NED COMES INTO HIS OWN.
Ned’s dismay may be imagined. He was taken straight to the magistrate’s
courtroom where the charge against him was heard. In the meantime,
Captain Sprowl had engaged a lawyer for him, and the courtroom was
thronged when Ned’s case was called. His lawyer cautioned Ned to let
him do all the talking and the boy, feeling very nervous and ill at
ease before the battery of eyes aimed in his direction, sat silent
while the attorney explained to the court the circumstances of the case.
The magistrate heard him out and agreed with him that it seemed a
hardship that the boy should be held for disobeying an injunction in
order to save lives, but he declared that he had no powers in the
matter, as the injunction had been issued by the higher court. It
would be for that court to decide in the matter, and that therefore he
had no choice but to hold Ned in bonds of $2,000 for contempt of court.
Poor Ned turned pale when he heard this, but the lawyer hastily assured
him that it meant nothing, and was merely a formality.
“I’ve got the money right here!” bellowed Captain Sprowl from the rear
of the courtroom, flourishing a bundle of bills like a madman.
“Order in the court!” shouted the bailiffs frantically, for the
captain’s actions had caused a storm of applause.
The next day Ned’s case came up before the court which had issued the
injunction. Hank and Miles Sharkey, with greedy, triumphant faces, sat
in front seats to witness the lad’s discomfiture. Ned, seeing their
eyes fixed on him, held himself together bravely. In his eyes there was
an almost excited light. However, he appeared to be awaiting some sort
of a climax.
As for the other boys, they were openly shaking hands in the back of
the courtroom and slapping each other on the back. Captain Sprowl bore
a wide grin and Ned’s lawyer looked well pleased.
Hank and Miles noted these signs of satisfaction, and they began to
grow uneasy. This uneasiness increased to positive alarm when Ned’s
lawyer, instead of opening the proceeding in the usual way, asked to
see a copy of the will, on the strength of which the injunction had
been granted.
“Um-er-er, this is an unusual proceeding, may it please your honor,”
stammered Miles, who, not anticipating anything but plain sailing, had
decided to save a lawyer’s fee and act as his own attorney.
But the court overruled him and Miles was compelled to produce what
purported to be the last will and testament of Jeptha Nevins, deceased,
in which he left, “all papers, plans, prints and designs of my
inventions whatsoever to my beloved son, Henry Nevins.”
“If your honor pleases, may I examine that will?” asked Ned’s lawyer.
The court bowed its assent. Miles, with trembling hands, passed the
paper over to the attorney. Hank rose to his feet and tried to tip-toe
out, but he was stopped by a bailiff who told him that he had orders
not to let witnesses in the case out of the courtroom. Miserable and
dejected, Hank slipped back into his seat. His face was pasty white and
his knees shook. But he did not look a whit more wretched and abject
than Miles Sharkey, who nervously fingered his face and drummed on the
table alternately, while Ned’s lawyer scanned the will Miles had handed
him.
The lawyer finally ceased his examination of the paper, and then
clearing his throat solemnly, he said:
“Acting for the defendant in this case I pronounce this will a
forgery.” There was a buzz of excitement through the courtroom. Miles
tried to speak, but words would not come from his dry lips. Hank looked
ghastly and sank back in his seat in a wilted, crumpled heap.
“And furthermore,” relentlessly proceeded the attorney, “we have a
genuine will antedating this spurious one. If your honor will give me
permission I will produce it.”
Forthwith he placed in evidence the will of Jeptha Nevins by which he
left specifically to Ned the plans of the Electric Monarch and the
proceeds of his other inventions. (The will had been contained in the
envelope which Henry Tyler had handed to Ned on board the Electric
Monarch the day before.)
“We can prove that this is the genuine signature of Jeptha Nevins and
that the other is a base forgery,” continued the attorney, “and I
would ask your honor to make out a commitment for Miles Sharkey on the
charge of forgery in the first degree and to hold Henry Nevins on a
charge of aiding and abetting the same.”
“I didn’t aid nor abet nothin’,” shrieked out Hank despairingly, “it
was Miles done it all, your honor.”
