New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 19, 1930, Page 30

T i A g ,-WN.! N NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, P R S AN T v oy f 1930. % | avia ot experience, restless under the : = 1 | ippending threat of death. Vaneer- | 4 [\ had lived in this atmosphere for | se eyars; it had impregnated his | 8 . N, | being. “Be happy today for tomor- | . by Mary Dahlberg * ®nopsis: Rescued from Mexican Insurgents by 16-year-old Dagger Marley, niece of a Texas rancher, Blaine Howard, American adve irer, wins the love of his rescuer and the liking of her uncle, Jin Marley and Dick Welling, an lishman who has come to the ranch to forget some past trouble. How- ward, who h: wife he does not love, resists the temptation to re- {urn Dagger fection and 1 to join the Allied armies in France Welling joins a British commission Bying horses for the army. Mean while America enters the war. How- ard is reported missing and proba 1y dead. Dagger, heartbroken to visit zn aunt in There she meets Vaneering, flying unusual interest in h Jhelp her learn to fly. Chapter 1( VANEERING FALLS IN LOVE Vaneering changed from his fly- ing suit into uniform, and climbed into the car beside I “There's a roadhous where we can get bre sald. “And farther out is man’s field.” “What's that" she “A private flying. 'g00d egg, friend of mine. He the overflow of candidates for t government, and a ‘bunch of Cubans and Canadians, into the ba in. You see it would be impossible to send you up in an army ship, but d take you, and no ques- ed” He hesitated. "I more or less up to you. I mean, if he thinks you're safe to teach, he'll it for me, although very few women have learned to fly as yet.” “I'don’t know why not.” asserted cockily. “I guess cah do anything men can.” m betting you can,” V replied, with an open look o miration. His hand a agéident over hers, where on thg stecring wheel. “You wonderful girl, Dagger. “And I don't hold snapped. “Quite dially. thing.” They had a friendly breakf. gether and afterwards drov the road to a much sm field than Kelly. A young man came sight of Vanecring, ously at Dagger. “This is Eddy Stedman,” Vaneer- ng introduced him. “My friend, Miss | Marley, Eddy. She wants to fly.” “Yes?” he drawled. “I've done a heap of things in this game, don't ordinarily contract to women, Miss Marley.” * “I'm surt I dould learn” Dagger answered, hating herself -for the stilted eagerness she was unable to avoid ~I'd take it as a particula Bddy,” put in Vaneering Marley has the stuff in her, I lievé, It she can make good, might be useful for exhibition ing."” ' “She might,” “But she has a family, eh” “Not to interfere,” Dagger said hastily. “And I'd love to do exhi- bition flying.” Stedman surveyed her for some moments without answering. “Yow'd have to do exactly what you were told,” he warned. " “I would “And if T wasn't satisfied with you, I'd drop the whole business.” | ¢ “But you won't have to, Mr. Sted- man.” I “Won't 12" He inged gri ‘with Vaneering not, but still—When can you begin?” “Right now,” she said . “Hold on,” he exclaimed. amy buses are i the ai got them filled for the morning. Come tomorrow tinie, and we'll sce what Or. better say six o'clock. I'm sotry to seem ungallant, Miss Marley this must be a case of ladies first for mén's convenience. Blame wa “I won't hlam she retorted ga fully, Mr. Stedman. “Wait and see how hundred feet up,” he ac Dagger felt perfectly five hundred feet up. T son who minded was Aunt I ne heard tell of sense,” affirmed the lady. “No, you needn't ord, Alix. I don't mind your ing a good time, and being all hours, but there’ things, “You let Dagger. “I did not ng- aptain ., who sh do Da women ering hands,” right, he answered cor- “Too ecarly for that sort of forward at glancing curi- but I teach favor, Miss conceded Eddy sout thi can do. on anybody.” “Thanks Espy non- old anotl positive nd——" Willie easi do one to lelibers go your ow 1re you remember T of suffoc The ficld tiny pat the motio “ontrols icknowled Her first wheel, handlin hors ped fc