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WHAT HAS HAPPENED SO FAR

• Jim Lane, daredevil test pilot, falls from the sky in Kansas while trying for a cross-country record, and at the same time fall in love with dng Barton. When he finds out that nho is engaged to a local boy, he teapot. But he can't put hor image out of his mind, and, turning back, goca to her and asks her to soi company him.

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"You couldn't go without met" Ann orled, "You came back! You couldn't got"

She was speaking the truth, and ho knew it. But there was a savago note in his voice as he replied. "Then get into the 'plane and don't nak any questions and let's get out of here!"

"But how? Where?" she asked, looking at the single seat.

Jim awung nimbly into the cockpit, loaned over and extended) hile hand. He drew tier up and seat-¡ ed her in his lap.

"You'll be sorry for this!" he mut- fered.

Ann'a eyes shobo feverishly bright as the ship roared on its way. The same thrilling ecstacy posnemned her as in that other ride ...over Wichita,

"Are you going to marry me? she yelled, over the noise" of the motor.

"I suppose so!" Jim

"Whereabouts!"

"Pittsburgh!"

"Why PittsburghTM**

yelled back.

"I know a minister there...I've

"I've got a wife and sen dollars," said Jim.

not six hundred bucks in my jrocket. You'd bottor be good."

"I'll be awful good!" she shouted,

At the Mineola Field. Long Inland, Guanor Bioane stood out side the Drake offices with the owner and one of the company's designers. Gunter was desperately trying to explain Jim's absence..

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job for me, I don't expect him to break it off in the middle' and get married!"

"Your all pump let me down. I was forced down,”

"You'd have landed if you'd seen ber, anyway!” Draka rejoined.

Jim was forced to smile. “You and it Records can wait!"

"They can't wait in this office!" Fald Drake storuly, rising.

"Don't tell me, Mr. Drake, that you're firing mo7" queried Jim im- perturbably.

There was a long silence. Then Drake sald, firmly:

"You're testing the Thompson racer Thursday. Today's Tuesday, That gives you a couple of days für | your fioneyinoon, and — good luck.

How's that?"

"Bwell. How about a couple of hundred in advance?"

"All right."

Jim tumod to go. "I'll see you a week from Thursday!" he called back

"No, noi This Thursday!"

"Yeh, I heard you...a work from Thursday"

"Borry, but the Thompson Trophy Race can't wait for a honeymoon! See you Thursday,”

"Right!" Jim said. "Exactly one werk "from Thursday,”

Drake wna Tarlous "Lane!" he snapped.

"Yeh." Jim slooped at the door and turned around.

"You're off the payroll!"

With a laugh, Jim slammed the door, He found Ann and Gunner at a table in the noda fountain near the Drake hangars,

"Well, I got It," he said, with a grin, sitting down.

"How much?" Gunner naked. "The gate," Jim sald shortly. Ann said nothing.

"Pal," Jim went on. "Drake's pull- ed a lot of beauties, but this one he dressed up for the ball. I'm fired!"

"Ilut he can't fire you!" Gunner protested. "We're testing hin Thompson racer Thursday!"

"I didn't feel like teating it Thurs day," Jim sald Bightly. "I've got a wite and ten dollars. What more do you want?**

"That's more than I got," Gunner Bald.

A publicity man rushed out of Ann finally spoke. "I thought you Drake'a office. "Not a word at any were pretty crazy without think- of the airports," he reported. "Muning, dear...but I didn't know you be a crash, all right."

werd that crazy!" She laughed at the sheer fantasy of the situation.

"This is just a start," Gunner said grimly.""You'll find out."

Thought of this had never enter ed Gunner's mind. Jim Lane crash? Itopusible! Gusnor grabbed

Drake's arm,

"Can't we send out chips...to look for..."

The executivo turned to the pub licity man. "Tako care of L. Jer ry. Call up Air Transport. Get all the ships they can spare." He turf ed to Gunnor "And he isn't worthi it, either," he snapped.

Buddenly they heard the hum of a motor. All four looked up.

"Unless I'm mistaken..." the de-, aigner bogao.

Gunnor's face lighted up. "Yes, yes, I know that motor!" fie cried, The Drake Bullet, its motor cut innde a beautiful landing along the runway. Jim taxled the plane up to the starting lino, close to Denko's office. The text mentent Ann drew horacis up, dressed in a nont now blue outfit

"What's this?" Drake anked in astonishment.

"I give up," Gunnor said. "Do you know her?" "Yoh. She's the girl he left this morning."

Seated on a stool at the counter, a man had been listening intently to the conversation Now he rose. He was tall, gaunt, immenso, with an almost fanatical look in his eyes. "It isn't true, is it, Jim?" bu naked.

Jim turned in surprise. Grant. What isn't true?"

"Hello,

"You're not fired, are you?" "Oh, that! Sure." "Listen, Jim Graat continued eagerly. "Want a job?"

Instantly Gunner leaped to his feet, offering Grant a chair. "Sit down! Sit down!" he urged.

