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and into the train shed; the big end dorrs of the \Baggage car were open; the two skids were in place; the auto was quickly pushed up them into the baggage car; the mechanicians boarded the train, the engine coupled on, and we were off.

Cal was long since out of sight, and as the speed of our train increased, the blood pressure of its occupants steadily mounted. We heard nothing of him until we reached Middletown, NY., sixty eight miles west of Jersey City, where we were stopped and told that the plane had landed. The mechanicians were sent to the field where Cal had landed. The train was side tracked for the night and I had my first view of the plane and very first meeting with Cal.