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I I D By CE EVA COOK THE TUE r FLYING LYING ACE I ISee ISee SeeThe See SeeThe SeeThe The Human Daman Comet Zooming Comet Zooming In la Thrilling Death t Defying Death Stunts I at the r Fall FAIR I TODAY TODAY K KURT brought brought hung bung yellow ellow yellow roadster roadster to a lt stop p In to front of the Aloo elIle general It store re to read the flaming poster In In the win dow Ill 11 go CO down to the big shindig he be thought The big road roadster ter shot down the highway toward the fair grounds lea leaving leav ing lag a a I trail ot dust and of gasping natives na tives In Its wake He lie could hear the throb of at a motor In to the air and bedrew be he drew the Yellow Tiger Tiger Tiger-It It was hi his name nome for the car up car up to the edge of the field eld just as the plane zoomed over the hill hili and banked for tor the downward swoop Fa Fan Fascinated n ted he saw law It come nearer and amid nearer It lifted a little lost little lost al again and again and shot right at the car Instinctively Kurt ducked There T ere was th the roar of a thousand devils In his ears a rending tear of can canvas VOl and th the plane shot bot upward hanging In shreds from Its Us wheels was all nil that was left of the canvas top of t the car a Kurt drew a s long bre breath th tie He thrust his bis head dead upward through the twisted I t L remnants of metal Human comet comet- m my hat tie he whistled softly lOtti That guy 11 must mut be bea a meteor I t He watched th the th plane circle over the held field eld and swoop down to land at the to tar r end atthe of at the grounds The pilot picot jumped lumped from the cockpit and nd came dashing across the Held field eld i t Im Tm awfully sorry 11 II scalped your ca car earl I l With single g e gesture the sty Fly lag Ing Ace snatched and gog- gog tossed back ck an unruly mop mop of of wavy che chestnut hair hak I I 1 I dIdn't mean toJ to really j Kurt Kurt's lee ope opened ed wide with amazement Why this t was Just a girl Aubrey Weston i B HeP Be gri grinned grinned lD d' d dat ather ather at ather her W What at do you do with the scalps you rou cp collect l t Hang Rang em on the propel propel- let ter for foe tot a souvenir Oh this Is La reali really my ml first drat scalp You Ion ought to be honored I I U Mr Barnard ard came running up to to her Pm rm sorry Miss Weston but Ill nl have to cancel that a agreement I made These people have all seen lean ee loop before That nothing new Kurt Eurt somehow hated bated to see leG the hurt hun hurthi hurtin In hi tier her ei eyes Suddenly Ibe Want to go 10 goT up T i i i li r rIbe The Tb game little kid f I She w wouldn't admit she was beaten Well he wouldn't go back on her ber now Let er or go 0 got l I he called Aubre Aubrey Aubrey- was Will flying a bit wild She taxied bumpily over the ground round gained altitude with an upward sweep that set Kurts Kurt's ears and zoomed off toward the the lake Suddenly Sudden ly 11 she banked banked and and headed beaded beck back Jn the direction of of the fair Over the edge of the of-the the pit Kl Kurt rt could see lee seethe the milling that that were the 1 people people- They were directly ov over over r the th ft field ld when it tt happened Aubrey Was WILl flyIng fly fly- 1 Ing high Perhaps the they ht ht an air pocket perhaps almost But there w were were beaded headed for the j 1 sl speed peed There was was Aubrey standing in her ber cockpit frantically signaling him to Jump there was Kurt waving back at her and shaking his head There was the bard ground coming up fast to meet th 1 And AM suddenly there was a Ii j jerk rk a shudder ot tile whole plane a rockIng rock rock- Ing log TIn t the tilt l a and the he machine straightened 0 qui of t and slid along level with th the ground ground Just above bo bothe the bill I ItAl tAs tAl th they y taxied across th the field Held Kurt could hear bear above abaTe the roar of the motor motor motor mo mo- tor the shouting of the crowd They TillY sw swarmed around the plane lane Mr Ir BArnerd D Bar Barnard nard nerd came pushing through t A Aubrey ubre That was WOI marvelous t he said Great heavens the man milD thought she had done It on purpose That was wonderful Miss Weston A d remarkable remarkable remark remark- able exhibition of control IT to take back I what I said about the contract And 1111 lU i give you rou another hundred to todo todo todo do It tt again I leaned Kurt Kurt leaned over the edge of the pit She wont won't do It again today Mr lr Barnard Darnard he said t was the tbt grand I climax The show Is over O He lie held out hU his hand to Aubrey Aubre as Ins Come she climbed from tram theo the plane over to ro the be car car be he They drove silently away to a quiet spot pot Aubrey looked ver very small and white Now N well we'll hear Justi what It was that thai hap happened eked jup vp Up there anyway he told her ber but ds voice was very gentle It t slipped 01 said Aubrey I th bought 1 It tf rp you'd d Jump It would be bl all Dot Bat when ro you stayed 11 sat Just down oga again n and and grabbed that stick stick like like hap happen n nto heel heer I 1 couldn't cOuldn let anything to your yoa r A A Afew few tea m minutes later she said laid softly I guess n Im I'm a not much of an Ace Im I'm Im I'm only a Joker And Kurt Kurt- answered tenderly Oh Aubrey youre you're not only an aD Ace but a Hearts Queen Queen of of Defined The correctness of the expression how It Is of that Ilk depends upon used Ilk is a Scotch word meaning of or Fairfax same sume One could say any that Ilk Uk meaning Fairfax of or Fairfax Fairfax Fair Fair- fax fux If the estate the bore same sume name Of that ilk does not mean of at that sort sort kind or class |