provir but | me | row yowll probably be dead” was his motto, as it was his | he preached it quite honestly Dagger, like most of her genera- ! tion, received it unquestioningly. & saw it being verified all around her. | he had danced with the night hed in the morning | brothers of girls she knew ied blankly in the x the trenches. Vaneering seldom spoke on this | theme—perhaps because he was| subconsciously aware ‘that Dagger | required no arguments to accept it. | But if he plumed himself on being | dircetly responsible for her acquies cence to it, was mistaken. Al- though she compelled herself, with iron resolution, to keep Howard out | | of her thoughts, the memory of his | {loss was 3 ble. He had come | | into her 1i 1d gone as these other | boys and were going out of | other people's lives. And, resent- | | fully, she resolved not to be so rob- | | bed, of love again. | Yet she tolerated no familiarity | ‘:rom Vancerir and they almost | | never talked sentimentally, The | bond hetween them was deeper, as | matter of fact; their enjoyment of lying and the mute attraction of| two violent and untrammeled char- men| » never wéaried of his com- ny, and gradually he came to | | monopolize her time. 1f they were | not at the flying fields, they were Dagger soon became a full-fiedged pilot. car 1 no one lying re 1d: fly locked neh,bu r Il f or th go up.” 10 sound right surc commented to you? Can't ind thin red of d you i Aunt tions might have b hands of ¥e g into that judgment fetched in her er in her 1i breathless swo. A tion as th ¢ cowl of the co oya mom nc h of green the country stretched a boarded or whe of str dotted s0 spraw nted motor itement zs hest she c ed her by s0 her ent instinct w 1 the 1 memberi was re - motor ¢ checked ather-light smile w or 1 s e some five the problems of > Won airl kpit. s beyond description. | ment, and iwindled beneath them, a to cry s impos: of dangerous with either and Stedma minutes he let driving somewhere, invariabl; at | headlong gpeed, dancing or dining. Ha invited x:n\w‘r\x\:: g ~“Oh, and you'll won't you No part without them, for | hecoming as well | was. The local pre columns to her quali- | pilot, and ,special arti- | blished all over | rough 1 g Ja complete Dagger was reason | ally, A ind at first ion reve the son of famous and New Yorlk formation t Espy was inquisitive, critical—unfil a le in- aled that Vancering one of the most | alth families in | known he Dagger brushed the in- | had devoted impatiently aside, how- | fication “I don't care who his people are, | the country. Aunty. He's nice, and that's all that | he's a friend, about his having | g7 ! was unt “ 15 is going tof flying women ontribut- As far she Yaneering was concern- or less blindly dodged it comrade, whose presencena ction. He was attractive, a honestly théught —she ant comrade, whose pr statement d those disturbing little cu howey their | of emotion which had f ssociation seriously be- | frightened, and, finally, soothed her. zinning. He couldn’'t see enough of | He had a vice, which He was with her every cvening | bothered D occasionally. A | would give him,-and afternoons | heavy drinker, there were times | well, when he could dodge duty. [when he overstepped her mark. At ide no attetpt to hide his in- | sfich times he was scrupulous to tion, day when 1 to | avwid her, but she always heard of it. Willy, maybe, would come in, pop-eyed, 1o report: ‘Hear about Vaneering's bust last night? He crowned a feller down in Dann’s—wanted to fight thie M. P.'s. I tell you, he’s wld when he drops { off the wagon Dagger spoke to him once on the subject, and he was winningly peni- tent | “I know I'm a pup,” he admitted. Sut every once in a while®I just have to cut loose. And you know, I | do hold my liquor pretty well.” “Up to a certain point, Jack. After that£-cwll, yer can't afford not | to have full control over himself.” He laughed shortly. “Full control is right! In France a pilot who can't keep control er he's full will crash in a week. They fly drunk half the time.” | “But