“Shut up, you fool,” hissed Miles, but it was too late. Hank had let
the cat out of the bag with a vengeance. The commitments were made out
and in due course of time both Miles and Hank paid the penalty of their
rascality in the form of prison sentences. Hank, however, received a
light punishment, as it was clear that Miles Sharkey, who had hoped to
reap big profits from the Mellville concern, had been the ring leader
in the plot.
We have no space here to relate how the Electric Monarch acquitted
herself at the big aëro carnival. But suffice it to say that she
won every event for which she was entered, and at the conclusion of
the meet Ned was approached by the representative of an aëro-craft
manufacturing concern with an offer to build ships of the Electric
Monarch type, paying him a handsome bonus and a royalty.
On their return to High Towers, the boys found Prof. Chadwick very much
better, almost in his usual health, in fact, although Dr. Goodenough
laughingly said that he was “booked for a long vacation.”
One day, not long after their return to their home, which, by the
way, was now also Ned Nevins’, the gentleman who had tried to make
negotiations with Ned at the carnival paid a visit to High Towers to
try to close a deal with the young inventor.
Professor Chadwick and Dr. Goodenough were called into consultation,
and after a long conference, it was decided that it would be to Ned’s
advantage to accept the firm’s offer, more especially as he would,
under their terms, retain an interest in the Electric Monarch type of
hydroaeroplane.
When these arrangements had been concluded, Professor Chadwick reached
into a drawer of his desk, at which he was seated, in order to produce
blotting paper to sign the contracts. But as he opened the drawer he
suddenly paused, turned deathly pale, and pressed his hand to his
forehead.
“What is the matter, are you ill?” cried the doctor in a concerned
voice.
The boys, full of anxiety and alarm, repeated the question. But
Professor Chadwick waved them aside.
“No, not ill,” he exclaimed in a strange voice. “Wait--wait! It is
coming back to me now!”
He pressed a spring in his desk, and a secret drawer flew open. As it
did so, they all uttered a shout of astonishment.
It contained the long-missing plans!
The mystery was soon explained. The Professor’s memory had come back to
him with a rush when he opened the drawer for the blotting paper. On
the day of the trial trip of the Electric Monarch, it will be recalled,
he had been left behind. After the boys’ departure, (as it came back to
him, he had begun to feel uneasy about the plans, secure though they
seemed to be in the safe.)
He decided to find a better hiding place than the safe even, for them,
and with that object in view arose from the lounge and opened the
receptacle. Taking out the papers, he placed them in the secret drawer
of the desk. Hardly had he done so, however, when an attack of vertigo
seized him and he fell unconscious. Now that his memory had come back
suddenly, as he seated himself once more at the desk, all became clear.
And so the mystery of the vanished plans was cleared up with
satisfaction to all of them. After all, they had wrongfully suspected
Hank and his allies, and they were glad to learn that their suspicions
had been unfounded.
There is little more to tell. Heiny Dill finally evolved a burglar
trap out of his invention, but he makes more money working for the Boy
Inventors at High Towers than he does out of his numerous eccentric
contrivances. Sam Hinkley returned to Nestorville not long after his
invasion of New York, and after he had begged for forgiveness, his
father finally gave him the post of night clerk in the hotel, which he
fills admirably. Of the fate of Hank and Miles we are already informed.
And so, with Ned Nevins prosperous and happy, and the Boy Inventors
broadened and improved by their experiences with the Electric Monarch,
we will, for the present, leave them with the best of wishes for
their future undertakings. Knowing them to be always on the alert for
the latest developments in scientific progress, we are not greatly
surprised to learn that their next experimental experiences will be
described in a volume entitled, “The Boy Inventors’ Radio Telephone.”
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BOY AVIATORS’ SERIES
By Captain Wilbur Lawton
Absolutely Modern Stories for Boys
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The Boy Aviators in Nicaragua
Or, Leagued With Insurgents
The launching of this Twentieth Century series marks the inauguration
of a new era in boys’ books--the “wonders of modern science” epoch.
