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tutx kmffsftki rsmutdid mpmitum ih ion theacton free press faov m fljek f rraa- jmftfrt fctonx white wtttfgs keith clayton albtr assseuui4u gowhy carlson seemed to waff- thf ffr u ne trod over to the 5b monoplane tmtuso whlih joan dtu t doming up to her he halt ed tonulibiuk hl heavy isir and tilde tin wishing you luck today hvjiald shortly youll heed it vm flyuur to via that prlm merely because youre tho only girt in th outfit dont think that rm giving you more room than the rut just stay out of my way and youll t aatfli thanks for your advice ronny joan gave a hod of her head she turned the book of her leather coat on him while the inspected hertnono with- out further notice of him a few minutes later when a hand touched her shoulder joan turned with instead john davis confronted her i suppose carlson was bragging- aboup winntogoicikflldp be he bald no he merely wished me luck uncle john joan answered with a grin i wish you would stop heckling at jtonny hes just a boy and fcpund to boast a little hes pretty young you know to be a flier your insight is too brood her untie laughed goodnaturedly placing a hand on a strut always finding some goad in a person whether there exists an or not bonny hasnt much to feel proud of youre won your eagles and are next to the youngest woman with a flying license in the state sure said joan but i had the ad vantage of having my uncle john davis for an instructor youre a tease the man spoke lightly then changed his tone to a seri ous one you know that ronny hasnt kept his wings white and he isnt to be trusted in tho air you know some of the trhiks hes pulled off there was smith who was flying behind ronny fifty miles south of seattle smiths compass went haywire and he had to allow ronny then i ask you what does ronny do he misleads smith off into a bank of clouds in the wrong dir ection when smith comes out of it hes in unfamiliar territory and ronny out of sight yes but how was ronny to know that smith had a broken compass he thought as long as he was following him joan was a4 excited when- her turn came that everything passed uito her memory in a bltui autotriatjeoliy she opened the throttle shot skyward wjth a dellcsle killed hand qn the control stick unfalteringly she picked out a landmark among the high olympics and steered tor it the smoky atmosphere of seattle was put to the rear while she was still gain ing altitude a myriad of tiny boats paddi about below her like bo many water bugs even the ships looked only like scale models from her heigh- over water the air was practj cully devoid of bumps allowing joan to kcop an easy keel it grew clearer olid the sun shone ddwn with added ferocity reflecting yellow glints on the water be low after forty miles she checked up on her altitude it was six thousand feet be still an wrong thinking ib might be dne of ronnys tricks she ignored him ho quit motioning gave hlk ship more gas and moved ahead he did not go far ahead shough as they cut down over the bar- rexsiiojp fleldsj ronny kept an evon pace just thead they cthddwn quickly on two shi ahead joan felt a rise lh her pulsoshe was gaming on the other as well as ronny she was unmindful now of that which was below her the- mow gave way to bare rocks thsotoroep trees that swept away from the mountain in three directions unnoticed theea aiid- pkuteiftr rooks bulging out of the surf waters pansed beneath her shs only saw the light ship ahead with ronny barely keeping before her abb rounded the swaying masts and headed back the two ahead of the whirlwind were flying on a par and a quarter of a mile m advance of them alone mechanical eagle held the lead a break in the roaring came to her and she was puailed until she saw ronny whirlwind drifting backward heading once more for the ooean otfer the bluff she circled twice bach time dismay and sympathy overwhelmed her increasingly high slippery rocks ter minated the beach where they swept out to sea and met the combers ronny and his whirlwind were imprisoned by the rising tlde on the narrow stretch of sand in three hours the machine would be s9rtty she looked out to ward the light ship to her added dis comfort nhe could hardly see it because of the intervening flattery rocks ip would have been impossible for those on the boat to see ronnys predicament and send a rescue boat thoughts tugged at her decision but she made up her nlnd and stubbornly set about heruuk easing up the throt tle she roared down until her wing tips passed along the side of the bluff the wheels touched only an instant before the tall skid it was a well manoeuvred ifffiqtng joan unbuckled her safety belt and climbed