From this group, a couple of young fliers stepped forward and lifted the girls right out of the cockpit.
“Congratulations to the first girls to cross the Pacific!” they cried, as they put garlands of leis around their necks. Then, with Linda and Dot on their shoulders, high over the heads of the crowd, the boys carried them to a waiting car.
“Aloha!” shouted everyone as they passed. “To our heroines of the air!”
CHAPTER XV
THE ISLAND OF OAHU
“But how did you know about us?” gasped Dot, as she found herself miraculously seated in a shining, low car at the edge of the flying field. “We didn’t tell anybody about it.”
Both the young men grinned broadly.
“A special late edition came out last night with the announcement,” explained one of the boys. “A Los Angeles paper. And every newspaper in the United States and Hawaii will run the story this morning. Besides, a ship you flew over yesterday sent a radio that you had been sighted!”
The car moved slowly through the space blocked off by the policemen, and Linda and Dot smiled and waved to the crowd as they passed.
“Where are we going now?” asked Linda.
“To the Governor’s mansion. There’s a big breakfast waiting for you. Then there will be a reception tonight. Did you know that you will receive an award of ten thousand dollars, to be shared between you?”