Grant took the chair and loaned toward Jim. "I've got a fine chance for you!...But there's no dough in it," he finished a bit lamely

That's all right, pal," smiled Jim. "How much have got it?"

got to pay to

"Now, wait a minute,” Grant pro- tested. "You know I'm broke. But I've given three good years, and every dollar I had, designing my racing ship. And it's rondym

Drake turned and throw up his Jimi shook his head disinterested- hands. "Bend him into my office," ly. But Grant raced on. "If I win he said in disgust.

the Thompson Trophy Raco, Ill Gunner looked after the angry have a factory in a year! There's owner for a moment, then started | ten thousand bucks for the winner toward the Dullet. Jim was step of that race, and If you're as good ping out of his flying uniform while na you think you are, why don't Ann adjusted her bat. Gunaer atar you take a chance and grab that ed blankly at the girl, who acorned, dough? If you win, it's all yours!" amured, then turned to Jim,

Guener yawned. "What time in

"I can't take any more today dinner?" he inquired. Jun lot me have it a hap poned."

"Well," Jim said, "I went back for her, we were married in Pittsburgh ...and now we're with you again."

"Married!" gasped Gunner. Ann extended her hand, display ing an expensiva platinum and dia- mond ring.

"Where's Drako?" Jim naked. "In thore," Gunner sald grimly, with a jerk of his thumb, "Waiting to congratulate you!”

"Well, hang onto Ann for mo, will you? I've got to get some dough." He started off to the of fico.

"Gon, you must be surprisodi" Ann exclaimed.

"No," replied Gunner, "I'm not murprised. "I wouldn't be surprised

If you got married to Pittsburgh

Grant continued to plend. "Just como out and take a look at her. You've never scen bert"

Jim waved the other naide with- out a word,

"I buy a drink will you look at her?" asked Grant,

"No," said Gunner, "but if you buy two drinks, we'll alt in her."

"And if I buy three drinks, you'll race hari"

"No."

Grant road. "Then the devil with you!" he sxclaimed, and walked away.

That screwy jalopy of his,” Gun- nor muttered, “that nobody knows anything about.......”

Jim stood up, “Come on, wa're wasting timel The honeymoon starts right here!”

"How much dough have you get,

and divorced in Philly, I'm surpris-| really?” asked Gunner.

ed you didn't?”

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"I did have two hundred comir,

Jim's reception within was nol but that was this morning. I've got quite what he expected.

"I suppose I should cheer because

Just ten bucks.”

"That's ton dollars more than I've

you fall in a hay field and get margot," replied Gunner. ried?" Drake demanded.

Ann had been listening quietly,

Jim frowned, “Let me get what¦ Now she laughed.

you mean by that!"

"All right." Jim said, "Til out you

"Listen!" Drake snapped. "I don't in on my ten." A maan anything against your girl,

naturally. But when a tiên is on a

BY

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Chapter Six

"Well, where do we go from hore?" Jim nakad. He thought for a moment. "We've got to got a house,"

„„Don't you live

Ann laughed. anywhero, darling?"

"No, Ounder and I move around. We've got our clothes over in a room. But there's some apartmenta over on Eighty-first I think we'd like. Let's go and grab one."

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might be. If you haven't got as much as hundred, fity will do. And look at mo. It's anför than a transport."

"But Mr. Lane..."

"And listen, dear." Jim continued, ako iken yout I never give out the blarney. Do you know what I mean by that? I want the dough very much, but if I didn't colton to you I couldn't even ask you to do talk. You can only have pals to do you a favor, isn't that so? It I didn't like you, I wouldn't ask you for a quar for! But it's fun asking you for dough I'm onjoying, this! Aren't You

The landlady's head was splo ning. "Well, I don't know!" she pro- tested.

"Listen, dear, if it leaves you short, don't give it another thought."

She stared at him and than, shak- lug her head, she took out a pocket- book. "Mr. Lane," she said, "I have exactly nine dollars, but you may have ft if it will help you any,****

Jim laughed. "Darling, I got you boat by a buck, so you keep it,” to ant

He turned to the door. "Ann!” he

"But don't you have to pay any thing in advance?” Ann demanded, | yelled.

"No." "HOW put in.

do you know?" Gunner

"I don't know. I just know you don't"

Sting her mirth, Aan entered; im indicated the landlady. The ``· lovely woman!" he said.

"Yes, dear, and do you like the now stova?"

Gunner turned to Ann. "I no9 I'm going to be associated with tonight. It is a brand new stovol"

“You bột," Jim sald, "and sho's goofa instead of one,” he guid grimly.

The landlady looked at Ann with

They were shown a not-tbo-mod- A smile. "Well, the stove isn't the orn but comfortably furnished only now thing in this kitchen. I apartment by a tired, hard-working | understand you have just married landlady. As soon as they had look- | him. I don't suppose you had any ed at the living-room," Jim said, chanco to refuso, did you?” "We'll take it"

"Not any. But neither did ha!" "But, darling, we've only seen ons} Ang replied.

room," Ann said.

"Okay, we'll look at the rest of IL."

