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THE HONGKONG...... TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY,

TEST PILOT

WHAT HAS HAPPENED SO FAR

Test Pilot Jim Lane, farood down in Kansas on an altompted record flight, proceeds to Now York with a bride, after a twon- ty-four hour courtship. Nolther Ann nor he nor his cloacat bud- dy. Gunner Bloane, have any manny, however. When Jim Zases hla job, ho jinde a tandlady retil- ing to extend oredit, and sota up housekeeping.

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Chapter Seven

The grandsland was "crowded with spectators eager for thrilla and the start of the Thompson Tro- phy Race. Two hundred miles it was to be, tairtom laps around a fifteen milo triangular course.

On the far eldo of the field, Jim and Gunner, watched by drant, were working on the latter's single aenter racing 'plane. As they ad- justed the pitch on the propeller. an announcement came over the loud speaker.

"All pilot atand by Thirty minutes warning!"

Jim looked up to see Drake, he former boss, standing nearby.

"Doos it go, Jim?" Drake asked with a grimi emile.

"Just watch, Jim promised. "Well, Jim, this is a funny altua- tion. Do you miss me?" Drake

wanted to know.

"Yeh, sure. Is it mulusi 7′′ "Well, it doesn't seem natural." "Benson's all right" Jim said. "Ie'll do a good job for you."

"en, to'a all right," Drako frown- od. "But he's worried. He says the alp is so fast, he's afraid the

"The battle for second place is going to be

vicious

judges can't count the taps. He'aj taking his family to Italy."

"If and when, you mean!" Guo- xer said.

"By the way, bow's the passen- gort" Drake asked.

Who?" Jim looked puzzled.

"Your pretty wife,"

- “Yeli," out in Gunner, "Where is

***

Jag up and down before the ship,

"Way, It's Annia!" Jim exclnlined. "Yes, and I loft Kansas for this?" she said, trying to hide her nervousness. "Hal" Ha! Ha!"

"Buckers are born every minute, pal," Jim replied, kissing her.

A few minutes later, to the roar of the crowd, tho race was on. They disappeared from view on rouls to tha Tirat pylon, or turn, and the crowd sellled down to wait.

Ann and Gunner, arms locked. smiled happily as they watched, Jim rounded the home pylon in first place, Three hundred and fifty miles an hourt Watching his mir- ror, Jim could see Behson back of him, in second place.

Lap after lap flow by and wil Jim Lane's "plano was in the load. The other racers wern strung out behind him now, and Benson was far back. Now there was just one lap to go; as the ship rounded the me pylon preparatory to starting the last lap of the grind, the crowd rose to cheer,

Suddenly tholz ovation changed to cries of horror, Jim's engine cought- od flaine shot out!

A burst of black smoke and

front of a hangar, stared up, horrl- Ann and Gunner, standing in

fled.

"Come_op_down, Jim, como on down." Gunner muttered, morn to himself than to Ann. "Don't be fool."

"Oh, Gunner!" Ann cried in tor- rer, her body tense with agony.

| With n great effort, Cunner con- trolled meelf an, smoko still streaming from the engine, the plane roared out of sight toward tho firat pylon,

"One more top!" Gunner sald rough gritted tooth. "But ho's on fire!" Ann criod.

"Don't to crazy!" Gunner sald with attempled galety, "That's no- thing! And It's nice to have n Hitle fire! You don't know how cold it is up there!"

Ann was almost wild with ter ror. The ship was still out of sight. But he hadn't crashed yet, or an- nouncement would have boon over the amplifier. Ho hadn't crashodi ""In the grandstand,” Jim sald. Ho couldn't crashi Suddenly a "And that reminds mo. We haven't | thought struck her. Didn't "Jim got much time” He grabbed Gun- know his ship was on fire? Was ho nor'a arm, and leg him to a quick determined to bring her through service bar, which was connected with a larger enlo, Jha tossed a half-dollar on the bar.

"A coko and a Scotch!" he or dered, briskly.

"A coke and a coke?"" Guaner sald) qulskiy, with a nola of finality.

Jim shot Gunner a dirty jook, but nubmitted to this change in plans, As the bartender filled their glonnes, Benson walked over. Ho put a band) on Jun's shoulder.

***How ya, pal?” he asked.

"Gunner," countered Jins turning, "did you over moot the Great B.

"Oh the parachute jumper?" Gunner naked.

anyway? Or would he find himselt caught in a flaming mass without oven warning...without a chance to ball out?

