The Washington times., 1938-03-24

spoke to her, though he never
at her.
1t was on the flying field at the
Newark Airport. Nadia, a regis
tered nurse, had come with Lora
Dane to see her off on her first
transcontinental airplane trip.
They were both excited. Lora
with the scary idea of riding in a
very unstable thing which might
crash at any moment, Nadia with
the same fear except that it was
not for herself.
Nadia went along with Lora
to the plane and, when Lora heSi-
tated Just a second before climb
ing aboard, Nadia put her hand
on hers and gave it little squeeze.
Lora looked at her with face
drawn with fear and Nadia
laughed.
GO aboard with her for mo-
ment." the stewardess said. 1T
will reassure her"
SEES BILL
Nadia went aboard and saw Bill.
He was then copilot OF the plane
and he was Just moving into the
cockpit when he looked around
and saw Nadia. His eyes rested on
her for a brief instant and then
went past her. His lips did not
move, but Nadia distinctly heard
him say, Hello, you pretty thing.
Gosh, you are pretty!"
She knew she was a fool be-
cause she knew that Bill had never
said any such thing. He was tall
and slender and his eyes were a
light blue that seemed to be gray.
That was all there was to it.
Mazda kissed Lora good-by and got
off the plane and thought no more
of anything except Bill.
She was on a case that night,
an appendectomy, and while she
was waiting for the patient to-
come out from under the ether,
she was suddenly waited out OF
the room and saw the big plane
flying westward.
Bill was sitting in the cockpit.
He looked out ahead into the dark,
star-studded sky and saw her.
Somehow or other she was rlolng
comfortably just outside the plane.
II didn't know" he said, that
love could hit you like this. Why,
I'd never seen you before and mere
I am thinking of you and seeing
YOU right before my eyes. And l
haven't had a drink for month.
Well, there it is. I love you and
you can do what you like about
it. But I'll ask you to marry me
If / can ever find you again"
GOES TO AIRPORT
"I love you, too," Nadia told him
unblushingly. "and you won't have
to find me because Ill be at the
airport waiting for you when you
get back. You'll see."
When she had gone off duty
that morning and left the hospital,
the first thing she did was to call
the airport and ask when the
plane which had left for Los An
geles yesterday would return to
the Newark airport.
And she was at the airport two
days later when the plane sWooped
down. Nadia waited in the wait
ing room and in about IS or 20
minutes Bill strobe in and right
up to her.
IF I'm crazy, you'll have me
arrested" he told her, but I have
the dopiest impression that you
and I made a date while was fly
ing on the out trip the other night,
I said I'd find you and you said
/ wouldn't have, to because you'd
be waiting here for me-"
You aren't crazy" Nadia told
him. That's what I said. Or may
be we're both crazy because things
like this just don't happen"
This did" Bill said. my
names Bill Maddern. I live IN
Los AngeleS-or I did up to now.
Now. I'm thinking of moving into
this section. Let's go out and
paint the town"
All right" Nadia agreed. Il
am Nadia Rogath. I'm a nurse.
Isn't this crazy?"
STRICKEN BY FLU
They were married six weeks
later and went to live in Los An
geles and that was five years ago.
In the five years Bill was pro.
NOTED to pilot and got his own
plane.
Along in November, Bill and
Nadia were drawn even more