The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-09-16
plane for New York.
NOW co ON WITH THE STORY
ON A pnL'D VII

CHAPTER VII
Kay saw to it that Monte Blaine
caught the afternoon plane for
Oakland. She was on duty on this
ship. Monte sat back in his pas
Senger's seat, watching her idly
and grinning when she passed him
in the aisle. Once she saw him
grimace with pain, and clutch his
head. She came to him unSmiling-
ly. "Will you have another
bromo-seltzer, sir? Perhaps it
would help your head"
He turned beet-red, but when
he saw that none of the passen-
gers were looking. caught her
hand. "Please. You're a pal" he
said. "Look at that snow down
there. And those little bugs run
ming around"
"Oh. those are skierS," she said,
That's Soda Springs. Do you like
to ski?"
Love it! But 1 thought Cali
fornia was all orange groves and
sunshine"
There's more snow between
Reno and Sacramento than there
is in all Switzerland she said.
She came back again when they
passed over the American river
canyon, a gigantic black yawn in
the earth. She wanted to show
him the two forks of the river,
like tiny silver threads weaving
in and out in the black depths.
But Monte was sound asleep in
his chair.
He slept all the way to Oakland
Airport. When he woke up Kay
had his arm, and was shaking
him.
"This is Oakland, sir" she said.
'You change here for the trans
Pacific flight"
When he stood up beside her,
laughing, she saw how tall and
broad he was. She handed him
his hat, and said, II hope you en-
joyed your trip, sir"
Now | ask you," Monte said,
sis that the way to talk to me-"
Kay said quickly, "Goodby,
sirw
She saw him talking to the pl-
lot, and a moment later he was
back. "At last | know your name
I'll be waiting in taxicab out
side the terminal in 10 minutes,
Kay Dunn"
Twenty minutes later she came
out of the airport terminal, and
there he was, sitting in the taxi
cab. He opened the door for her,
and helped her in.
You're not going to walk out
of my life, Kay. Now what shall
we do? Dine first or go watch
the Flying Mariner come in? She's
due at 6 o'clock. and it's 3 AS"
Rays heart skipped a beat.
The Flying Mariner was Ted Ora
hams ship.
She said, breathless, Lets
watch the Mariner come in"
They stood on the landing
docks at Ship Harbor and watch
ed the blOod-red sun sink into the
Golden Gate of the bay. The dy-
ing rays of the sun fell across the
gigantic cables of the new bridge
longest in the world. A squadron
of leviathans, battleships, was an,
cbOred under the bridge.
They saw the Mariner, wingine
her way across the Golden Gate
the sun rays glinting on metalleC
silver hull and wings. 1t was, tt
Kay. a sight both fantastic anC
unreal. This plane, in the space
of five days, had dipped into thu
China Seas, into Manila bay, int
the tiny coral lagoons that dotted
the mid-Pacific ocean, into the
bay at Honolulu, and was now
coming to rest in San Francisco
bay. A.
II was a little dark before the
Mariner reached Ship Harbor ant
suddenly the lights were switched
on in the so portfolios. 1t looked
rs if a flying hotel were coming
down out of the skies. They hearc
the roar of the four -SOO-horse
power motors as the Mariner
glided down toward the waters
still speckled with the CLINT of the
parting sun.
The flying ship came to rest
settling down like a giant bird
and then TAXED slowly to the