Frank and Harry Chester, the Boy Aviators, are the heroes of this
exciting, red-blooded tale of adventure by air and land in the
turbulent Central American republic. The two brothers with their
$10,000 prize aeroplane, the Golden Eagle, rescue a chum from death in
the clutches of the Nicaraguans, discover a lost treasure valley of the
ancient Toltec race, and in so doing almost lose their own lives in the
Abyss of the White Serpents, and have many other exciting experiences,
including being blown far out to sea in their air-skimmer in a tropical
storm. It would be unfair to divulge the part that wireless plays in
rescuing them from their predicament. In a brand new field of fiction
for boys the Chester brothers and their aeroplane seem destined to fill
a top-notch place. These books are technically correct, wholesomely
thrilling and geared up to third speed.
The Boy Aviators on Secret Service
Or, Working With Wireless
In this live-wire narrative of peril and adventure, laid in the
Everglades of Florida, the spunky Chester Boys and their interesting
chums, including Ben Stubbs, the maroon, encounter exciting experiences
on Uncle Sam’s service in a novel field. One must read this vivid,
enthralling story of incident, hardship and pluck to get an idea of
the almost limitless possibilities of the two greatest inventions of
modern times--the aeroplane and wireless telegraphy. While gripping and
holding the reader’s breathless attention from the opening words to the
finish, this swift-moving story is at the same time instructive and
uplifting. As those readers who have already made friends with Frank
and Harry Chester and their “bunch” know, there are few difficulties,
no matter how insurmountable they may seem at first blush, that
these up-to-date gritty youths cannot overcome with flying colors. A
clean-cut, real boys’ book of high voltage.
The Boy Aviators in Africa
Or, An Aerial Ivory Trail
In this absorbing book we meet, on a Continent made famous by the
American explorer Stanley, and ex-President Roosevelt, our old friends,
the Chester Boys and their stalwart chums. In Africa--the Dark
Continent--the author follows in exciting detail his young heroes,
their voyage in the first aeroplane to fly above the mysterious forests
and unexplored ranges of the mystic land. In this book, too, for the
first time, we entertain Luther Barr, the old New York millionaire,
who proved later such an implacable enemy of the boys. The story of
his defeated schemes, of the astonishing things the boys discovered in
the Mountains of the Moon, of the pathetic fate of George Desmond, the
emulator of Stanley, the adventure of the Flying Men and the discovery
of the Arabian Ivory cache,--this is not the place to speak. It would
be spoiling the zest of an exciting tale to reveal the outcome of all
these episodes here. It may be said, however, without “giving away”
any of the thrilling chapters of this narrative, that Captain Wilbur
Lawton, the author, is in it in his best vein, and from his personal
experiences in Africa has been able to supply a striking background
for the adventures of his young heroes. As one newspaper says of this
book: “Here is adventure in good measure, pressed down and running
over.”
The Boy Aviators Treasure Quest
Or, The Golden Galleon
Everybody is a boy once more when it comes to the question of hidden
treasure. In this book. Captain Lawton has set forth a hunt for gold
that is concealed neither under the sea nor beneath the earth, but
is well hidden for all that. A garrulous old sailor, who holds the
key to the mystery of the Golden Galleon, plays a large part in the
development of the plot of this fascinating narrative of treasure
hunting in the region of the Gulf Stream and the Sargasso Sea. An
aeroplane fitted with efficient pontoons--enabling her to skim the
water successfully--has long been a dream of aviators. The Chester
Boys seem to have solved the problem. The Sargasso, that strange
drifting ocean within an ocean, holding ships of a dozen nations and
a score of ages, in its relentless grip, has been the subject of many
books of adventure and mystery, but in none has the secret of the ever
shifting mass of treacherous currents been penetrated as it has in the
BOY AVIATORS TREASURE QUEST. Luther Barr, whom it seemed the boys had
shaken off, is still on their trail, in this absorbing book and with
a dirigible balloon, essays to beat them out in their search for the
Golden Galleon. Every boy, every man--and woman and girl--who has ever
felt the stirring summons of adventure in their souls, had better get
hold of this book. Once obtained, it will be read and re-read till it
falls to rags.
