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AIR FORCE GIRI£ jSt/ 'j&e, CHAPTER VI Hllane, a fashion artist, shares! an apartment in London with I Stella, a fret* lance journalist Jane joins the WAAF. The night before entering service she walks through dim streets and collides with a flight lieutenant of the RAF. She accepts his invitation to dinner hut refuses to see him again. Her tiaining finished, Jane is assigned to an airdorme where] the lieutenant is stationed. Meet ing by accident, he asks her to marry him. She agress to dine with him later in London. Stop ping to break her engagement with Stella she discovers that the lieutenant, Timothy Poel-Saiidors —nicknamed “Tips"—is Stella’s divorced husband. She meets Tips ut Kettner’s. Hearing that lips may soon fly over Germany, Jane tries to see him but hides when he enters a car with Mrs. Iris Stanton, wife of Guy Stanton, another RAF flyer wim is Also watching the couple. Jane tells Tips she does not care for him. Iris rose to her feet She knew this was a rebuff but she didn't mind. “Chicken and salad it shall be," she said with a smile. "Gome along, it's ail ready." But they couldn't eat chicken and salad all the evening. Tips realized this almost with regret and decided that it hadn't after all been such a good idea to drop in on Iris. He tried to put all thoughts id' Jane from him If he could only manage this he and Iris might even yet have quite a good evening. He glanced at the time as they returned to the sit ting room, and saw that it was nearly half past eight. “You wouldn’t like to go to the pie Iris looked at him from beneath lowered lashes. “I’d absolutely hate to go to the pictures." Tips sighed. "I was afraid the idea wouldn't appeal to you.' “Why did you suggest it then." “Because it rather appeals to ■She wrinkled her nose at him. “You’re not very nice to me this evening.” He lighted another cigarette and helped himself to another “Tips?" “What is it?" "You're different.” "I’m sorry." Iris drew a quivering breath. She wondered if this was an oc casion for frankness She knew it didn’t pay as a rule, but it might be worth trying. "'I ips, darling," she whispered softly, “you do love me just a little bit, don’t you? I'm so crazy abode •(Tips sat down beside her and id she was sweet ami of course he Was Very fond of her. He told himself that surely this must be true. Otherwise he’d never have spent so much time with her. On ly now there was Jane . . but he couldn’t explain this to her. The ringing of the telephone bell mercifully interrupted what threatened to become a difficult situation. Iris rose to her feel and now Tins could hear her talk ing in the next room for some time. At last she returned. lb looked up at het as she entered the room. “Anybody interesting? he asked lazily "No | inly some dreary wom an asking me to lunch tomorrow. She stooped to poke the live to a blaze. He noticed in a vague kind of way that her face was pale and her hands were shaking She was talking Very fast and very volubly. insisting that he must have another drink since* the niglu was yet young. What was the time? Only quarter to nine. When he said that perhaps after all lie should be getting oil his way. I m title hack at the airdrome at eleven,” he said. "and I in leaving here at ten thirty." She leaned on her elbow and staled at him with somethin.' mysterious in her eyes. "Eleven o’clock did on say you must be back?” “On the dot!” “That’s ail right. 1 II see you go in tiine. Don't worry. 1 won't let you be late. 1 promise you.' Hunter closed the front dom behind her and said that it was as cold as charity outside. She looked at Jane and Sparks, who were in the kitchen making tea, and said that she had an idea that she was hungry. “Have a piece of cake,' said Sparks warmly. “Thanks. I’ll have some ten too if there's any going.” “There will be in a minute.” Hunter munehed the cake, said that it was good and asked how long they had before they went on duty. “An hour,” said Sparks. “Where have you been since we saw you last?” “Having drinks up at. the offi cers mess.’ Hunter closed the kitchen door. “There’s something on tonight—that stunt 1 told you about the other day. They are taking off at ten o’clock” •A chill shiver of fear caught at Jane’s heart. Ten o’clock. Oh, why hadn't she gone to dinner with Tips, gone uii to town and had a grand evening so that he might come back late? MSparks said anxiously, fear in fc-r eyes, “Let's hope they all get Pack safely ” Hunter’s fare was long. “Not a hope in a million. Jimmie Staf ford told me so this evening.And he knows what he’s talking about But I thought you told us he “Is Tips here?” demanded Jane sharply. wouldn't lie going.” i "He didn't expect to l>e. He; may not even now. The trouble i is that Tips Poel-Sanders went j off duty tlist before the order j came through If he doesn't come back in time Jimmie's not to take his place. At the moment every one's trying to find him. Person ally 1 hope someone does. I’m rather fond of poor old Jimmie. Mind you, Jimmie says he’s cra zy to no hut then he’d be bound to say that e\'en if he were a lit tle scared. And after all he's ter ribly young. He’s not twenty. He's been saying good-bye to me the last two hours. He says he lias a nasty premonition. Still, Tips may turn up. The general idea is that lie’ll lie wild if he comes hail- and finds they've all n'otie off without him.” Jane eauie to life. Her head lifted Those words had penetra ted her distracted brain. “He won't he lie’ll he furious.'' "Oh, of course, you know him don’t you'.’" said Sparks. "I've met him once or twice.” "So it was you!" exclaimed Hunter, forgetting the possible loss of her beloved Jimmie now that she was making an interest ing discovery. “That reminds me Iris said yesterday she’ll seen him dining with one of the W'aafs up in London. She Wanted me to Tmd out which one it was. 1 did n t recognize you from her de scription. l!ut then Iris always was a cat. She said your hair was mousy. I don’t think Lamboldt’s hair's a bit mousy, do you, Jane didn't cafe about Iris Stanton or how she described her "Who’s trying to find Tips?” she asked breathlessly. "Oh, I don't know. Several people so far ns I can gather. 