out to meet ronny too bad bhd spoke curtly to him hiding her feel ings she decided to try him but first as she added you had your nerve try- abovo 4ier he must have cut the gun 4ng te make nit land with you just to the thought that ronny had notiett cou rettlu wm the earth below moved slowly evenly he would have a little funwlth him how was he to know that smith would be forced to land in a fanners cornfield for the night i give up her uncle finally conceded but im warning you watch out for him hes dangerous to be flying against even though he may be only a boy ive been in this game a good many years and i know the kind if ho was straight ened out in time he might turn out okeh but ive seen others before him and after they became older they grew harder and nothing could change them aviation is something that brings out the worst in a person and the best added joav john davis grunted as hie walked abotit the monoplane giving it and the motor a thorough scrutiny hi ciucw every inch of tin machlni- nnd joan deemed it a mark of honor that he would let her use his weruplune fur the race as he left her h returned to uie officials of the air ruces the thixv ufi them were talking eurnestly at tin- start ing mark thry wert no doubt dthidinii upon the interval of im- betwon liu takeoff of each ship hhr knew uutv had been u controversy about tt they waned to keep the aeroplane x jar apar as possible when the crossed tin olympic mountain range klvnlrv was kctn among the claasmatea and olmncci wro to be avoided in another half an hour the student fitsduatfes would bo winging away i rum bardell acid and seattle their course cuw take them across the strotim of water of puget sound ow the moun tains down to tfte pacini- beyond flat tery rocks thry vuld circle the light ship stationed off there and tome buck tliu was to be the itrst yrnr or 1 ftrthcomlng annual content tb-seui- 1 tie flying school was sponsoring 1 race for ihoar of iia uructuatc students vho had succcaaj ulu passed the hiveiiimeiu examination to attain their nrtvue licenses they luui to furnun their own aeroplane most of mwm ilk- joan had been given thr use of one bclouxtui to a relative or friend all except homiy carl son who owned his own a latest typ- of a fast whirl wum the prise offered was a schohnhip in odtanved wtkp the winner wiikt ao gain recognition from tttr trei the officials nnlshed their delibera tion over rules to order the acmpuiies wheeled into line joan drew fourth ptaceand directly behind her was horny ooruon the girt set her jaws flrmty trying to eradicate any outward aign of nervousness from her features tw flrst aircraft tooted to the start paused then as the umekeepe signal led it was off with a demfenlnir thunder off exploding gaa and pounding nutons at flveminute ltervalga new cantas- unt bdunced clunulh up to ihe start then simoafully swiftly took the air though her speed was over a hundred and sixty miles an hour more bum pv continued to hfisfit xtic pionopianc as joan left puget sound in the rear and winged thunderously over green foothills with every passing second- the whitecapped peaks ot the olympics were rushing toward her a side wind veered the aeroplane slightly to the south she had singled out a pass between two glistening peaks the ship ahead had passed through the gap and dropped out of sight only a minute in one lead prom the corner of her eye she saw an object moving almost even with her it was ronny with his whirlwind he must have gained rapidly on her tocome up so soon a sinking sensation tugged at her heart funny he did not gam on her so fast now as she glanced from time to time at her competitors machine she saw that he gained on her at a slackening pace until he moved no faster than she ho must go on or let her tho pair of them could not go through the narrow rift that broke tho crooked snowandlce glased mountain spine that was directly ahead tho tugging sensation lowered to joans stomach the jagged rise of the slope was rushing up madly it shrieked its own disaster in the heart of the girl why did not ronny go on all at once the reason came to her in the higher altitude sronnys heavier ship lost speed the thin air not offering enough lifting power for his compact motor a little more speed was yet in joans ship it was lighter and stood the altitude much better the throbbing vibration of her ship increased she eased back on the stick gaining altitude over the ship but letting ronny gain distance on her the roar of both motors echoed deafenlngly in her ears as they passed into and through tho gap the wheels of her aeroplane were scarcely above the top of ronnys and a bare ten feet separ ated him for an instant