The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-05-07
TRIAL FLIGHT
BY ADELAIDE HUMPHREYS COPYRIGHT 1885, s'S1A S'S''F M

''. "Oh. Roger. Jackie could mot
sav any more. She WAS 80 '"' III
cd for him. I." bc wont
or so keep your fingers crosse"
nn,1 then. oh. boy, will that b"
Snn,r,hin~, Think Of 1t, JACKIE
Slime in a new unseen WorId' 1"
,,.HH,.JI where the stars always
| .b;nr in the purple shadows,
S,'h"ro the sun is only a silver
a.. mo clouds. no birds. y"
.. ny air-bumpS, either. whlch
:, what makes 1t an "Nl"'o!
dream. with such increase IN
,nrrd for long-diStancr hops that
ono nr these days it will be pos
.;hI. +, cruise ut 500 miles an
bnur doing a round-trip from New
Work to Europe. keeping pace
with the SUM- -. -, 1,ol.;o
said To big almost t" c"mpr"-
LnnG And to be one OF the first
to help make such dreams come
ruc-oh. Roger. why wasn't |
born man ,.
He looked ut her. her shining
.,.rs more beautiful than any
st,,r, or sun. you do very well
49, rnY are" he said. Like every
,,an since Adam, he did not want
hi, woman 70 change. He would
in The mans work. if she would
nYrv have faith in him. "fou can
nractitaliy 20 with me. ne prom
;Scd If get the breaks and get
NV chance. I'll arrange ;" YOU
,.Gr listen in at the radIo-tower.
I;iI send YOU messages all the way
M 80 youu almost think you re
in the ship with me. =:
oh. Roger" 1t was all Jackie
could say again. She SIippeo an
,I.m through his. squeezed it hard.
Wc, heart was so full she thought
il would burst. She would Try TO
he uusclsish. be happy with nm.
Since she wasn't Il man; 1t was
almost the neNt-beSt thing TO
know one like Roger
"Ir'S what lvcalwayS wanted
,o do" Roger said 1T will be
the beginning for lot Of things
for me. No more crazy tcSt-dlvcS,
photographic mapping. or teach
ing dub> how to fly.
Il like that" She pretended
indignation. calling me 4 dub.
And what will do for an lnStruc-
tor. pIcaSc? Just when I'm get
ting ready to solo and every
II didn't mean you. You're
okay. Good rci.cXcS and rhythm
if you'd been 4 man you'd maze .
q swell pilot. Jackie
Don't rub it in,
Sorry. But its the truth. You
can, change the world too quick
". Maybe some day women Will
be the leaders in avlatlon-Iook
at the way they run aj.aIrS IN
their homes now, | know darn
we'll You'll boss the guy you
marry.
But I'm not going to marry
arvonc-unlcSS Mother manages
20 make me, as she gives every
evidence OF doing the way things
arc stacking up. Roger, you SAID
YOU had another idea. SomethIng
10 DO with what you've Just tod
me. | don't see how your Strato-
sphere flight can make things any
easier" She remembered that she
was still hanging on, as though
she were a clingjng vine, to.
Rorcrs arm. She pulled away
cautiously, hoping he would not
notice. And was she glad now
that the lights were out so that
he could not see that her face was
flushed.
We'll tell your mother we can't
make any definite plans until I've
made my flight Roger explain
ed. Maybe if he became hero,
Jackie might even be willing to
marry him afterwards. She did
not know it-and the good Lord
would have to help him if she
found it out,-but Roger was on
Evclyn'S side in this marriage
business.
Jackie considered. That ought
TO hold her off Il while" she
agreed. But after the flight"
"One thing at a time" he re-
minded. Maybe my oxygen tube
will spring Il leak, or my body
expand to the bursting point. ="
Roger
well. l was only trying to be
helpful" She must like him
little bit, the way she had reacted
to that.
you ought to be ashamed to
say such things She looked as
though she would like to slap him
again. Then as suddenly her eyes
turned starry, her lips tremulous,
she was all tender feminity and
yielding sweetness, as unthink-
ingly she caught his arm, pressing
close to him again, "YOu didn't
mean it, It's not that risky" She
was seized with that uneXplain-
able panic once again, that sicken-
ing emptiness.
II was Kidding" he said light
ly. But he put his two hands on