you mustn't,” “Of course, you'll cras | late if you're drunk. woulc He shrugged, his eyes, inflimed and pouched, lighting up with a blend of affection and amusement “Regular little saint you ar Don't worry about me. We all cras sooner or later.” “You mustn't t Why, if you—- “Would you care a little bit? She forced herself to impe or n st o matters, 50 what Besides, 1o I carc just ed plea more Dagger that Vaneering took om- the gger Aunty. Tou up or send unless you 1 & one he about 3 you, Da the finest girl I ger. you're ever of your- s pot of “Oh, You mu you just tn't he s is silliness, T think Jack. silly so, Wh 1 pler | want to be » lared D: I'm grown | ng lesson ther per- | tedman a motor . Daily, if the we and when it didn't, shopwork, taking or lectured her on air- and problems and the stunting. | pupil. After her } 4 ce the | bed Alix ten you, you currents ience of controls alone, but Stedman c -~ | her enthusiasm for a week You can do it /T believe, 's no sense in heing hasty a few days. She was appreciative of his waited, however impa- | tiently, keen to merit his confidence. | And in consequence her first flight, with her instructor sitting idly, only | prepared to the controls if she made a radical mistake, was an en- | tire bu t he protested. Wait ) sooner or Anybody and' for ay, miles checker- with buildings led its pattern success, ral days later she solo flight, equally | ul. Then a couple of weeks more, and she had a credit of four | ity hours in the unguide v full-fledged pilot. Iven Aunt Lspy | ttended that qualifying flight, and impressed, despite her dubious certainty that such doings were dermining the status of | hooa There those a for | nigh | trom alk like that, Jack out to Sted- E e ht nal- nd was I'd care if anyone crasied. It's— it's s0 unuecessary." Weeks slipped away, and without realizing it, the two began to take cach other for granted. They excited the derision of their young friends by the decorousness of their rela- tions; they did not know that-the repression they practiced—mainly rough Dagger's self-control, the wtomatic recollection in cach mo- mert of temptation of the moment ould. until grinnir her emotion. to grab at the time, how that perky un- woman- was madness in days. The world was house for youth boys and girls sprang rdolescence to maturity, the air, hecome Over- | almost her her s California Democrats Adopt Dry Platform Sacramento, pt. 19 (P—Cali- | fornia's de atic party has taken a definite stand for the en- forcement of the 18th amendment “and all laws pursuant thereto.” The plank was written into the platform after two hours of bit- ter struggle at the state conven- tion yesterday. Speakers objected to the party pussyfooting” on prohibition and declared Milton K. Young, nominee for governor, wanted a dry plank in the pla(-' form. e she had slipped with Héward—com- prised in itself the essential ele- ment of danger. Touching each other, they thrilled. Each was hap- pier for the sound of the other's voice. All the requisites of physical attraction bound them. A pnatch, and—the spa flickered in two hearts would flare up into one flame. Of course, this was merely a question of time, and the match was struck alight, as might have been supposed, without any warning. (Copuyright, 1930, Duffield and Company) War's relentless call suddenly re- | ses the pentup love of Dagger and | Vaneering for cach other in Mon- s thrilling chapter. Science and Love Join Hands to Save Life of Youthful Bride London, Sept. 19 (UP)—Science and Love joined hands here to save . the life of pretty Mrs. Mar- garet Bdnnett, youthful bride of a naval stoker. » The spectacular incident was watched with interest and sym- pathy by the entire nation. Years ago Margaret and Will Bennett were childhood sweet- | hearts in the Devonshire village of, Newton Poppleford. Last Decem- ber Ahey Were married and a few weeks later Bennett left to join his stip for a two year cruise in the Scuth Atlantic and Pacific. | Three weeks ago the young bride Stoker Bennett isn't' “going back became desperately ill. At the|to his ship until she is fally recov- hospital a. staff of highly skilled j ered and the doctors now say this physicians and nurses began the | iy virtually assured. o fight for her life. They despaired as they watcheld their tense, pale patient grow steadily worse until she fell into delirium. _Here the great drama began. 