The Washington times., 1936-02-15

And what about Tex-and me7
Next you'll hurt Mary
mo! So help me, Lou"
"You can't held it, Dizzy Davis,
because you are just no goodl"
Lou walked to another window
and stared out. Tender hearted
Mary went to Dizzy.
"She doesn't know what she Is
saying, Dizzy" she whispered.
"YeS she does, Mary. Shes
right. I'm no good. I'm poison.
even to my friends"
mot to Jake"
"To Jake-Smiley Johnson
bounced in last night and spilled
the beans about us to Jake"
''DiZzyl" Mary gasped. What
did Jake Say2"
"He doesn't know whether to
believe 1t or not"
"Then I have got to tell him.
Dizzy"
'Yes-but not now-he's got
too much on his mind"
Dizzy looked at the clock and
hurried away.
Halt an hour later, unknown to
Lou, he was giving O generous
blood TRANSMISSION to Tex.
That evening he reported TO
Jake, q little shaky, but feeling
that he had done what little he
could.
"Did the doctors give you the
.low-down?" Jake asked.
They're worried about his heart
the shock, Jake"
'What do you think?"
Think? Tex has got to get
well, Jake"
Dizzy went to his locker and
took q drink from q pint bottle.
'"That stuff's no good after los
ing pint Of blood. Dizzy" Jake
said.
IT know-it ought to be cya-
nide."
"Forget that stuff, Tex has got
to pull through, and as for you,
it's time you learned to play the
rules"
'I guess T never played anything
straight, except flying"
"You lied to me, and you lied
to Tex, about being sick, so that
Tex could take your run and you
could try to make q girl fall for
you who Is Q million times too
good for you. Isn't that So?"
0HAlpA -
isn't it true? You lied to me.
didn't you, Dizzy?"
Eyes, Jake-I lied to you"
CHAPTER XIII
'You admit it. You lied to me
about being sick. I suppose you
lied about Mary"
"Jake! mol"
what q pail"
"Tex wanted to switch"
"Sure. You made him think you
were sick. Lou told me what Tex
phoned her. Everyone in this
outfit has to be on the level with
me-"
Listen Jake, I've clipped a lot
Of corners, but I've always been
on the level with you."
II am beginning to wonder"
Jake said, softly, avoiding DiZzy'S
eyes and looking out Of the win.
dow. Dizzy went to the other
window and stared out, or tried
to. The window was already GOV.
cred with fine Sleet.
"You going to push the night
mail through that?" he asked.
Probably not, but I never can.
Gel Q run in advance. We viii de.
eide when the time comes. Mum.
ber seven Is rigged with LawSon's
de-icerS. Dizzy, 1t would be worth
o crash to find out how they work.
II these deicerS work. and we can
fix radios not to 60 sour, well
never lose another ship. Think
Of thatl"
"It's hard to believe. Say, Jake.
do you want me to make this
hop?"
'LawSon's scheduled to go-its
his invention, the de-icers."
THAT kid? He won't get from
here to the edge Of the fieldl"
eyes he will-he's o flyer, toe" ."
Jake went into the adjoining
office. Tommy, Baldy and Doc
came in. anxious to get word from
the hospital about Tex. They had
scarcely entered when the tele.
phone bell sounded. They all
looked at the telephone as II
afraid to answer It,.
Jake stepped back and picked
up the instrument. But it wasn't
from the hospital. It was AL
Stone, who was afraid the mail
wasn't going out. He limited