"The guy le made of asbestos!" Gunner cried.

She whirled on him. "How dare you talk like this! You ought to be shot!"

Gunnor suddenly broke under bls own nervousness." "Why, you ll fool, who do you think you're talk- ing to?" he asped. "What do you think this game is? It's death every time you movo! It ain't even pate to all in one! It ain't oven safe to look at one! And you married it without a thought. É'li say you're a sucker!"

Benson laughed. "Did you guys

The last word was broken off. get good seats?" he demanded. "It's going to be a nice race to watch. Gunner choked back his sobs as ho The battle for second place is goatared at her, ight-lipped, bis Inco ing to is vicious!"

blank and expressionicas.

"Yeh," Jim nodded. "My wife is Ann stared at him, and she re- altting protty. You can buy a lot of alized, In this moment, how much santa for ten grand, boy."

Gunner loved Jias.

“You're a piker" Bouson said. "My wife is horp with the kida”

"What do you want to disappoint them for?" Gunner put in.

"I hear you're going to Italy," Jim Bald.

"Right from hora,`Jim,” Benson nodded.

She hold her breath for a moment an announcement was made over the loud apeskor and watched with a ninking heart while a chemical fire-wagon dashed out of a hangar and toward the finish line.

"Lana has rounded the first pylon and...the fire is no worse?” the an-

Ho tunad and called out: "Oh,nouncer erled May!"

A collectivo sigh of rellaf awept

Just in back of the archway be through the grandstand.

Ann locked up at Gunner. "God tween the bar and the cafa"Mrs. Benson, a small, nervous-looking love you!" ahe murmurod gently,

Junner spoko quietly, but with "woman, was sitting at a table withi her three children. She rose and confidence. "Ho's got a good chance came quickly toward her husband. to make it, Ann. He's awful good

Jim smiled at her. "What'll you up there."

have, Mrs. Benson? It seems wore. Again the crowd walled with celebrating a trip to the Meditor bated breath as the amplifier went

ranean."

into action.

“Lang has rounded the second Mr. Benson seemed axalted and happy. "Nothing, thanks, and I wish pylon. He's banded for the Trout would stop talking about the finish...".

Ann and Gunner, with the thou Mediterranean. He's got me bait

sands of others, watched with

they might as will be there!"

The three children, the oldest di whom was not more than twelve, bustled over.

believing 1 An for the children, clenched hands for the first sight

of the plane

*...Here I comes...and he's pot the fira out?” "Daddy, daddy!” one of them call-| It was true! As the 'plane roared ed. “Look at all the pictures about into view, there was no algu of Italy." He looked at Lim. "Have you trouble. Somehow the miracle had ever been to Italy, mister?" he ask- occurred. The fire was out! The * "Mother says the son de bluar grandstand road as one man and cheered thunderously as the "plano 'than the sky!"

roared in.

+

Henson Ind them away. "Well, was you in the sky!" Jim called out

Ann and Gunner, unable to move or to speak for a moment, simply

“You bet!" Benson smiled. "Boe stood elinging to each other. Then, you in the mirror!"

of a sudden," with the same simal-

TZA announcera voice ORIG || tansous thought they rushed toward through the amplifier again. “All the spot whers the ship was taxling planes take starling positions for to a stop. Hnd Jim escaped harm the Thompson Trophy Race!" I in the flamesT

Jim and Gunner quickly returned)

to the 'plans. They found And walk-

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Jim nodded, "Yeh, sure, Ile didn't toit you?" "No."

The pilot drow an envelope from his pocket. "Well, we ware. So I got it canned, mo?" He forced the envelope into her hand. "Thero's five grand in this."

Mr. Benson looked at him with audden suspicion.

"Mr. Lane, please..." she pro- tested.

"Elston, you don't want me to welch on a guy 'cause he's not hare to collect it, do you?" he demanded.

"Well...I....

"But koop it under your hat, will you? I don't want Drake to know that I thought he had any chanco to win. You know what I mean. Drake and I don't get on."

Jim, emerging with flushed, hap py face from the cockpit, was un. harmed. A crowd clustered aroundYou're lying to me, Mr. Lane." the plane as he brought it to a dead stop. Grant was deliriously happy.

Jim, Jim, what did I toll you, what did I say?" he cried.

Aa Ana and Gunner mado their way to Jim, who had started to

climb out, the announcement came over the amplifier;

"First place...Jim Lane...Grant Racer!"

Ann rushed into Jim's arms and he held her close, without a word, "What are you giving us, an ex- hibition?" Gunner demanded.

