"I'm afraid I'm not a real celebrity," laughed Linda. "I'll be forgotten by the public this time next year. I sincerely hope that more and more girls and women will be doing things in aviation, so that my little stunt will seem trivial. That is progress, you know."
Scarcely had the visitor gone before Miss Carlton was begging Linda to open her other letters.
"The Junior League picnic is tomorrow," she said. "And Dot Crowley is giving a luncheon in honor of Kitty Clavering.... There are probably a lot more things, too...."
Rather listlessly Linda opened her letters. It was not the same, she thought, without Louise to share everything. Louise Haydock—Louise Mackay now—had been her chum all through school, where they were so inseparable that they were always referred to by their friends as the "double Ls." The other girl's marriage had meant a sharp break to Linda, for the Mackays had moved to Wichita, Kansas, where Ted was employed as a flyer.
As if Miss Carlton understood her niece's thoughts, she remarked that Louise was coming for Kitty's wedding.
Linda's eyes shone with joy.
"Flying?" she inquired, as a matter of course.
"Yes. She and Ted are arriving some time tonight. Mrs. Haydock called up, and asked me to tell you."
Linda could not read her mail for a few minutes, so intense was her happiness at this splendid news.
"Ted can go with me to see about the autogiro!" she exclaimed. "I do so want his opinion!"