ice. When I told them we were new stewardesses they gave me a
card entitling us to round-trip transportation to the loop in a company
cab."

"I didn't see you do that," protested Sue.

"No, you were too busy watching the plane coming in from the west."

At the tailors they were measured for trim serge suits of a
smoke-green. Berets of the same material and color were furnished.

The fitting required an hour and the tailors promised to have the suits
in Cheyenne within the week.

"What do you think of the uniforms?" Jane asked as they left the
tailors.

"I love them. They're so trim and business-like, yet feminine at the
same time. What a contrast to a nurse's uniform."

Jane was willing to admit that the neat, serge suits would be much more
comfortable than the primly starched outfits they had been accustomed
to wearing.

They had to wait a few minutes until the cab arrived and then they were
whirled rapidly toward the field on the outskirts of the city.

When they reached the airport, Jane went straight to the waiting room
and sat down at a writing table.

"Going to write home?" asked Sue.

"First of all I'm writing to Miss Hardy back at Good Samaritan. After
all, it was because of her interest that we managed to get these
positions. Then I'll dash off a letter home. There's half an hour
before we report to the chief stewardess."

"I wonder if the folks will object?" mused Sue as she sat down at the
other side of the desk and picked up a pen.

"I'm going to tell mine that Miss Hardy felt it an excellent
opportunity. They have great faith in her and I'm sure they'll not
protest."

Chapter Six

Westward Flight

It was shortly before five o'clock when Jane and Sue reported to Miss
Comstock at the office of the personnel director. By five o'clock all
of the girls who had been signed for the stewardess service were in the
office and Miss Comstock spoke to them briefly.

"When we arrive in Cheyenne," she explained, "you will go through a two
weeks' training course which I will conduct. The purpose of this is to
thoroughly familiarize you with your duties and to acquaint you with
the special geographical features of the line for, as stewardesses, you
must not only care for your passengers but be qualified to answer their
questions. I can assure you that they will ask a great many. While in
training at Cheyenne, you will make trips over the routes to which you
will be assigned. Since the stewarde