"What's biting you?" Jim de- manded.

Waren't scared, either, buh?" "I don't know what foar fat" Jlin Iaughed. He looked down into Ann's face.

"How about a litle trip to Italy, pai7" he murmured.

Suddenly they wore startled. "Benson in now coming in," nald the announcer.

in trouble!"

Mrs. Benson was crying doftly. "Well, if you want to put it that Way...

it so terribly," the sobbed. "I mean "Oh, it'■ bonutiful of you. I need

the children...

him, sobbing her heart out.

All at once she was clinging to Jins held her clame, tears starting to well up in his own eyes. But he forced them back.

"All right, pal," he said, with na- med roughness. "And iiston: h died at his trade, sea? That's a lot. Take my word for it. Ho died in the air And that was his business."

"I know," aho zobbed, "And ha was so dear.......He wanted to take us to Italy so much...Oh, God!"

That night, all the filers "cele- (brated" the victory of Jim Lano in a downtown bar. And for the first time Ann realized fully how hazard- oua was Jim's profession. Fred Ban- son was no longer with them, but when they apoke of him, between drinks, it was as if they were maro-

"I don't know what fear ist" fim laughed.

They looked up to see Bonsor'a) ly chiding him for not winning the plano erratically approaching the race, or for not being able to bring field. The ship soomed to waver the plane out of its dive. Ann look- for a while, then it landed with a od on as Jim drank steadily and sickening crash. In a moment, an ambulance was on a way to the apot. Jim released Ann and rushed over. In the grandstand, Mrs. Ben- non was hysterical with fear.

ranted on about his hatred for fly- lng and the air. Slowly sha under- stood why this must be ao:, why bo must drink and rant and rave. She sat quietly, laughing with him, while The white-coated Interno took but Gunner sat by, aober az a judge. ono glance at Benson's mangled It was late now, and Ann was body. Then he straightened up and weary. Jim had staggered over to Rostured for the attendants to place another table. Ana relaxed in her it in the ambulance. Jim rushed up chair with a sigh, as Gunner glane- as they were doing so and leaped|ed at her emphatically. up to the driver's seat

"How is ho?" bo pantod.

"All right," he said.

But

"I'm dead, Gunnor," she whisper- The interne shook his head, "He's ed. "Plosse alida ma home. all right now," he said slowly, Jim don't tell Jim, I don't want to spoil glanced down and saw that a shest | anything for him." had bann drawn up over Benson's | face. Saberly he got out

"Hey!" he called to an interne, *Tell the Gunner to take my wife to the hotel, will you?"

"You bet."

As Jim's cab stopped in front of the funeral parlor he noticed a town ear in front While he stood look- ing at Drake came out of the mortuary. They stood looking at each other solemnly.

"She in there?" Jim asked finally, "Yes, Sho's taking him home on the midnight train."

"Is she alone?"

Drako nodded. "The children are nt the hotel.”

Jim entered and was met by a middle-aged allow-faced woman dressed in black.

"I want to aco Mrs. Benson," he] stall.

Inna.

Gunner frowned. I hate to leave him alono, Ann," he multored. He looked around the room, “Jim!” he called. When the filer staggered back to the table Ann's head was on Gunner's shoulder.

"What's the maiter?" Jim anked thickly.

Time for us to go, pal." "Ge right along. I'll be right along aftor," Jira mašti.

Ann locked up at him, “Don't hur ry honey. Don't think about me..."

Won't think of anything else. honey." Jim retorted. He turned to Gunner. Tako her home, pal. She's tired.”

Gunner rose, “Yoh. But whore are you going to ba?"

"Right here!"

Reluctantly, Gunner left Jim Much as he wanted to ato that Ann got back safely, there waa n fear in his heart for Jim. There was no telling what he might do when left alone.

She motioned him into a dim, ung 1ghted parlor. Then she crossed silently, like a wraith, into the next room. Jim; looking about him, In the taxicab, 'Ann babbled on ahuddered. A door opened and Mrs. aloepily. "Well, I met bor, didn't IT Benson came in. She seemed quite I met my rival, Bha rides with him calm, but her eyes were red from when he's alone up there in the sky, weeping. She summoned up a She's a real rival, who'll never lat shadow of a smile when she saw me rest.

