Show i x S Inc DEEV THIS TillS IJ HAS jr I Jerry Ray nay to Aletter Aleater r te t r he I airplane rhea he ue J ue he 1 III with her hera herf 1 f t camp gye a likes kM W hi pilot r Dan n Ilar her with atten atten- attens chewers bOwer i l IUler Iester t r 5 I to buY bay aoa a. a own n f r for r a p part l' l he hd f s her ber r to Jerry Jorry on Doe rom I 2 where works work but wheat it she is 4 te be 1 Ii I. discharged charged when she s f pan Din an tries tried to to win her but b 4 he t tell ll him he do doM dou M to III n love Jove taver bU but t hopes hope to marr marry der ier mikes makes advances advance which Jerry put But when h he l learna arns that she Ia Job deb ob on n W bl account account h he uses lueB rth he r t to 10 get et t her er r a a. place In n a t hard but Evelyn Starr are re II ton r ter ae e drives her er to Allan Allan- 7 Sil ker for tor hee he th g. g but she ahe makes Q 7 I by to attend a mid mid- h he be want to rIve give lv the chorus ai party Leontine Instead s I 2 I Is IsI fort Ilk mention Jn In the show review licit 5 I Emotion to a special dance num Hunt i Evelyn Eveln wants waDI her to go Ie the train bm but With Ith her on on OD s n driving her her there there yer str unsay when he goes by byr I I and ond tops at a 8 no no- Philadelphia 1 r ti f plIC Blie u tS although for COI or dinner dinner although although 1 li he e tn- tn Ini In In- erie i her to Betty Detty Mortimer a II friend 11 molher Kt step leel a bootlegger r Trigger aIJO n t there and acts act afraid of him I to drink heavily disregarding I plea to hurry away When Bhe he S 11 t pat ot him him to start tart It U was waa very dark darle n i w 10 o that Jerr Jerry knew it would poJ J. J t tP iret Ket to Boston BOlton for tor thel the g l r eDer I B Dut t Alester suddenly til do o c a plan W GO ON WITH V THE H E STORY I CHAPT CHAPTER I imy turn turned d to Alester with jt ift expectancy His voice yolee had Tied unlimited assurance Per- Per P pI h he really had hadd thought of ot a aT ai j. j i to get her to the theatre on onIt onit it e. e Itt t ow r she asked breathlessly Jon xoi 11 It II fly he said simply with II ik Oil Jerry was so suddenly zed ill with e excitement as to dere de- de re her of further speech pester Hester stepped on the gas and andr r 1 hot ahead as itS though herot he rot ant to fly jn in the roadster Jerry f ohm him m glance at his wrist watch looked at ot the clock on the dial Well make New York In time breakfast before going on to moor icor he said and Ill I'll tele- tele m me Pan Dart to have the plane ne Z Art Jy dr you OU sure Jure u re he ho will wUl be there 11 ask asked d doubtfully Yes IM Alester did not add that i t hd bad ad once told him hed he'd mal malts make e filer IIer put out ut of ot him before he quit dIdn't want him brim to kill anyone on tift he be learned how to i r his hi own o ship lester Hester had known whom he ant when be Jle said anyone He HeI Hec I c pore fUre Dan would be a available ow will wUl you OU forgive me he heto I to tP Jerr Jerry taking his e eyes es oft off road lose for tor a a. few seconds to look her ber tf you dont don't wreck us before we wo to eta York forIe she answered I cant can't give ghe you OU any greater cf tl pf ot how mush much I re regret ret getting i unto Into this mess mes than by sen sending i 10 Off with nth Dan Harvey Alester j laud bred d convincingly Im sure flure you oU know what it means to me t to to o do o that Jerry I You needn't be jealous Jerr Jerry said softly But Dut why dont don't t you rou pilot the ship yourself r I I would If it Id I'd had some sleep he ho told her C e J Jerry considered the tIle hardships they'd endured Shed She'd much rather had him fly her to Boston than Dan shed she'd been dreaming too much m lately of or flying In the clouds with Dan In the silver sUver airplane Jerry knew that love no matter matte r how ephemeral it might be had an overwhelming power She was afraid of it afraid It-afraid afraid to have her dream come true But she knew a man couldn't be be in flying condition after driving acar acal a acar car cal for hundreds ts of or miles rones and breaking braking that drive with a party such as the on one one they'd had at the Kraal And she didn't want to tell Alester r how she felt toward Dan She said nothing more about the flight until they were were- in New York for breakfast bre Alester had gone bone to the tho telephone booth to talk with Dan He returned in iry a few minutes to tell teB her that Dan had refused to take the i l lane out Jerrys Jerry's face blanched Why she sho demanded He lie says aS a'S the storm isn't over it would be unsafe But I must go Jerry cried Its raining only a little The weather report says there isto is isto to be a thunderstorm over the New Newl l England states Alester said truth truth- fully He did not feel justified in concealing the real situation from her hel Oh Isn't there someone who's 1105 not afraid Jerry exclaimed in despair de- de de de- Im not afraid Alester said and It H ought to be my risK but Jerry you know lenow its it's a very ery dangerous danger dang ous thing If It I dont don't go 10 I wont won't have anything anything any any- thing to make being safe worth wortha a no darn Jerry returned plaintively but I cant can't ask you ou You dont don't ne need d to ask