The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-10

aren we!
"I-of course, Jimmy, but
"Okay, then. We're streaming
out right now for Cleveland
Ohio. You get to thinking. Fish
in my coat pocket here. There!
a little blank notebook and Z
pencil, II you need EN-"
What for?"
He laughed. 1t was partly be-
cause this was an exhilarating
zestful sport, this riding in Z
sailplane. Up yonder half a mile
was the motor plane that towec
them. Soon they would cut loose
and do real soaring over one o.
the cities of the ". S. A.
do you expect me to take
dictation here!" Pat was able tc
match his own mood now. She
remembered - for no good rea
son - that Jimmy Carr was al
ways teasing her in fun. but that
he almost never tried to tease
Lorraine Stuart. That fact wa:
oddly significant.
I'm telling you to make note.
If you want to. You must make
the speeches now"
"Me?"
eyes, you! When we get tc
Cleveland. Say something-well
something harmless, but good
Understand? l say, do you
understand, Private Friday?"
She understood. In fact "Pri.
vate Friday" understood well
for it was she who had done
most of Jimmy's own speech
planning. Together they had
doped out things for him to say
reduced them to short catchy
phrases where possible. She her.
self had typed them on little
cards for his pocket SO he could
refer to them before micro
phones.
In an incredibly short time
they had radio conversation from
up front" saying that the blue
white blur down to the right
was Lake Erie and the map-like
spread was Cleveland.
"Okay thanks Jimmy ra'
diced back. I'm cutting off. See
you at the airport in about ar
hour"
He threw the lever that re-
leased the two line. The sail.
plane dipped, took hold of the
air beautifully on its own. For a
long minute neither pilot nor
passenger spoke, and there was
only the ringing of the wind.
Gaining altitude" ] m m
told Pat, then. Usually find
good thermals over cities this
way. I'll circle wide, cut across
town, show off a little"
do you - are you acquaint-
ed with Cleveland?"
Some. That big spot is the
Terminal Building. And there
see? - that's Public Square
We're kind of heading dowr
Euclid Avenue. And that's De
troit Avenue coming in from the
west. That's Shaker Heights -
that district, Pat. And Richfield
The greenish blur further west
that's Bay Village"
as that big spread a park"
Gordon Tark. And away over
there-that's Rockefeller. Edge
water Park is a mile west of the
square"
us Cleveland as beautiful as
it looks from the air?'
Matter of opinion"
She hesitated, then said, Jim
this is - wonderful - for me
Only"
Everything all right? Not
peeved at me?'
Goodness no! Only-Tm sor-
ry for you. About the mixup and
all. But if it had to happen, I'm
awfully glad l was there to pinch
hit. | mean-Well it could have
been embarrassing, and with SO
much at stake! Honest, Jimmy,
I'm aWfully sorry"
He didn't answer that for a
long time, nor even look back.
He was quietly, skhlfully, ma
neuvering the sailplane. Finally
he spoke and there was no ban
ter in his tone. I'm not, he
said.
mot what"
mot sorry"
But Jim, she-she's your fl
ancee."
Again he didn't answer di-
rectly, but just sailed a little
while, thinking And then he
said, "Okay, Friday, you're my
secretary, so you do all the wor-
rying about it, you do the being
sorry. Me, I'm on swell trip,
and I aim to have m y Sc + a
time"
Pat didn't answer that. But
the air whine around them was
like a symphony now, and she