3 Through the long hours of the pealed to /the Admiralty to order the young stoker home. Stoker Bennett then 1n South American waters was given special leave and raced for London. Newspapers reported. his pro- gress- and his / bride’s condition. Physicians consulted colleagues and all was dotle to maintain the tiny spark of life until the 5,000 mile trlp had ended. They suc- ceeded and one day “Will” walked rapidly uwp a hospital corridor and into his wife's room. “My Will,” she struggling to rise. ‘GRAIN DEAL Winnipeg, Man., Sept. 19 (P—The Manitoba wheat pool began suit go- day against alleged “bootleggers” of | pool grain. ~ Two hundred or more injunctions day and night she mumbled “Will” | have been obtsmed against farmers land “I want Will.” The medical | wh& were said to be selling grain in staff leaped into action. They ap- |violation of their contracts with the = | RST TOUCHDOWN H., Sept. 19 (UP)—— all, varsity quarter: back, z ed 75 yards to scor the first Dartmouth touchdown of season during vesterday's initial immage. 1d Toothaker, quarter- wles Sullivan, left end, and Kimball, third string cemte d in the opening workout. DIES OF INJURIE! Colorado Springs, Colo., Sept. 19 (P—Harold Akin, 22, halfbick on the Colorado college football team, dicd in a hospital here early today, as a result of injuries received ig practice sday. | She Scratched —| Maich Failed SCORE Hanover, “Wild Bill” 925 “A Well Written Ad in the Herald Always Brings Results” ~ NIZA Los.Angeles Bureau Jocelyn Lee, movie actress, who married Luther A. Reed, director, three months ago, now faces a di- varce suit filed by her husband, who accuses her of possessing an uncon- trollable temper. His attorneys say he was forced into retirement for than a week to conceal atches his pretty wife inflicted on his face. 3 more RS SUED | = I co-operative body. Some of the cases have been settled out of court, but a number remain to be argued inking’s benéh court. PRO TENNIS PLAY Karel Kozgluh, Defending Cham- plon, Opposes Howard Kinsey i Semi-Final Match. Forest Hills, N. Y., Sept. 19 (UP) | —Karel Kozeluh of Czechoslovakia, |the defending champion, opposed Howard O. Kinsey of San Francisco in the feature semi-finals match of the national professional tennis teurnament here today. Vincent Richards, former Davi | cup player of New York, met Har= vey Snodgrass, Beverly Hills, Caly in the other semi-final engagement. Kinsey provided the major upset of the tournament yesterday when he eliminated Don Maskell, English champion and tutor of Betty Nute hall, in five hard sets. Losing the first two sets, the American was forced to the limit to overtake tha Englishman. Australia expects to be benefited by the new German-Polish comw mercial treaty. ‘Pick Up Y- our Phone. - And Say— It’s Classified Headquarters + POLLY AND HER PALS 2 over t, exclaimed By Georg NO KIDDIN CARRIE I wouLDNT THATS WHERE } ME AN’ You DIFFERS, k PUBLIC SCHOOL, FOR ALL THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS BY ROBERT QUILLEN * “I didn't have no | buyin’ a dinin’ table t but T wanted to own thin’” Emily couldn't when she's givin’ a bridgc party.” Copyright, 1330, Publishers Syndicate —— e ) POOR our young | real poor, CLLAUDE CALLAN PA The Horrible, Example WOT TH HECK DID A You EVER LEARN TO PRIVATE SCHOOL, THAT I DIDNT LEARN, TO PUBLIC SCHOOL? SERRET:.9./9- JUST KIDS ) 1 S VAT B R < | (N DAR /(/rl y ~ AT HE WERENT RE' BuT, HE A A B\T PLEASANT N \T- THIS MORNMIN' sTeR. [HERE Com MORDAUNTS CAR MAS MUsH THE CLASH OF METAL CousIN DAN DOWN THE STREET NT \T VERY ORIGINAL DUELLING | CALIS ' = e < MANY A PLEASANT urtle | ARGUMENT] HAS STARTED B8Y Two CARS GETTI ATTACHED To EACH OTHER, 7 WA AND SEE IR