And still they flooded in—telegrams, cablegrams, radiograms. From the first, America had gone wild with joy and pride over the matchless flight. And now with the passing days, America grew frantic, would be no longer denied. “Come back—You belong to us—America awaits you!” was the thousandfold message from his homeland.
Under this urge, Hal Dane left sightseeing in Japan to be completed on some other visit and saw to it that his beloved Wind Bird was carefully crated for shipment. Then the young Viking of the Sky boarded a great steamer for another crossing of the Pacific—this time for a journey straight into the hearts of his own people.