The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-10-05
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By DECK MORGAN

trans-Pacific route.
Ted has two interests in life
hi, lob and Dickie, his adopted
son, 7 years old. When Ted asks
Kay to marry him, she fears it is
merely to make home for Dickie,
but she agrees.
She does not agree, though. with
Ted's theories that marriage, to
be successful, must be planned
scientifically, just as a plane
flight. She is rebellious because
he insists her housekeeping must
be carried on in the same way as
charts and budgets.
Kay gives a party and Ted, tired
and weary, refuses to join the
guests. To punish him, Kay i'm.
pulsively boards the plane for
Honolulu next morning. Once on
board, she begins to regret her
impulsiveness.
In Honolulu, Kay learns there
is an outbreak of spinal menin-
gifts at Midway and Ted is pilot:
ing a plane bringing serum. Ted
arrives, takes off again shortly.
Without making her presence
known, Kay boards the ship. IL
lab, Oriental dancer, also is a pas
senger.
A violent storm breaks. Ted,
studying the weather chart, looks
up to face Kay.
NOW co ON WITH THE STORY
The ship was battling its way
through the storm, half way to
Midway Island, when Kay made
her presence known to Ted in the
chart room.
She had seen Illah board the
plane and, sensing danger to Ted,
had wanted to be near him. She
hurriedly bought the heavy black
veil and boarded the plane as a
passenger. Neither Illah nor Ted
had recognized her.
Ted took her hands. Kay! he
exclaimed, "what are you doing
here?"
81 wanted to be near YOU" she
said simply. 81 wanted to eS-
plain"
He ran a worried hand across
his forehead. GAS if | didn't have
enough on my mind" he said. ,
The navigation officer turned
suddenly and barked some figures
The latter took a few steps to the
cockpit and repeated the com.
mand to the first pilot. A gust OF
wind at high velocity made the
ship rock from side to side. linen
rain poured down. =,
Ted came back to Kay with
beads of sweat on his forehead.
"Sit in the corner there" he said,
land don't talk to me. We're ria-
ing the worst storm I've seen IN
10000 hours in the all"
AS the storm progressed navi-
cation became increasingly diff
cult. Shifting high and low pres
sure areas added drift to the prob
lens of the navigation officer VINO
sat close to Ted in the chart room.
A beam wind of high velocity
forced him to change the course.
But the steady, dull roar of the
wind and rain endured outside.
The radio sets were working prop
erly. The direction finder, used
for radio navigation, had a range
of more than 1000 miles. On the
other set they were in communi-
cation with the ground stations.
At intervals the radio officer
brought messages to Ted. At
mospheric conditions were in
creasingly bad at Midway. The
radio station reported that the
Mariners signals were weak. One
hour after the storm began the
signals from the Honolulu radio
station ceased.
Ted sat huddled over the chart
and ran a hand through his hair.
He knew that, but for this fault
in the radio, everything was going
well. He barked orders and they
were obeyed rapidly. The crew
had complete confidence in him.
F*
When the storm showed no signs
of relenting, Ted left his post and
went back into the compartments.
Kay watched him. Some of the
passengers were panic-stricken,
but Ted's presence seemed to re-
assure them. He walked from one
seat to another, with word for
each person. His calm was inef-
fable. He was like a mountain of
strength.
Illah sat back in her chair with
a cool disdain for the danger. Her
long white fingers adjusted the
turban about her black hair as
Ted came near her. She smiled
with the serene mysticism of the
East.
"The gyropilot-she is working
in the storb?" she asked.
Ted laughed. He was glad H.
lah was not angry over his refusal
to let her see the instrument.
"Not now" he said. "But be-
fore the storm it was working per-
fectly."
Suddenly Illah stood up, and
her eyes showed a trace of alarm.
She spoke softly. "Tell me the
truth" she said. care we in dam
ger? Is there a chance of the ship
not reaching port?"
"Of course we're going tC reach
port Ted said staunchly. 81
wouldn't lose the secrets of my
gyropilot for anything in the
world"
Illah breathed a sigh of relief
and sat down.
But the radio officer came up
the aisle lust then. his face asben