The landlady eyed Jim curiously She had seen all kinds of mon in hor time, but this was something now to her.

"I think it would be a very good iden, la sald drily.

Jim wandered Into the kitchen, The landlady looking after him in bewilderment.

Gunner took out a bun- dred dollar bill.

The landlady looked at thom warmly. "I'm glad you're going to live here," aho said. "I mean, I guess I am," she finished grimly.

When she had gono, Jim and Ann amlled at each other.

"You've gut abutlier girl!" Ann sala necusingly.

"Yeh, and still got the ton." Bud- donly Jim yelled out, "Hey, Gun- ner!"

"Does he always tako everything like this?" she asked Anu.

"He's inclined to. He's very much of a hurry-up gentleman."

Jim returned. "It's a knockout!" | mcan, when we might be starving to sali.

"Well, then, that will be oão month in advance, please," the landlady announced. "A hundred and twenty-five dollars,'

Jim grinned. "It's your turn to turn on the speed, isn't it, pai7"

The landlady looked at Ana, "He's a crazy lost, isn't he?"

"Ho's a test pilot," Aan explained, "Oh." The landlady, turned to Jim, "You try out airplanes balore other people do?"

"Yeh, and sometimes they try themselves out before I do," was the reply: He took the woman's arm. "Can I ace the kitchen agala?” "Surely. If you noticed, "It's a

brand new Alove."

Ann and Gunnar tip-load over to the kitchen door and listened in iently,

"This is just an excuse," they heard Jim say, "I wanted to speak to you alone."

"Why, what is it?" "Liston. What do you think of that girl?"

"Why...I should think she was very nice."

Ve just got married." "Oh, did you? Just todayTM* "Yeh, just now."

"Whore were you married, Mr. Lane 7" the landlady naked, show- ing real interest

"In Pittsburgh."

For a moment, the perplexed wo- man didn't know whether he might not really be crazy,

Gunner walked in and without a word, ho handed Jim a hundred dollar bli "For one year," ho sald grouchily, "I've been saving that for a rainy day. You know what I

noшowhere But the nine buckä beata mot The minute she took out that old pocketbook, I could feel myself sinking. I ought to know, I shouldn't have listened When thin guy turns on the charm, we're all Buckers."

Ja took the bill, and handed Gunner a ton in place of it. "Hore. stick that away and stop your beef- ingt" ho said. "Save it for a snow- storm!"

Gunner turned to Ann, "That's n laugh he excialmed. "I'll bet you ten dollars to one dime he got this before morning!"

"Oh, what a lovely way to Ilvel" Ann burst out, gloofully.

A little later the three went out to a smart restaurant. After they had ordered, Jim mat looking through a bunch DI illustrated steamship folders.

"Rural England the Nathor lands-Franco-Italy-Sweden — "

be reclied.

"That's fine!" Gunner sald, inter- rupling. "Before we start traveling, may I ask a question? Who are you flying for in the Thompson race?"

"I'm flying for Drake, He'll bo looking all over town for me to morrow. You know it"

"And of course, you can't lose the race," Gunnor sald sarcan- tically.

"Not a chancet" Jim boasted. Buddenly, Jim saw Drako. The exodutive "was seated at a nearby tablo. Jim walked over. As he did, Gunner. turned to Ann, Thoro's Just one thing I have to say to you, Ann. Don't let him fly that ahip of Grant's. It's dangerous

"Maybe you think you're still in Pittsburgh," she said cautiously,

"Huh? Jim looked blank. "No, no, dear. I nod what you mean, Wo were married thers" a couple of When Jim returned to the table, hours ago and came here in a they know what Drake must have 'plans."

told him. Jim pretended levity, but He laughed warmly and patied! wasn't doing too good a job of it. The only thing that did happen "Get this" he exclaimed. "She was that Gunner did hays to part never won herol First time in Now with the ten dollar bill that Jim York. Well, I've got to show her had given him. What with paying around, haven't I? And that lakes for the meal, and paying the cab a little dough, right?"

driver who took them home, Gun- ner looked disgustedly at what was left of the bill.

her face.

Sho watebed him narrowly, "Mr. Lane," she said slawly, "does this mean you can't pay me in ad- Vanco 14

"No, no, don't bother about this," Jim wild with a wave of his hand. "I want to borrow a hundred bucks from you, honey."

Sho gulpod.

"Well, good-bye," Gunner sald, when they stood outside of the apartment.

"Where are you going?" Jim asked.

"I'm going to take a little walk. "Why, next week I'll clean up ton gather up our stuff and bring thousand! It's the Cleveland Air it around in the morning." Iaco. In my business, you make it Ife turned abruptly and crossed that way. I'm always in the hole the street. For soveral minutes he from five to ten grand, than I pay stood looking up at the apartment it back in one sweep. I don't awe house. He saw the light go on, and then, a few mi..utes lator, it wont anybody, get mo?"

many out. He lowered his gaze, turned slowly and walked away, a lone fig uro in the empty street.

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"But if you have friends....

Jim interrupted. "I got in late, All my cronica ara drunk at this hour, I don't even know where they❘

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