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A«OMT He was bursting to show his craft off to an expert, but Toby was equally anxious to be going, and to his secret relief they found that the ‘plane was already in the water when they got outâ€" side again. He climbed aboard into the forward passenger‘s seat with a hnurried word of farewell to the Consul and Father Maloney, and they taxied out into the channel. They turned and in another thirty seconds they were roaring back upâ€"wind with the throttle full open. The floats kissed the water for the last time, and they were off â€" climbing steeply up through the mellow sunâ€" shine. "Like to take her over?" CranwWweis voice through the telephone as the buildings of the aerodrome dwindled to the dimensions of a child‘s toy house behind them. \, \AAVA Occasional drifts of cloud floated by below them looking gigantic masses of cottonâ€"wool, tinged with orange light on the sides facing the sunset glow; but otherwise the sky was clear; with that limpid purity only to be found in the upper air. The blue vault of heaven stretcheed above and around into inâ€" finity.and he experienced a momentary vivid recollection of that serene deâ€" tachment from the world and its affairs which had come to him on his first golo flight, Twenty minutes passed, twentyâ€"five minutes: and still they were hurtling forward through the clear peluicid air, For them, the flaring goliden shield of the sun still stood well clear of the earth‘s rimâ€"but already the light was dying out of the sea below. The glitâ€" ter was now gone from it, and somâ€" bre leaden pall â€" the forerunner of nightâ€"was creeping stealthily over it from the east. Moment by moment the daylight was fading out from â€"the earth‘s surface and twilight was already descencding. : The engine suddenly cut, out and he became aware that Cranwell had put the ‘planes nose down in a long dive. The rush of air past the machine gradually rose to a roar as the pull of gravity increased; the speed rose to a bundred and forty â€" a hundred and When Cranwell had given orders for the tanks to be filled to capacity, he took Toby into the Clubhouse, where he changed into flying helmet for his guest. "You‘ll find it a bit chilly later on, when the sun goes down,"he told him. "But maybe you‘ve done some flying vourself?" "A bit", Toby admitted. "I was in the R. A. F.., for a couple of years". "vou mean the British Air Force?" Cranwell exclaimed. "And I was think. ing you were a novice! Well, now you‘re going to be interested in this little old ship of mine!" _4 "My! My!" he exclaimed joyously "Buried treasure and beauty in disâ€" tress" He turned to the Consul. ‘"‘You hadn‘t told me the half of this, George!" A brief conversation on the telephone had sufficed to set the bali rolling and another five minutes found them on their way to the flying ground in iths car.. They had stopped to pick up the owner of the ‘plane from his surgeryâ€" he was a young American doctor of the name of Cranwellâ€"and when Toby attempted to thank him, he scoffed loudly. By the time Toby had made him acquainted with the general outline of the situation they had arrived at the aerodrome, where Cranwell had alâ€" ready telephoned orders for his plane to be made ready. "Anything that takes me away from my patients is welcome," he told Toby "and if it gets me into the air as well, it‘s a plain godsend! But what is the idea exactly?" CHAPTER XXII (continued) FLIGHT AGAINST TIME It was little more than half an hour after the end of his interview with the Consul when the sleek blue seaplane took off and roared up steeply over the sparkling blue waters of Nipe Bay. As Toby twisted around in the passenger‘s seat and looked back at the two little black figures standing at the head of the slipâ€"way, he had to admit that the| Consul was a fast worker when once he got going. ( PUBLISHED BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT THURSDAY. DECEMBER 12TH, 1940 C l2 cssyA e Sydney Parkman S'\:r: mt oi A~â€" Py " y For the next ten minutes they were in and out of pockets almost conâ€" tinually. At five hundred feet Cranwell straightened out of the dive and flew the machine as nearly level as possible in the cireumstances, while Toby leaned out over the