from the edges below they had made the gap with very little to spare the slope on the for side dropped away as abruptly as it had risen the pacific oceans green- blue in the far dis tant view met joans eyes she also saw ronny start to speed away from her his heavier craft iinvlng tho advantage ugntn in descent ronny turned and waved a liand nt ifer through the vlslon-btur- rtng disc her propeller formed joan saw that arm stiffen and then draw in ronny slackened imoeo that tlwwns soon abreaat of hhi mniin she bmv him pointing to the side of lu ship he wiuh tryliik to convoy some message to her she leaned fur out of the cikkpli on elthor side her whorls seemed tnf as she advanced beneath him the roar or his hlp came balk to her along with the drumming of her own angered she tried to slip to ont side and to the other to get out from beneath him she speed ed up hespeeded up she slowed up and ho slowed up they passed over flattery rocks at an altitude of not more than sixty feet ronny was forcing her down feemlngly toward n thin strip of beach ahead which ran between surf unci a high bluff she had seen the place before and knew thut this strip of beach was bare only during low tide ronny had done some rather queer stunts already in this race but this wan out of reason- why wouid be want to force her down he should know by this time that he had far the speedier ship of che two and she could hardly expect a chance to win it was ignoble and he must know that he could be seen by the remaining ship behind them still he was forcing her down so that her machine could not pass over the sheer bluff but would be forced to land on the beach joan eased dawn toward the beach giving a little more speed to the her ship was flying at an angle to land ronny lessened his speed to drop behind joan took tho advantage and opened her throttle rushing straight towards the bluffs her ship swooped up ronny was taken off guard and her monoplane passed up before him yards ahead by tho time that joan had bankod toward seattle the ultimate goal she had gain ed altitude enough to clear the bluffs she was in time to sec ronny put his sfffp down on the beach after joan had passed over him her conscience rankled deeply within her perhaps it had not been his fault at all he had landed his ship his en gine had stopped once something munt be really wrong with it the last ship had passed her up and the others were miles ahead she had no chance of win ning the race she bonked her ship get my help you might have wrecked us both i guess you dont know what its all about yet and for the first time she saw him laugh you dont know how happy i nm that you came back i should imagine you would be joans voice turned harsh with irony you cheated me out of all chances to win tho flce oufohanoes -were- test tcnyway- joan turned cold what did he mean well she asked questionlngly when i passed beneath you up at the gap in the olympics i saw the bottom of your fuselage spotted and streaked aas dripped down was caught in the stream of my propeller and thrown in my face there was no mistaking it i see now why you made all those queer motions at me youve been such a square sport i couldnt see you go down in that moun tainous country if i hod been flying in six races it would be a crackup at the least washout your plane maybe your self you would be nearlyat the top when your first tank would be empty and you would have turned on the em ergency tank empty as well you really tried to make me land yes why did you land here then and ex pect mc to come back because jve got your nature pretty well figured out ips an honor to have one like if i put nry thoughts together and landed as if my aeroplane was out commission it worked you took pity an my plight and came back ronny carlson turned on his heel and strode back toward his own ship where are you going asked joan ive got a few tools lnmy kic im going to nx your tink divide up my gas with you and well be off here before the tide comes in and catches lis the girl sat down to steady herself continued on page slxj suppose it wero your loved one being made ready for the climax of this grim struggle with death anxiously you await the outcome hoping against hopo praying that these men in white willnot faih yourhoart in in utoir hands tut all their skill and all their specialized knowledge would bo powerless should those operating room lights go out at a critical moment but those lights will not fail nor will the power to operate the many delicate electrical apparatus used in modern surgery today qufaside the operating room is an organization of highly trained hydro men whose duty 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