Evening Star Newspaper, June 20, 1926, Page 62

LOVE AND LONGITUDE The Romance of a Race Around the World BY LINTON WELLS of The Star and now engaged in an effort to break the record time Special Correspondent Alliance, who for circlin CHAPTER VL SYNOPSIS, | Jimmy Brand young _newspaper man. and Austin Rogers, millionaire. are | Jund the world for the hand of m both love, Jimmy's 1 money for e B "2 Roers and eans to win his race by sted | for moth ha to clog | Wl Jimmy's ing mn the 1 Junmy “and rushes | {about the field: but none of them had | ! seen his benefactor. ane neared, od it carefully from De- | Searfully as to what | its intentions were He had decided | in a very few secon’ ™ that it was not, | as he had at first tho. ght, ¢ > from the air mail servicc Instead, the ferocic powerful rer of the tull- throated engines in b s trained ears ad denoted to him te approaching of one of the powerful CX9 planes, one - f the speediest ships ever develope¢ and capable of in excess of 1% miles an hour. “Oh nelll on'y sroaned Jimmy rily, howevat, the flyer Tad -d twice overhes he field and the accident down! Jimmy gave a i then fell to considering ous pilot could be. ecided instzatly to prevent, if rep-ition of what hap- i1e had landed into the the pilot of the ap proaching CXo would be running the | same danger. There was only one| way voiding it. but the utr skill would be required, glad when he saw switch wa powerful The pilot must land in a at right angles to Jimmy's course. He rushed into the field, waving his | arms to indicate the method of land- | ing ! Again_the Timmy ow, speculating it became evident seen him egan 16 itude st spectin was coming y of joy & the myvs pened to him wind and crashed ng bird lights. | plane circied overhead, cautiously. Then it banked and slipped toward the field slowly, while Jimmy held his breath. It be-| gan to capidly, while Jimmy ran | forwarc hen suddenly the pilot | tyrned slightly and with one of the most brilliant exhibitions of landing Jimmy had placed the Wheels on the In a few seconds | plane had stopped at the farther end | of the field, its motor idling, while Jimmy oved hand beckoned to | him imperfously. tore after it, his| small bag in_his hand He reached the side of the pursuit | ship breathing his thanks, which he | knew were unheard®above the sound of the was received | with scant h a gesture, | the pilot forward cockpit. enter the rear sei 2 Jimmy obeyed without hesitation Whoever this strange individual was, | he was most opportune, he thought. | In the next second, Jimmy 1:3‘” found his place in the rear, adjusted | helmet 4 goggles and he feit the big ship nosing down the fleld for a {ake.off. A moment later, the wheels | had left the ground and with the forocious roar of the deep-throated imotor, they were .pointed toward the sky. Jimmy's first most _instantly angling for heig neatly, cleared the jeghenies into which the: ing, without ulty straight westwe What was their des vondered m?\"’li-l:—:md fallen now. He reflected e had expected to drop down at aveland for refuel to carry him 0. If this CX-:0 were g0 direction, with its tremen dous speed, there was no need of stop. | ping. But where werc they heading Bending down to avoid the rush of wind in hi , Jimmy found a scrap | of paper the stub of a pencil in | his’ pocket. He scribbled a note— laconic and to the point: “Where to?" Then he leaned forward, and touch ing the driver on the shoulder, passed it ‘when the latter turned. It was dark, and although he stared, he could make out nothing famillar about the blurred features behind the mask- iike helmet and goggles. | His pilot read the note under the small light ahead. Then, without turning. Jimmy saw his hand raised. 1t pointed directly west. JRuther like following our nose, I suppose.” Jimmy grunted; and he sat back content In any event, he was safe enough for the present. They were still fiying in the general direction of Chi . and at ter- speed which was carrving (lnfn\‘ hrough the night like the wind it- solf. Cleveland they had already | passed, though they had cut across to the south and not seen it. Chicago and Maywood were ahead. Jimmy lost himself for a long time in'the wonderful speed of the ship he was in. He forgot even to wonder about the identity of his rescuer; at \faywood, he told himself, he would discover it, and make him proper thanks. He'd have time there. He awakened from a contemplation of the ground unrolling underneath | them, when in the distance the lights | of Chicago appeared like an aurors against the velvet skies He sat for- ward intently Chicago and May- | wood! And ahead of edule, due ‘o his accident and this strange air- | plane. | But how did the pilot know his| destination, he asked himself, as the | 9 veered south of the city and | nade for the airmail field. They reached the field, hovered overhead, | and then circled slowly. Below | them, at the field, landing lights were thrown on as quickly rchlights under the picked up the place. There followed an easy, graceful Janding which brought a grin of ad- miration to Jimmy's lips. ‘They | bumped to a stop and he leaned for- | ward, while the motors were throt- | tled down and mechanics ran from,| the small houses | Jimmy was surprised when his res- | cuer did not stop the motors. He| was surprised, too, when the cap and | goggles of his companion remained | on. Next, he saw a hand thrust to- ward him and he accepted a grimy note, which hé read as he leaped from the cockpit: “You've made it. watch! A friend.” He looked up with surprise. But already his pilot had turned away. Then, as a mechanic touched him on the arm, he swung about. “Mr. Rogers—or Mr. Brandon?” “Brandon.” | Jimmy looked to where a second Foming Pigeon lay with wings out- spread under the glare of the flpod- lights over the landing field. No tme, he reflected, just now. He| must prepare to take to the air