fuselage and peered down at the grey sandâ€"cays closely as they passed over them. The light was failing rapidly now, and as he stared down with watering eyeshe began to realize fully the forâ€" lorn character of this expedition. He recognized that it would be utterly impoassible to conduct anything like an aerial survey of this maze of islands except in full daylight. Even then it would be a matter of the utmost diffiâ€" culty to ensure covering the ground with any degree of thoroughness, and would require at least two observers. The pilot had all he could do to keep his machine out of trouble, and cerâ€" tainly could not spare any time to look about him. He had known from the first that it was a hundred to one chance that they would be able to locate the girl and her father, but he had felt that anything would be worth trying. At the end of another ten minutes he found it impossible to distinguish even the outlines of the scattered cays in the deepening darkness, and he reluctantly They were over the bank! "Watch out!" came Cranwell‘s voice "Its going to be a bit bumpy down here" Almost as he spoke, they encountered 1 1 the first airâ€"pocket, and the machine]| dropped vertically for fifty feet and hit ‘"solid" with a jerk that jarred theit teeth. fifty miles an hour; and peering down through the windscreen, Toby saw first one, and then two, then several dim shapes scattered widely like basking whales over the darkling surface of the sea. Phone 229 SEE ITS AMAZING NEW Pontiac‘s Radiant "Torpedo" styling represents a new kind of beauty ... the first really new note in motor car appearance in years. It‘s a practical kind of beauty, too. For ‘"Torpedo" styling represents the opportunity to build bodies that are longer and wider KNEEâ€"ACTION of most advanced design is also standard throughout the line. Knceâ€"Action levels the roughest roads and is a feature indispensable to supreme riding comfort and handling ease. ALL 1941 Pontiacs, including the lowâ€"priced IFleetleader, have Pontiac Lâ€"Head Engines ... long famous for quictness, smoothness, flashâ€" ing "getâ€"away", powerâ€"performance ... record economy ... and dependability, year after year. TRY ITS NEW L â€"HEAD MARSHALLâ€"ECCLESTONE LIMITED ‘"Hey!" he called striving to keep the excitement out of his voice. I‘ve spotted a light!" Presently they swung in a tight spiral and Cranwell‘s voice came to Toby‘s ears faintly above the rushing of the wind. "OK.!" Cranwell concurred briefly; and he put the machine into a climbing turn. rough course for the distant Cuban coast. And it was then that Toby saw it! At first he half suspected that his eyes were playing tricks; and he starâ€" ed down . his breath held in suspense A tiny spark of light had appeared in the black void below to the southâ€" ward. and as he watched it, it seemed to him that it was growing steadily brighter. "Where?" Cranwell demanded easing the stick forward and bringing the machine on to an even keel. "Just ahead!" Toby told him. "A bit to the right. See it?" "I‘ve got it!" the other announced after a moment‘s pause. "We‘ll drop down and have a closer look. But say! Don‘t go banking on it too much. You "I don‘t think it‘s any good keeping it up any longer," Toby told him resignedly. "I can‘t see a thing now!" The.dark sea fell away beneath them as the ‘planes nose pointed up towards the glowing, starâ€"filled heavens; and when he had gained an altitude of about a thousand feet, he swung southâ€" ward still climbing steeply, and set a get sponge fishers camping on some of the bigger islands here at times." And he put the machine into a steep dive. reported as much to Cranwell. "Tough luck!" the pilot commented "We‘ve left it a bit too late. Well say the word when you‘ve had enough of it;" "Well? What d‘you make of it"? Toby made no reply for a moment for the distant Cuban ... so the new Pontiacs offer much greater roominess, safety, convenâ€" ience, new amazing comfort . . . and enlarged luggage space. At the same time, Pontiac‘s dynamic styling is lifted to heights of brilliant beauty you never dreamed possible. THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TTIMMINS, ONTARIO The next few minutes provided the American with an opportunity for showâ€" ing his skill as a pilot. They