The Washington times., 1936-02-22
CEILING ZERO = ROMANCE, ADVENTURE i'm THE CLOUDS
Tommy Decides She Will
Never Have Any Use
For DizzY's Key

Finally Stone cleared his throat
and broke the silence.
"You have nothing against you,
jake" he said. "You admit that
you cancelled all mail runs out to.
night"
Jake nodded.
"And what is more-it'S against
orders for any man to fly with.
out his chute"
II suppose that surprised you,
Alp"
1T dumbfounded me-"
"See theSe?"
He poked over the tiny bits Of
pasteboard on his desk.
What about them?"
That's Dizzy's pilots license.
He was grounded today"
Grounded? How-Why?
"Orders from Washington,
Allen came for his ticket. Dizzy
tore it up in front Of him"
Grounded? Good God, Jake
the man had no legal right to
ny at ALI"
$50 that occurred to you, did
it? Look here, AL, here's some
thing about Dizzy you didn't
know. BY approving Adams
bombers could have had his
license renewed in ten minutes,
because Of the Adams pull in
Washington. You know their
pulp"
Eyes, to our regret"
dizzy wouldn't let me do it.
He was a bigger man than I,
AL. That's why he knocked Law
son out. That's why he took this
run-to prevent me from approx.
ing lousy ships, to make the test
for Lawson'S de-icers. And he
left his chute because he in.
tended to do just what he has
done-make his last landing"
Stone got up slowly.
"1s that right, Jake?"
Eyes"
"Your pal might have been a
playboy, Jake, but he was a
mana big man. How was I to
know"
Forget it. Do you want me to
stay on here, now?"
"Of course, Jake"
Then get this, Al-pilotS died
to develop this air line. They
want 1t run right or not at all.
What Dizzy did tonight has done
more to help this air line than
we can appreciate now."
"YeS, Jake. Well?"
'Tf I stay on here I never
want another word out Of you
about the way run this job"
'I get you. That's reasonable"
"Or about the way my pilots
fly. Will you dig your spurs into
your own desk, and let me run
my job?"
"Jake, you win. Wen agree"
They shook hands.
Better put the night shift on,
Jake, you haven't had any sleep
for two days"
"A little later. I have to have
Lawson put down everything that
Dizzy told me about those de-
icers."
When Tay Lawson came in
with his blueprints, Jake got down
to work with him.
Jake remembered every word
that Dizzy had said.
AS he went over it and Tay
made notes, Tay finally exclaimed:
That's better than I could
have done, Mr.. Lee. Don't you
See-I would have had to bail out.
Dizzy stuck and reported how they
worked, their good points and
their weaknesses, right up to just
before he must have crashed"
eyes. What do you think about
improvements, based on what
Dizzy reported?"
They can be made. I can see
now-his suggestion to set the
tubes back eight inches is some
thing I should have known
enough to do"
They worked q while longer.
That's all, Iawson-all that
Dizzy could learn"
ut is plenty. Mr.. Lee-he-he
squared things with me. He
shook hands and said that Tommy
was too good for him-he wished
us luck"
"Dizzy didn't have q mean
streak in him, Lawson. Good
night"
Mary came in just as Tay was
leaving.
whats up, dear?" Jake asked.
Lou is at our house, sleeping,
from an opiate, and q night nurse
with her. Tommy telephoned
about Dizzy-Oh Jake, I know
how terribly you feel!"
Jake nodded and pulled a chair
up beside his own.
He went over the whole story,
so far as he knew it.
eyes lakeland there is some
thing elSe-I thought I was in
love with Dizzy - before I met
"You don't have to tell me any
thing about Dizzy, Mary. Do you
know what I would do, this min
ute, If we weren't married?"
"No-what?"
II would propoSe-right here!"
After q while Mary said,
There's another thing-Tommy
told me-"
About Dizzy? He's gone now
why not"
mo, Jake, Tommy had only