at once. Rogers had not yet arrived and he had to take advantage of everything that came his way. Yie hurried across to his waiting ever sec | mysterious as a mony who was in motioned him apprehension_was al- | lispelied. Without | pilot turned | of the Al-| were plung and bore on | ation? Jimmy | wings had | Good luck—and “All set, Mr. Brandon?” “For a few minutes Jimmy went over the waiting ship carefully with | chosen to disguise himself and hurry | the Homing pilot got into place. | ward; for a {of debutantes ever presented at the | | out solid food is so ea. | that she | Meridian place; | Tuberculosts Hospita. s L2 big |5 orth American Newspaper the globe. mechanics and the aviator; then he | turned away. ' “I'll be ready to start in three min- utes,” he declared, flinging his bag into the rear cockpit and searching the dark skies for a sign of Austin hip. ied toward where the big | at its blocks the pilot vas empty. “Whe the pilot gone?" he de- manded of the nearest mechan he feliow shook his head. sir, I dunno, Bewilderedly, moment. Why stood for a| Jimmy thus | had the fellow away without receiving thanks for the immense service he had done? He questioned a score of the employes At last, the field superintendent admitted some small knowledge. “That CX? Yeah——I didn't see him myself, but somebody sald he g s looking for a pilot. That's all T know. He's not here now, anyhow.” Which Jimmy accepted as being fairly evident. So his rescuer was Jing on: he had asked for a rellef pilot, In which direction would he fly? he wondered. At gast he shrugged his shoulders and thrned toward his own ship. At t, he was the recipient of a great service. If his benefactor chose to vemain anonymous, there was no nmwre to be said He jumped Into the rear seat of Pigeon and his reltef The motor roar- throttle advanced. The blocks were kicked away. Jimmy felt himself nodding slightly as the plan arose from the field in a grace- ful take-off and soared into the night sky AL 800 feet, us his pilot was finding equilibrium, he turned to look back at the field, still illuminated by the white glow of the flood lights. His eves narrowed. . ich had brought him s roaring over the off. It ascended nd then hore on west moment the two ships were almost together. 'In the next, the mystery plane was bearing on head and gradually even the red and en lights of its wing-tips disap- peared into the far darkne: (Continued tomorrow.) (Copy~ight. 1926, by North American News vaper Alliance.) ed as the DEBUTANTES AT COURT MAKE BEAUTY RECORD | | This Year's Presentations to King | and Queen at London Rated Prettiest in History. By the Associated Press. LONDON, June 19.—King George and Queen Mary at the recent royal court looked upon the prettiest crowd Buckingham The young | women were considered to have e: celled even the good-looking levy pre- | sented in 1921, which was then de. clared to be a record. | Many of the “debs” made their bow at the early age of 17 years, and among these “youngsters” many were shingled, and a good few wore the | ton crop. sclety considers one of the pretti- est debutantes Miss Elizabeth Law- son, whose mother was Mrs. Harry Chandler of New York before her | mariage to Crawford G. Lawson. Miss Lawson, fair with almost classic fes tures, is one of the best London, and a keen rider to hounds. | FRUIT JUICE AND BROTH | DIET STRONGLY PRAISED, Lady Fisher Says Her 42 Days’ Experiment Proved Highly Bene- ficial—Hopes Idea Will Spread. By the Associated Press. LONDON, June 1 who lived 42 days on fruit juices and vegetable broths, says going with- s and simple wonders why more people do not adopt this system of Keeping fit in preference to paying doctor bills. “I was amazed to find how agree- able it was to fast,” said Lady Fisher, describing her cure and benefits be- fore members of the Nature Cure As- soclation. “I know now what it is to teel really well, for the first time in my life. Publicity is abhorrent to me, but I feel that I should help create a widespread knowledge of this cure. My aim and hope is that this wonder- ful method will be adopted by the medical profession throughout the world.” Lady Fisher sald she was aston- ished at the amount of energy she had all the time she was without solid food. Since her recovery she had at- tended many teas and banquets, but none of the cakes, candles or other rich food Interested her in the least, she declard. Commissioned in Reserves. Commissions as first lleutenants in the Medical Reserve Corps of the Army have been issued by the War Department to the following residents of this city: James I~ Boyd, 1756 Church street; Irving Brotman, 1430 Edward V. Dollard, William Eng- reet; Russel Joseph _J. Lar- 1308 Randdlph 3 Q stree . Casualty Hospita tin, 1730 M street; Will Meiman, | 1308 Randolph street, and Harry W. Rollings, jr., 1372 Kenyon street, | Peter B. Pulman, Alexandria, Vas | alac has oo commisstoned A lieutenant in the Medical ‘Reserve Corps ;us;C ompleted 2 Suburban Homes They Are “Wilkinson Built” —on large lots selected- for size (% acre each) and location (ex- clusively residential). Just 20 minutes’ ride to center of Wash- ington. Convenient to schools, churches, _stores and_ bus line _One_is_locaetd at 736 Silver Spring Avenue. The other at 801, cor. Easley and Grove Streets. Both in Silver Spring, Md. City water, sewerage, elec- tricity. 5 large rooms, bath, sleeping porch, breakfast room, pantry, attic over all, high pitched for extra rooms; large front porch, garage, large cel- lar, heating plant, open fire- place, etc., etc. Moderate price. Cash payment adjusted to suit pur- chaser. Monthly payments less than rent. Both open. Inspection invited. For Sale by W. B. Wilkinson THE SUNDAY Monday Morning, STAR, WASHINGTO 9:15, D. C, JUNE 20 1926—PART 2. Store Hours: 9:15 A.M. to 6 P.M. Necht Co. Basement Store g . 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