Hal Dane sought with agony in his heart for the clue to this summons to appear before a judgment seat--this summons and the verdict already rendered, "Your flying days are over," that had dropped like a ton of rock on all his hopes, crushed out his whole future. And it was happening so close to what would have been the first glorious upward step in his career,--his graduation from an accredited aviation school. With the Rand-Elwin O. K. on him he could have secured a flying job anywhere--the flying world would have been open to him.