The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-11
"Heigh no, heigh no,
A sailing, a sailing I'll go!
High in the air
With a lady SO fair

A sailing. a sailing I'll
go-O-O-O-O"
He broke into his ditty. How
l doing, Pat?"
swell"
WHAT"
SWELL She repeated, loud
er.
You sure are talkative! Me
I'm having a time And say, the
mob down there liked you, Pri
vate Pat. Thanks plenty
I'm glad, jim"
It'll be worse in Chicago. o.
better. Depending on your poin
of view -
Il love it. personally. love
everything about gliding anc
soaring. / intend to make it ;
career. But-but I'm out of pla Z
here and know it. You're sWee
to try to smooth il over, and all
telling me nice things"
You're not out of place
There had to be woman pas
senger."
But I'm not the right WON
an. Lorraine will be furious. Jim
And / don't, blame her. With me
having to use her name, and
Captain Carr laughed. Cues!
you're right. She can throw {
mad when she wants to"
Now what did he mean By
that, Pat wondered. Sitting there
in the sailplane behind him, she
studied his handsome back, the
tilt of his head, the crinkle of hi:
hair. He went bareheaded a:
much as Army style let him; he
was like her brother in the
Navy, or like a college boy
verile. and devlish, and gentle
withal. In his words he admit
ted his fiancee ought to be here
with him, but in his tone he i'm.
piled that life was grand as is.
Jimmy" she called.
"Hup?"
"I-Tll do better in Chicago
I mean. / will. l won't have
stage fright so. l have my speech
all planned in my mind, and II
try not to let you down in the
slightest. I'll try to be rea
lady"
He laughed loud. Imagine
you, being a LADY,"
But jimmy
"That'll take % more years
Private Pat, And at least q
more pounds on you. But lister
the lady passenger we need
cd didn't have to be doWagel
with a lorgnette, nor even {
somebody with Eleanor Roose.
welt poise. Why hells-to-betsy
Pat, you did SWELL
She loved him for that. For
that and - and - well she JUS
loved him. 1t made her miser
able even as it exalted her.
For days now she had ordered
herself to deal with Captain
Carr in a strictly business man
ner. Heart affairs had no place
in stern Army life. She was a ca
reer girl, pure and simple. Mos
important of all, Captain Car
was engaged to Lorraine Stuart
a person definitely his own typ.
so far as looks 60 (Pat would ad
NIT no more, even to herself. /
was sheer accident that she, Pat
was in this sailplane now; ar
emergency duty, which she wa:
obligated to fulfill. On forceo
masquerade.
She faced Chicago's throns
with fine determination, and she
carried off her duties we'll Il
Cleveland had turne d out {
mob" as Jimmy called it. Chi
cago turned out multitude
This was to be an over nigh
stop, so the reception at the air.
port was longer, and the parade
down Michigan Boulevard anc
around the Loop and over tC
Lake Shore Drive and such won.
dcrful places all found Pat APP
preciative but calm. No more lit
tie girl filters. No more stage
fright. The mayor himself went
out of his way to compliment
her as "the spirit of young WON.
anhood," and the news photog
raphers must have used up al
their reserve film. Pat was learn.
ing to take prominence and dish
out the proper propaganda fol
soaring, which was hers anc
Jimmy's assigned task.
But even so, tn ere was {
strain to it, After the banquet
that evening she was grateful
for the chance to ride the hote'
elevator up TO the room that hac
been reserved originally for Lo.
raine. She had worked until aft.
er 2 last night, helping Jimmy
get ready. And then, having beer
snatched away by Jimmy as EN-.
Urgency passenger - il was al
enough TO make her want rest
She aSked IN take her our