The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-08


"Now, mister" she chal.
lenged him again, just after z
am. 1T is assumed of course
that your personal luggage is al
packed. You can wear nothing
but dress uniforms you know
because you'll have to be show
ing off constantly. John Q. Pub
lie will demand that you look
nice. Or his wife will, anyway
Your mustache needs trimming
on the left. And you could stanc
d hair cut"
She was standing across hi.
desk, looking down at him. HI
swallowed. helplessly. pat, yol
-lordy"
She gave an exaggerated sigh
Come on" she ordered. "Yol
remind me of my brother"
She and the peep driver, wht
was sort of special man for Cap
tain Carr, served as Wallets fol
him. They rolled up to hi.
quarters and went quietly in
And for an hour they all had fur
packing his things. Pat ever
trimmed the mustache, and the
hair around his ears. Then wher
she went to the peep to be driv
en- to her own home, she pausec
for q ypornenf
Jimmy" she said, quietly, 90
I'm not teasing or anything
now. Tomorrow morning every
body will be too busy for words
butt want you to know we're
for you. Good sailing, Jimmy
and-goodby." She held out hel
hand and he squeezed it.
"Lordy, Pat" he murmured
Plainly, he was touched.
"Goodby, Jimmy Good
BY" The peep moved away
and Pat felt that the parting wa.
a valedictory, an end of a grand
glorious something that coulc
never be again.
She hoped the peep driver
didn't notice her crying.
Miss Lorraine Stuart ha dar
appointment at the hairdresser'
at $50 this morning. 1t wa.
earlier than she liked to de
such things, but this was a spe
cial occasion, and she'd neeo
time to be groomed her very
best. One of the news reel com
panies, it had been announced
would film the entire fligh
story in full color.
She was out of the beauty
shop by $50, and she wen
rather leisurely to her apart
ment. From her bedroom win
dow she could look across two
roadways and onto the Doubl,
Eagle Soaring Field mile be-
yond. But Martha, the coloree
girl who helped in the house
tere and doubled as Lorraine.
maid, was much more excited
than Lorraine.
MN, mm," Martha grunted
ceniallly. Miss Lorraine, you go
to hurry yourself up. Just look
over there already"
Lorraine deigned to glance GU
the window. Quite Grove
gathering" she confessed. "Odd
that so many people would b.
interested in such a little thing.
That last was sheer pretens,
and insincerity; a vain person
effort to impress a servant.
This amt little, Miss Lor
aine! This is really something
Big"
Lorraine looked amused, She
was idly studying herself in ;
mirror, debating which shade O.
rouge would heighten her color
best for the movies. Also, she
quietly rehearsed certain move
ments and gestures that nigh
come in we'll when she faced the
cameras and the public.
ITS a heap of people inter
ested,' Martha went on. Jus
imagine. Riding in a ship with
cut no motor and no gas bag
Away up in the sky"
Soaring isn't new, Martha
It's been done"
But you and him's COINS
clear across the land! You anc
him's like pioneers, heading
vest"
That's a thought" Lorraine
conceded. It would come ir
handy for interviews. Captain
Carr and l feel as if we were
modern pioneers, paving a new
way for progress as did our fore
fathers, those intrepid souls who
-. She smiled to herself, light
ing a cigaret.
Amt you going to hur,
ry, miss"
Indeed not"
"Unh, unh. Me. I would have
been there before breakfast
Would you, really, Martha?'
Lorraine was OVERRIDING the
business of being languid now
This pretense satisfied some
thing within her.