The Boy Aviators in Record Flight
Or, The Rival Aeroplane
The Chester Boys in new field of endeavor--an attempt to capture a
newspaper prize for a trans-continental flight. By the time these lines
are read, exactly such an offer will have been spread broadcast by one
of the foremost newspapers of the country. In the Golden Eagle, the
boys, accompanied by a trail-blazing party in an automobile, make the
dash. But they are not alone in their aspirations. Their rivals for the
rich prize at stake try in every way that they can to circumvent the
lads and gain the valuable trophy and monetary award. In this they stop
short at nothing, and it takes all the wits and resources of the Boy
Aviators to defeat their devices. Among the adventures encountered in
their cross-country flight, the boys fall in with a band of rollicking
cow-boys--who momentarily threaten serious trouble--are attacked by
Indians, strike the most remarkable town of the desert--the “dry” town
of “Gow Wells,” encounter a sandstorm which blows them into strange
lands far to the south of their course, and meet with several amusing
mishaps beside. A thoroughly readable book. The sort to take out behind
the barn on the sunny side of the haystack, and, with a pocketful of
juicy apples and your heels kicking the air, pass happy hours with
Captain Lawton’s young heroes.
The Boy Aviators Polar Dash
Or, Facing Death in the Antarctic
If you were to hear that two boys, accompanying a South Polar
expedition in charge of the aeronautic department, were to penetrate
the Antarctic regions--hitherto only attained by a few daring
explorers--you would feel interested, wouldn’t you? Well, in Captain
Lawton’s latest book, concerning his Boy Aviators, you can not only
read absorbing adventure in the regions south of the eightieth
parallel, but absorb much useful information as well. Captain Lawton
introduces--besides the original characters of the heroes--a new
creation in the person of Professor Simeon Sandburr, a patient
seeker for polar insects. The professor’s adventures in his quest
are the cause of much merriment, and lead once or twice to serious
predicaments. In a volume so packed with incident and peril from cover
to cover--relieved with laughable mishaps to the professor--it is
difficult to single out any one feature; still, a recent reader of it
wrote the publishers an enthusiastic letter the other day, saying:
“The episodes above the Great Barrier are thrilling, the attack of
the condors in Patagonia made me hold my breath, the--but what’s the
use? The Polar Dash, to my mind, is an even more entrancing book than
Captain Lawton’s previous efforts, and that’s saying a good deal. The
aviation features and their technical correctness are by no means the
least attractive features of this up-to-date creditable volume.”
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Stories of Modern School Sports
By MORGAN SCOTT.
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BEN STONE AT OAKDALE.
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Under peculiarly trying circumstances Ben Stone wins his way at Oakdale
Academy, and at the same time enlists our sympathy, interest and
respect. Through the enmity of Bern Hayden, the loyalty of Roger Eliot
and the clever work of the “Sleuth,” Ben is falsely accused, championed
and vindicated.
BOYS OF OAKDALE ACADEMY.
“One thing I will claim, and that is that all Grants fight open and
square and there never was a sneak among them.” It was Rodney Grant,
of Texas, who made the claim to his friend, Ben Stone, and this story
shows how he proved the truth of this statement in the face of apparent
evidence to the contrary.
RIVAL PITCHERS OF OAKDALE.
Baseball is the main theme of this interesting narrative, and that
means not only clear and clever descriptions of thrilling games, but
an intimate acquaintance with the members of the teams who played
them. The Oakdale Boys were ambitious and loyal, and some were even
disgruntled and jealous, but earnest, persistent work won out.
OAKDALE BOYS IN CAMP.
The typical vacation is the one that means much freedom, little
restriction, and immediate contact with “all outdoors.” These
conditions prevailed in the summer camp of the Oakdale Boys and made it
a scene of lively interest.
THE GREAT OAKDALE MYSTERY.
The “Sleuth” scents a mystery! He “follows his nose.” The plot
thickens! He makes deductions. There are surprises for the reader--and
for the “Sleuth,” as well.
NEW BOYS AT OAKDALE.
A new element creeps into Oakdale with another year’s registration of
students. The old and the new standards of conduct in and out of school
meet, battle, and cause sweeping changes in the lives of several of the
boys.
BOY INVENTORS SERIES
Stories of Skill and Ingenuity
By RICHARD BONNER
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THE BOY INVENTORS’ WIRELESS TELEGRAPH.
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Blest with natural curiosity,--sometimes called the instinct of
investigation,--favored with golden opportunity, and gifted with
creative ability, the Boy Inventors meet emergencies and contrive
mechanical wonders that interest and convince the reader because they
always “work” when put to the test.
