pilots tested one motor
after the other. Through the portfolio,
Burke could see faces. arms moving
in farewell. hands waving. A quiver
shot through the plane. The motors
roared into crescendo as the huge
ship slipped smoothly into motion.
Gradually the speed increased. Water
flew past the portfolios Drops of spray
beat against the glass windows, we're
turned to glistening dew drops by the
early morning sunlight. A wave curl
ing up from Burke's side of the ship
rolled into graceful arch. The bow
of the ship raised. The wave fattened.
For a moment it seemed that the sur
face of the Bay was clutching at the
ship with futile fingers, then abruptly
the Bay dropped below, no longer a
resisting medium retarding the prog
ress of the Clipper. but a smiling
expanse of calm blue, Laughing a
pleasant bon voyage to the big plane.
The horizon dipped suddenly as the
Clipper banked into a turn. Looking