| Show I I Confessions J I Of a Bride Back in My Home Land I Await My H Husband Jim saw the ghost too and ond h he waved his hand exactly a as Babs does when she bhe says goodnight And he did not seem a bit disturbed V Wo Yo zoomed above the banana trees as If we were upon an aimless jO Joy ride Then we picked up the railroad track for a guide and were off for tor the glorious north and I couldn't tell whether the motion motion mo mo- mo- mo tion of the bus or the emotion aroused by that passing glimpse of Hamilton disturbed me more It might be I 1 reasoned that the old wife's tale had set my imagination to working overtime I was so absorbed In my own thoughts that I did not register a singie single sin sin- g gle gie new sensation about flying lyIng I cuddled Babs Dabs close and and since it was her hour for a nap she obligingly went to sleep I wanted to punch Jim in the back and tell him to look around for I knew the incident would delight him Undoubtedly he was the first of the human race to use uso his airship as a cradle Seldom could I muster courage to look over the side of the car which was most unfortunate because I particularly par par- wanted to study the region of the holdup Whenever I caught a J streak of smoke on the mountainside al I Imagined we might be passing the I bandits bandit's cave where Katherine Miller Mille was held Wouldn't Jim be able to locate he her by plane I wondered Surely with Bob and Jim Morrison and his bunch working together any gang sang of bandits ban ban- bandits would surrender on sight I t regarded regarded regarded re re- re- re my laws in broad shoulders with pride And I hoped I-hoped i It would be a long time before Jim go got married I 1 dont don't suppose any girl is ever ready to part with the protection of nice brothers like Jim Jim made an especially romantic figure fig fig- ure because he wasn't wearing his uniform He was in a mechanics mechanic's dress and he looked considerably like an outlaw outlaw out out- law of the air ought to look I thought He could not of course take a government uniform adventuring in Mexico nor a government plane either Morrison after atter his private chat with Jim TIm had explained why the ship lacked the red and blue insignia The fellows had assembled this car Jim said from parts of ships which had crashed Then they had hac I sold the thing at auction and he had been the lucky buyer He ie had had real luck lucIe too for while it was a freak bus it had proved pro as steady as a taxi I It was steady I admitted and Just Justas as I 1 had settled myself to really enJoy enjoy enjoy en- en Joy the feel of the ship Jim waved an arm to call my m- attention to a thread of silver sliver in the distance far above It was the Rio Grande Beyond it was safety And I never wanted to togo togo togo go south of It again I wanted to end endall endall endall all of my adventure in the safe haven of ot my husbands husband's arms Fate however was bound to be per per- peri i verse Just when I needed Bob most he would have to go in search of Katherine Katherine Katherine Ka- Ka therine Miller And Berghoff was ex exacting exacting ex- ex acting money from Chrys in exchange for Cor certain mysterious brown Berghoff must be rOD bed of ot his I prey prey and and Jailed Glancing over the side of the plane I saw that the earth was rising to tot bump t ump us but Jim made a lovely landIng landIng landing land- land Ing Just outside a certain border town He lifted the sleeping baby from my arms hired a guard for his machine and found a passing auto to take lake us uso to o the hotel As soon as we were alone alonen In n a parlor of the hotel I turned to him ilm with an excited Was it Hamilton it-Hamilton Sissy said my law in se seriously seriously se- se I dont don't believe that Hamilton Hamil- Hamil ton on ever wore a diving suit in his life Does that answer you As Im I'm alive Jim I saw Dr Cr- Cr els teis walk down a rope ladder Into the sea wearing the costume he had In Invented Invented In- In invented vented himself Little girl you need sleep Imitate Dabs Babs Ill I'll wire to dad and find out what has become of your precious hus- hus band and To be continued |