me Alester Ales Ales- ter tel interjected I r only wanted to Impress you with the danger dangel you'll I be bo facing For my part I like lIlee flying fly fly- lyIng ly- ly ing in bad weather It gives you something to do i e 4 Jerl Jerry forgot his abject fe fear r of Trigger Nolan and looked at ac him with admiration He certainly wasn't afraid to take chances She couldn't have believed that he was WIlS braver than Dan In that moment Jerry softened greatly toward towar Ales Alester tel forgave him for everything shed she'd held against him he was coming through for her and Dan a new thought struck her Did you tell him that you ou wanted wanted wanted want want- ed him to take me as his passenger passenger passenger ger she asked Alester nodded Of Ot course he said I explained to him just how necessary It is for lor you to set get et to Boston before 2 Jerry Terry felt chilled A warm little fire that had sprung up in her heart died down again at Alester's words They left the restaurant and headed toward the Queensboro Bridge and When they arrived at the the- estate Alester Ales Ales- ter tel drove straight to the hangar located on Ms his fathers father's private fl flying fly fly- ing In- field Eisler He lIe ha hal 1 called the chief mechanic and asked him to get the the- plane read ready The man had attempted to question the wisdom of or flying In Jn the face race of ot a a. storm but Alester Aleater had cut him short by hanging up the receiver Jerry saw the graceful bIrdlIke machine out on the runway with men busily engaged In Inspecting it Alester brought his car to a U astop stop stop a n. short distance away and as assisted assisted assisted as- as Jerry to alight He called to one of the men to take her suitcase suit suit- case and bag from the i f and put them In the cockpit Theres a flying outfit In the hangar he said to Jerry best hest dash In and put it on Ill I'll get mine too They ran Into the big structure to escape the rain Jerry was shown to a dressing room where she sho found a flying suit She quickly quick quick- ly slipped it ft on over her dress Vh When n she came out of ot the hangar Alester helped her into ino the second seat of the open cockpit and threw her coat to ono of the men to place with her luggage Then buttoning up his leather coat securely he ho started to climb into the tho plane The propellers were turned over with a roar that drowned out a voice that shouted to them frantically Alester placed placeda a foot on the tho step and prepared to lift himself over the side e e But he ho never got into the airplane A hand seized him by the shoulder and Jerked him to the ground He lie lost his balance and was thrown I spinning along the ground When he succeeded in righting himself the plane pIano was taxiing down the runway to take oft off In the wind It It was Harvey ono one oC or the mechanics mechanics me me- told him Alester nodded and nd the man gave him a curious look before turning away to seek shelter from the the- rain If n Alester r had bad become enraged at Dan Harveys Harvey's insolence in t taking taking tak tak- lIng l- l ing the plane away from him in inthis inthis inthis this fashion he failed to reveal it ft In fact he felt no animosity toward to to ward his pilot for In spite of or his boast to Jerry that he was not afraid to malts male the trip ant and his usual disregard of danger ho he had hadnot hadnot hadnot not relished the thought of ot a battle battle battlo bat bat- tle with the elements clements He was well satisfied with the turn of events Jerry could not Pot accuse accuse ac ac- ac I cuse him of cowardice a arid and d he knew she would be bo much safer with Dan Danin Danin Danin in charge of the ship Im not in flying condition he acknowledged a ag as b he rte drove ort oft to the garage He Ho had stopped topped to light a a and his hilS hand had trembled noticeably Jerry was very er much surprised at the strange behavior lor of or her pilot he had not even turned turne l to look at her Why bad had he changed his mind Maybe the the- weather had changed had made flying safer But Jerr Jerry Immediately rejected reject d this Idea Dan was not a a. coward Shed She'd known It Jt real really 1 There was only one explanation for his last minute last minute action that she could accept He had become convinced convinced con con- vinced that she and and-A and and-Alester liter were determined to make the trip so he decided to take the risk himself For my sake Fake Jerr Jerry told herself her self with an insight that opened the tho door of her he heart rt for tor one little glimpse at a world which she would not enter They were getting altitude no now Jerry fearfully looked over o the 81 side of tho airplane at the fast receding earth Only a blur met her ber eyes a rain obscured vision of ot softly roIlIng rollIng rolling roll roll- Ing hills and white-capped white water The sensation of or leaving terra firma was not as Jerry had expected expect expect- ed It to be due to the rain pin In Higher visibility would have sharpened her sense of or standing still while the earth drop dropped w awa away No not standing still a queer feeling at the pit of ot her stomach assured her herot of ot motion of ot hel height She leaned back in her seat and closed her eyes She was not afraid The queer feeling