CHAPTER 5CLASSES AGAIN
“I reckon you girls are staying at the Allison?” Tex drawled when they left the busy lunch room. “If you don’t mind a little crowdin’, I’ll be glad to run you over.”
“Oh, we mustn’t take up any more of your free time!” Peggy exclaimed. “We do so appreciate your expert guidance around the airport and Skylines’ headquarters.”
The rangy pilot grinned. “Oh, I have lots of free time. One more flight, day after tomorrow, and I’ve got my maximum of eighty-five hours this month. I was just goin’ to suggest that I run you girls over to the Allison to freshen up a bit. Then, if your parents don’t mind a small hotel, they could stay at the Dumont. That’s where most of us bachelor aviators stay at the Chicago end of the run. I could pick you all up about six or six-thirty, an