Gunnar nodded. When they reach- "Congratulations, Mr. Lane, you ed the Lane apartment, Gunner were very brave," she said in a low tried to hide his eagerness to get volco. She paused. "I don't feel like back. But Ann, dismissing him, un- I thought I would. I..." her voice derstood. broke, but she regained control. "I Reaching the bar he had just left, guess I was zo auro...it would hap- Guaner made his way back to the pen sometime."

lows the dough situation?" Jim Jim. The flier was not there! Gun- tablo where he had parted from said abruptly.

| mer looked around the room dasper- "Oh, we'll be all right," she an- ately, with a sinking feeling, Fran- awared bositantly.

tically he began to sak questions of "Well, you're lucky, Mrs. Benson, several of the customers. Then he in one way,” Jim eald. Lucky I rushed out to the street again and won, I mean. Benson and I were jumped into the taxi that will wood splitting if either one of us came there. through, but I suppose he told you:***

“You what?” She stared in aur-)

Time.

CANTON

"Who next bar, frota horo!” bo ordered.

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AUGUST 25, -1938.

SHYNESS

BLUSH readily, stammer at the most awkward moment, move about uncaslly, and vell my glanco when someone's Haze is upon me. In other words, I'm shy.

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to develop naturally during the impressionable years. Without shy- ness they would be unbearable. The young man of twenty, full of self- assurance, will be a bore ip a few more you5.

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It is when one gets older and that air of shyness pernists that one is liable to be misunderstod. Shyness is frequently mistaken for snob- blancas, while

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shy person is crying out for companion- ship, only his natural reticence pre- venting him from making any ad- vances. A smile and the Ice is broken, and, at the risk of being thought egotistical, I say that one is usually surprised that the apparent- ly person should be so interest- ing

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Shyness does not mean lack of will power, Some of the most reserved people are the most determined. Nor do I believe that, as has been stated, shynegy is an inverted form of vanity. The shy person is not awkward be- cause he is concerned about himself, wondering if he is acting properly and saying the right thing. He does not

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Being shy, of

of course, has dis- advantages. One is likely to miss much of the galety of the world, for shyness, to a great extent, means taking things seriously; although sometimes the shy person can be de- lightfully anising, as Barrie showed us in his whimsical speeches,

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Ave padres-three Indian and two British.

Wild animals abound. Within sight of my house is a tiger jungle. Wolves have been seen in the foot- ball Beld of the mission-school. A special mission campaign which we had arranged in one area had to be

postponed owing to a " plague of panthers. When we bathe in the irrigation fake which adjoins every village we have to beware of cro- codiles.

In some places I am the only white man who has ever been seen.

In one village an "oldish man sald that when he was a lad a European came tiger-shooling. Would he be any relation of mine?

But I'm out for bigger game than tiger.

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1 Bow starts gallantry (7).

is put out of 5 Great pleasure

order in what is unusual (7). 9 Soldiers get it to do It (5). 10 Looking like Ireland in a drink

11 This 32 across is a dish (3). 12 It is apt to be very cut up at-

the wedding (5). 13 Any blas is changed in Afrien

(9).

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"collectioning their hands. The 16 A tear of plous wish (3).

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rarely contains ́coins; it consists mostly of maize and millet, chillies and a few eggs, perhaps

goat or fowl; the other day a buffalo calf was brought to church as an offering.

17 This is barred in many homes

(5).

to the 18 Sounds like advice

thirsty from the greengrocer's.

(7). riting

materials are при My poristiloners are mostly "un- touchables Thoro

parently included in the out- are over sixty million of these people in India, and 28 Buller, being a

lay (7)..

bravo mani, number is increasing at the

their rate of

20

never dki (5).

across

26 Not used, oddly enough, in 12 pectable Hindu and a day. No rese will touch them, and

(3). they are bullied and exploited by 27 do not affect this the higher caste people, but when one knows them they are very attrac-

value (9).

31 It is apt to grow in successful

factories (8).

tive folk, shrewd and humorous, with a great love for little children 32 See 11 across (3). and a keen knowledge of human

has its points (7).

nature. Most of them toll for twelva 33 This kind of thing certainly hours a

in the fields for a wage -day of four shillings a month. When I

34 A cosy spot by the 17 across have meal in their little huts we

(B). cat our curry and rice on the ground, eating with our fingers from leat plates.

our rain mostly comes in July and

August, and travelling at this season provides some diversion. I live on the banka 4 the Godaverl, where the river is half a mile wide and the nearest road, bridge is eighty miles -away. We make precariour voyages across the, rivar on schollowed-out fren: trunkaa

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8 It is often customary to this

20 down, on stone (7),

14 With 21 down this lady can

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fore scaling (5)..

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