left her When she opened her eyes again and 1001 looked ed at Dans Dan's leather clad shoulders hout ders she lost all apprehension Sh She would get to her hr destination s e Being with Dan always gave her such an encompassing feeling of ot security security except except when she thought of ot the consequences of ot falling in love Iove with him It was a a. lovely ely feel feel- I ing one Ing-one one she ahe never knew In Alester's Alester's Ales Ales- ter's pr presence sence j AtU-j Its Ifa just as though he pouted poured a sweet balm over my mind Jerry had said to herself hersel once in Ia trying to define delpe the effect of ot Dans Dan's personality per upon her With Aleater Alester there was always a ft pricking consciousness con of ot being feeing at odds with him of or their trying trIng to reach each other from entirely different mental mental mental men men- tal planes plane And yet It was not Dans Dan's Ideals and Ideas that she wanted to ac ac- ac It wa wad Asters J Jerry tried to stop thinking romantic thoughts about the man who at this moment held hold her life Ute In tn his Ills hands bands she tried hard to keep her mind on the theatre Could she rehearse Sa a new dance with any success when she hadn't slept a wink last night a night crammed with excitement and dangers I Her FIer er mind came back to her ller present present present pres pres- ent surroundings with a jolt when a moment later the ship struck a bumpy area Cold rain slapped berin herin her ber in Jn the tac taco face and she he ba hastily pulled down th the goggles that she ehe had thrust up on her helmet Dan continued to gain Altitude and they got above t tho the rain clouds Jerry looked down at what seemed G LV 1 i L WU WV Wt ewi CW like a n billowing ocean beneath her The plane was now shooting a away way wayon on a course that Jerry assumed would lead them straight ht to Boston Presently Dan looked back back-at back at her herand herand herand and smiled reassuringly His was wasa wasa a real smile a a. wide mouth and two rows of or perfect teeth Jerry returned the smile Game he be said to himself The next second the plane was accelerating Its speed Soon the they were flying fast fast- N r. miles mUes an hour the Instrument board revealed to Dan Jerr Jerry had no idea of 01 the swiftness swiftness swiftness swift swift- ness with which the they were soaring through space But Dan knew kne In that backward glance he had seen seena a terrifying sight CHAPTER A A. streak of lightning Jagged and blinding had flashed In the the- wake wilke of or the plane Dan knew that he had flown Into the active storm area that that he be had passed Just a n. few seconds before the cloud that had launched the th thunderbolt And ho he knew that the storm was ahead of or him as aswell well Fell ell as us to his rear They were right In It He set et rear his lips grimly and prepared to climb higher The altimeter indicated 2000 feet but to descend and try to make a a. landing was sible Dan was wn sure they were were over over the A Atlantis Atlantic 0 ocean and to fly In Inland Inland inland In- In land to make a a. forced fen landing meant they ther would voul be carried with the storm which was waa blowing in from the tho northeast Their only chance seemed to beto be beto beto to ride through It H until they could get above the clouds again Before them loomed a a. d dense nSe bank Dan kept the nose of the plane upward They shot through at one end and found themselves themselves' In the clear for fora a a. moment Then the the- plane nosed Int another thick cloud as ae it continued continued continued con con- gaining gaining- altitude Dan glanced at the altimeter Three I five I I All about them now the lightning cracked and thunderous echoes made an earsplitting din The The- clouds were black hanging black hanging lower than the white fleece that aviators love to sport with Dan knew that ho he could get above them If it Crack That one one- was near near Dan was flying blindly now the now the heavens hea them themselves elvea his destination He ought to get in Jn the clear soon soon soon- hed he'd flown In clouds at B But they were not the Bra Big Berthas of the the- theair air air the the the- death charged death charged black nesses that continued to roll 1011 up around them even as they mounted their heir futile little little- distance that to them was far tar far above the the- earth S s a Jerry was WM too frightened to move but Dan pan was glad that he had disconnected dis dis' connected the second control so that she ahe could not take hold of f It He knew she must be in an agony of terror tenor Who would not with all aH hell bursting around th them m and no place to arc unless To unless you wanted to fly 1 right Into it The rain had stO stopped Jd or rather they had hod left it behind them These were lightning clouds that must fire their bolts boIt before releasIng releasing releasing ing their torrents of water An And Dan knew they'd been In the clear long enough to dry the win wIng fabric In the realization of ot their utter helplessness Jerry forgot everythIng everything every every- thing else eue her rehearsal her mother Dan prayed praed for rain It might be of no avail a to them probably probably probably ably it Jt wouldn't b be It If the they were struck he thought |