1 even heard (luy ringing up Iris land asking iter if she was there." "And wasn't lie?" ‘•No. he wasn't.” | Jane said to Sparks, “See you later. I've got a telephone call to make.” She sped swiftly along the dark road and out of the gates pa.-t tin sentry on duty. She fitmoled for two pennies and found them. She wished she did n't feel so impelled to do what she proposed doing. All of them Jane knew from what Tips had told her, wen only too anxious to have i crack at the enemy. Also, she thought with pride, Tips was probably badly needed He was acting Squadron Leader now—she'd heard someone men tion it only tne other tlay. They might not do so well without him. She had to ask the exchange for the number. "I'm afraid I don't even know the name of the house. Hut Flight Lieutenant Stanton i.- living in it and it's in Stretton. till- Kin saiu aner a moment, "St ret ton 4:55 I'll ring them for "Thank tou." She waited. She,could hear an odd ’buzzing and then the girl’s voice after what seemed an eter nity: "I’m sorry, but they don’t .lane's heart sank. She begged the operator to try again. But at last she had to give it up. She came out of the booth and won dered what to do next. How can she Kind out if Tips was with Iris Stanton?” A clock nearby struck the hour nine. She wasn’t on duty until ten. An idea came to her and it grew more feasible the more she .considered it There was her bi cycle in the shed near the hillet. Surely she could get to Stretton and hack in an hour. Hurriedly she raced back to get it. She had difficulty with the lamp but at last got it going. She pedaled steadily not going too fast to begin with, certain a swift pace at the outset wou!l be difficult to maintain and get her there no more quickly than'a moderate easy one. But somehow she seemed to he going on for ever Unless she was quick and made a better speed she’d never he back in lime to go on duty and Tips would he unable to reach the airdrome before the squad ron uctnalv took off. ■fane had to push her bicycle up a lull and paused a moment at the ton to get (ter breath. She pressed her hand to her side where a violent stitch was be coniine almost unbearable. All the same she must go on. .At last she saw the house, long and ob long and without a flicker of light. She leaned her bicycle against the fence and ran up the path to the front door. She rang the bell and waited. She could hear it echoing through the house For a few moments there was no sound within. She pressed her finger on the little brass knob and rang and rang again, her temper rising. At. length she heard footsteps approaching and the sound of Iris Voice, “Vfc hoever’s here seems infernally impatient.” The front door opened. She peered out. Standing as she did, silhouetted against the light of the hall, Jane took in at a glance the rumpled hair and the brightness of her eyes. “Who is it? Who’s ringing like that?” “Is tips here?” demanded Jane sharply. "Tips? Who is it?” and then apparently suddenly remember ing her: “Oh. it's you!” Quick as lightning she started to close the door again “No, he isn’t. I’m Hut Jane pushed her way into the hall. “He is. His car’s out side. I’ve get to see him.” “Jane! ’ He was standing there in the thresh hold of a doorway, staring at her in astonishment. Her eyes met his and she told her self she hated and despised him “They wanted you at the air drome, Tips.'’ she said curtly. ^Something important’s going on. I know they’ve been trying hard to find you. No one knew i where you were, but I thought | I’d take a chance. . .” Her voice j trailed away. “When did you hear they wan 1 ted me?" he asked quickly. "About half an hour ago. I I bicycled t.Vei here. I felt sure you’d want to know. They’re tak ing off at ten o’clock. I under stand. If you don’t hurry you won’t make it.” He needed no urging to be on his way. With a quick goodnight to Iris he snatched up his hat and dashed from the house. At the gate he turned and called back to Jane. “You’d better come along with me.” “I wouldn’t go with you,’ I stormed Jane bitterly, “if the airdrome were a hundred miles away and i had to walk every inch of the way to get there.” “Oh. all right!” His voice was sharp with exasperation. "If that is how you feel about it.’” She hennl the door of the car slam, a roar as he reversed, ami then he drove away. Clearly he had only one tiling in mind now —to get hack to the station as quickly as possible. She turned and would have left the house. but Iris Stanton caught her by the arm and swung her violem'v around. “You lit tle fool. I low dared you come out here to fetch him! How dared “He was needed,” said Jane coldly. “I knew he'd want to go.” “And you didn’t care, I sup pose, that he would probably never come back? You didn't stop to consider that. But I did 1 knew too that he was wanted. Guy telephoned to me and told me so. He \vas trying to find him. But I wasn t going to send him to^his death if I could preVent it." She burst into harsh rending sobs. “And now—now if neither of us ever sees him again, it will be you who will have helped to kill him!'’ Jane stood quite still for a moment staring at Iris Stanton She'd known of course that Guy Stanton had telephoned to her.! She remembered Hunter saying so. (Tp BE CONTINUED)! RATION REMINDER GASOLINE—In 17 slates of Eastern shortage area A ti eoup-J ons are now valid. In states out-! side the eastern shortage area A-7 coupons are valid through [ September 21. B and (' coupons j expire according to dates on in dividual books. All gasoline cou pons in the possession of car, owners must lie endorsed with | the owners’s license number and! state of registration. FUEL OIL—Period 5 coupons , in old rations remain valid September GO. 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