were approaching the glow of the fire at a height of no moure than a hundred and fifty feet. The glow of the fire, showing faintly above the sand ridges, was his only guide; and as the machine dropped lower and lower over the water, his heart was in his mouth lest a sandbank should suddenly loom ahead out of the darkness, and he kept his hand hoverâ€" ing over the throttle in case a burst of engine should be needed. A few seconds later his excited yell appraised Cranwell that the search was at an end. He soothed her as he would a child holding her tightly in his arms and stroking her hair gently;but his heart was singing within him in spite of the pity he felt for her. By the time he joined them, Diana had recovered sufficiently to greet him with relative composure, but he laughâ€" ey away her stammered attempt at He straightened the machine out barely fifty feet above the surface of the sea, and after heading southâ€"west ward for half a mile or so, executed a flat turn and came straight back for the island. Tcby had smatched the belt off, and was over the side and splashing through the shallow water almost before the machine had come to a stop. He had seen the girl‘s figure silhouted on the nearest ridge against the faint glow in the sky, and as he plunged up the beach she came running down the slope to meet him. With the island looming blackly ahead in the starlight, he touched down on the water perfectly and thirty seeâ€" onds later the floats were grounding on the sand of the beach. "Oh, Toby! Toby! I knew you‘d come somehow!" she managed to artiâ€" culate. "I knew it all the time! And then when I heard the ‘plane pass over I thought you‘d gone! I was just starting to light that fire andâ€"and I thought it was too late!" It was not till a plaintive voice hailed him from behind that he even rememâ€" bered Cranwell. "Say! Am T allowed to come ashore yet?" the pilot wanted to know. "I‘m getting kind of tired of sitting hereâ€" and anyway I want to meet the girl friend!" In another moment she was in his armsâ€"sobbing with relief and pentâ€"up emotion. v;x’;/_’z‘ Showrooms,. 7 Third Ave, Britain Building Houses Claimed to be "Bombâ€"proof" "But he‘s nowhere near the fire," she explained." I couldn‘t carry those heavy timbers, so I set fire to them where they were. He‘s only just over this ridge here." "Becker said he‘d arrange to have someone come out for us when he got back to Antilla," she said. "But I wasn‘t building any hope on that." "Well, I daresay I starlight," he said. have a look at him." "Yes, where‘s your father?" Toby put in, suddenly coming to earth again. "And the two darkies? What‘s hapâ€" pened to them all"? ‘‘There‘s only Daddy," she returned. "And he‘sâ€"he‘s ill. The others ran Ooff with the but I don‘t know what‘s happened to them. And then Becker came in a motor launch with three other men . . . . " And she gave them a hasty and somewhat disjointed account of all that had happened. "Great Sceott"! Toby ejaculated, when she had done. "‘The ghastly swine! And they left you marooned here while they bolted with the cash" "That fire will give me light enough to examine your father, if you‘ll lead the way, Miss Salter . . ", Cranwell beâ€" gan when the situation had been exâ€" plained by Diana. For Britons are watching with inâ€" terest the experiment cf D. E. Gibson,. Coventry city architect who has deâ€" signed plans for "bombâ€"proof" houses 2,500 of which are under construction. thanks. "That‘s O. K., Miss Saliter!" he told her. "You‘ve just got to look on me as the transport guyâ€"and one who likes the job! Now let‘s get down to busâ€" inesss. Where‘s the rest of the folks?" London, Dec. 11â€"The time may come when sounding of the air raid sirens will mean "duck into the kitchâ€" en" instead of "run for the shelter down the street." The homes to be ready for occupancy within a month, will be twoâ€"story., and T‘wentyâ€"five _ Hundred _ of Them Said to be Under Construction Now. (To Be Continued) daresay I can make cut by CONSIDER ITS LOW Prices for the sensational, new Pontiac Fleetleader "Torpedo" are right down with the Jowest! Yet the Fleetleader is styled, powered and equipped like many automobiles in the upper pricc brackets. 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