Evening star. [volume], May 01, 1937, Page A-5, Image 5

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" DAILY SHORT STORY
PLANE LOVE
By H. E. Howard.
SPHERE are thou
A sands upon
thousands of per
«ons flown yearly
by International
Air Transport, but
It i« safe to sup
pose that the pas
sengers who ac
tually notice the
stewardesses on the
luxurious air cruis
ers are decidedly in
the minority. The
standardized uni
form. consisting of
olive drab skirt and
coat over a man
nish shirt and tie,
and the unpreten
tious overseas cap
have seen to that.
Aside from being
trained as a regis
tered nurse, the girl
who attains to a
stewardess' stature
must of necessity
“Her town car urns waiting.
over was completed
Buck was suffering
a change of mind
about a lot of
things. Coral had
absolutely monopo
lized his time.
They had gone to
parties, down to
Malibu, had played
tennis and swam
together. And on
the last night Buck
had been a little
surprised himself
to find Coral in his
arms in the con
servatory of her
home . . . and he
was kissing her.
* • • *
gUCK was not
entirely uncon
scious of the look
of veiled victory
which Coral ac
corded Natalie as
thev rh#*rlrpH t.H*
have several other desirable assets at
her instant command—tact, courtesy,
a knowledge of human behavior and,
above all. a saving sense of humor.
Natalie Reese had all these and, in
addition, even in the regimented sur
roundings of her job. she was a top
notch eye-filler.
It is a matter of record that In
her first year of flying with Buck
Stockton on the Western run from
Salt lake City to Los Angeles, Natalie
had had her hands more than full
with the amorous, flirting males who
flew westward over the mountains
with them.
But that was part of her job, she
supposed Besides, most of the pas
sengers were going to that made place,
Hollywood, ana she supposed that
they were just practicing up a bit
before they hit the big time on the
coast. Besides, with her knowledge
that Buck was at the controls in the
forward operator's cabin, she didn't
worry much!
It wouldn't be long now, she figured,
before the hulking young pilot would
overcome his bashfulness in her pres
ence and ask her that old, yet ever
exciting, question. She had seen it in
his eyes and trembling upon his lips
more than once of late when he
had taken her home after a date
on their off time. And when he did—
the knew the answer to the question.
* He * *
^HE would make a prime wife for
a pilot. A woman who had been
with Burk on perilous trips over bro
ken country and in rough weather
wouldn't worry, waiting at home for
him to return. She would know that
Buck was reliable! Anyway, it took
a lot of knowledge of the game to
appreciate the feelings and aims of
a professional flyer. They were funda
mentally a race of men set apart.
Natalie knew!
What she didn't know was that
the men who made advances toward
her had a feminine counterpart who
■was infinitely more deadly. Coral
Matthews had made two round trips
on their flight between Salt Lake
and the City of the Angels before
Natalie sensed that something was
definitely wrong. Of course, she had
seen Buck chatting with the ex
pensively attired young society bud
before the flight, and he had sat in
a vacant place and spoke to her while
his co-pilot relieved him over easy
stretches.
* * * *
gUT it wasn't until they reached
Los Angeles on the third trip that
Coral made an overt play for Buck.
Her town car was waiting at the air
port. and she invited Buck to ride
downtown with her. He did, leaving
a pained and mortified Natalie stand
ing at the field office with a hint of
tears in her eyes. He had never left
her like that before.
The young pilot meantime was in
a quandary. He knew that he had
Unwittingly hurt his stewardess. But
Coral Matthews was an important
customer whom he couldn’t afford to
offend She was talking of chartering
his plane for an extended trip through
Mexico. So Buck went along in her
car. He even accepted a dinner in
vitation.
By the time their three-day stop
| east-bound passengers Into the plane.
; She had doubtlessly thought out very
j carefully the exact relationship be
tween them. And Buck was sorely
puzzled. Natalie was a fine girl and
he admired her for what he knew she
was. But Coral! In the short, inti
mate time he had knowm her she had
shown him something foreign to his
experience . . glamour!
Buck went immediately to his con
trols when the routine work was com
plete. The radio warnings had been
given him There was a storm and
snow blowing up over the Sierra Ne
vadas and he'd better make sure of
his instruments. They'd have to
make plenty of height.
The giant transport rolled along the
concrete runway and lifted smoothly
into the rays of a setting sun. Buck
circled the field twice to gain altitude
and then swung on the almost direct
route he must follow to Salt Lake
City. Darkness came in two hours
and with it came a slight drizzle and
bumpy air.
* * * *
gUCK glanced significantly at his
co-pilot and grasped his cut-away
wheel more determinedly. He knew
what to expect. The weather reports
came in accompanied by crashes of
static. The rhythmic beat of the radio
beam annunciator over his head re
mained steady and strong. Buck
looked at his altitude chart and began
to climb. He'd have to clear 20.000
feet pretty soon., And then he began
to wonder if he could. The heavy
ship seemed loggy.
Buck thought clearly. The passen
gers. Natalie came forward to in
form him, were becoming restless be
cause of the increasingly rocky air
which tossed the great ship about.
And the pilot, his thoughts on that
barren ridge he must clear by a good
thousand feet, began circling his ship
to get up there. Snow was now
clinging to the leading edges of the
wings. Things looked pretty bad.
Natalie went back to calm the passen
gers. Coral, she said tersely, was
acting pretty badly about things.
** **■ ^
gUCK nodded and looked back to j
his instruments. He had no time I
for frightened passengers now, not
even Coral. A crack-up on the barren <
peaks of the snow-filled range would
be no joke! The straining of the
motors in the thinning air caused
him concern. The door at his back
opened suddenly and a shriek filled j
the tiny room. Buck turned to see
Coral gazing with terrified eye* at
the sheets of snow blotting out the
vision through the windshields. Buck
grunted.
“We'll make it all right," he said
to Natalie, behind Coral. "Take her
to the wash room and lock her in
until we land. I don’t care how
much influence she swings with In
ternational!” Natalie smiled grimly
and Buck heard the door slam to
again!
The passengers had all been cleared,
Coral among them, and the airport was
nearly deserted. Buck jumped down
beside Natalie. “Thanks!" was all he
said. Then he took Natalie’s arm. and
she had a hunch that when they were
hidden in a booth at the coffee shop
he'd have plenty more to say!
• Copyright, 1937.)
Chin Stops Clock.
ST LOUIS i/P).—Police Sergt. Rey
nold Ferguson answered a disturbance
call.
As he reached the scene, an irate
tcife threw an alarm clock at her
husband. The husband ducked.
Ferguson took it on the chin. The
couple went to jail and the sergeant
to the hospital.
$4,500 Found in Leg.
While a railway passenger was being
searched at the German frontier sta
tion at Aachen, German marks valued
at $4,500 were found in his wooden
leg. He had acquired them cheaply
in Belgium. The man has been sent
to prison for 17 months and lined
nearly $7,500.
& Jdeninci §faf
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