Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) You’re on the Air ------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE CAPTAIN OF THE NINE AGAINST ODDS OFF SIDE Boy Scouts Series DON STRONG OF THE WOLF PATROL DON STRONG, PATROL LEADER DON STRONG, AMERICAN Lansing Series BATTER UP STRAIGHT AHEAD FAIR PLAY ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Illustration: “First an actor and now a producer. You should try script writing, Carlin.”] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ You’re on the Air By WILLIAM HEYLIGER Illustrated by NEIL O’KEEFFE D. APPLETON-CENTURY COMPANY Incorporated New York        London 1941 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Copyright, 1941, by D. APPLETON-CENTURY COMPANY, INC. All rights reserved. This book, or parts thereof, must not be reproduced in any form without permission of the publisher. The names of all characters used in this book are purely fictitious. If the name of any living person is used, it is simply a coincidence. Copyright, 1940, by the Sprague Publications, Inc. PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ILLUSTRATIONS “First an actor and now a producer. You should try script writing, Carlin” Vic Wylie said, “Don’t let it tear you apart, kid. You can’t change it. It’s show business” “Now, now, folks,” Tony Vaux said. “I don’t mean it’s a bad show” Lucille’s performance held Joe spellbound. “Brilliant,” Pop said softly. “I salute her” ------------------------------------------------------------------------ You’re on the Air CHAPTER 1 Joe Carlin awoke. At once his mind, still partly drugged with sleep, began to worm restlessly through a hungry channel. How did you go about getting on the air? His hand reached for a radio beside the bed. A station came in, swelled, and filled the room with a crash of music.