THE BOY INVENTORS’ VANISHING GUN.
A thought, a belief, an experiment; discouragement, hope, effort and
final success--this is the history of many an invention; a history in
which excitement, competition, danger, despair and persistence figure.
This merely suggests the circumstances which draw the daring Boy
Inventors into strange experiences and startling adventures, and which
demonstrate the practical use of their vanishing gun.
THE BOY INVENTORS’ DIVING TORPEDO BOAT.
As in the previous stories of the Boy Inventors, new and interesting
triumphs of mechanism are produced which become immediately valuable,
and the stage for their proving and testing is again the water. On the
surface and below it, the boys have jolly, contagious fun, and the
story of their serious, purposeful inventions challenge the reader’s
deepest attention.
BORDER BOYS SERIES
Mexican and Canadian Frontier Series
By FREMONT B. DEERING.
Cloth Bound. Illustrated. Price, 50c. per vol., postpaid
THE BORDER BOYS ON THE TRAIL.
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What it meant to make an enemy of Black Ramon De Barios--that is the
problem that Jack Merrill and his friends, including Coyote Pete, face
in this exciting tale.
THE BORDER BOYS ACROSS THE FRONTIER.
Read of the Haunted Mesa and its mysteries, of the Subterranean River
and its strange uses, of the value of gasolene and steam “in running
the gauntlet,” and you will feel that not even the ancient splendors of
the Old World can furnish a better setting for romantic action than the
Border of the New.
THE BORDER BOYS WITH THE MEXICAN RANGERS.
As every day is making history--faster, it is said, than ever
before--so books that keep pace with the changes are full of rapid
action and accurate facts. This book deals with lively times on the
Mexican border.
THE BORDER BOYS WITH THE TEXAS RANGERS.
The Border Boys have already had much excitement and adventure in their
lives, but all this has served to prepare them for the experiences
related in this volume. They are stronger, braver and more resourceful
than ever, and the exigencies of their life in connection with the
Texas Rangers demand all their trained ability.
BUNGALOW BOYS SERIES
LIVE STORIES OF OUTDOOR LIFE
By DEXTER J. FORRESTER.
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THE BUNGALOW BOYS.
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How the Bungalow Boys received their title and how they retained the
right to it in spite of much opposition makes a lively narrative for
lively boys.
THE BUNGALOW BOYS MAROONED IN THE TROPICS.
A real treasure hunt of the most thrilling kind, with a sunken Spanish
galleon as its object, makes a subject of intense interest at any time,
but add to that a band of desperate men, a dark plot and a devil fish,
and you have the combination that brings strange adventures into the
lives of the Bungalow Boys.
THE BUNGALOW BOYS IN THE GREAT NORTH WEST.
The clever assistance of a young detective saves the boys from the
clutches of Chinese smugglers, of whose nefarious trade they know too
much. How the Professor’s invention relieves a critical situation is
also an exciting incident of this book.
THE BUNGALOW BOYS ON THE GREAT LAKES.
The Bungalow Boys start out for a quiet cruise on the Great Lakes and a
visit to an island. A storm and a band of wreckers interfere with the
serenity of their trip, and a submarine adds zest and adventure to it.
DREADNOUGHT BOYS SERIES
Tales of the New Navy
By CAPT. WILBUR LAWTON
Author of “BOY AVIATORS SERIES.”
Cloth Bound. Illustrated. Price, 50c. per vol., postpaid
THE DREADNOUGHT BOYS ON BATTLE PRACTICE.
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Especially interesting and timely is this book which introduces the
reader with its heroes, Ned and Herc, to the great ships of modern
warfare and to the intimate life and surprising adventures of Uncle
Sam’s sailors.
THE DREADNOUGHT BOYS ABOARD A DESTROYER.
In this story real dangers threaten and the boys’ patriotism is tested
in a peculiar international tangle. The scene is laid on the South
American coast.
THE DREADNOUGHT BOYS ON A SUBMARINE.
To the inventive genius--trade-school boy or mechanic--this story has
special charm, perhaps, but to every reader its mystery and clever
action are fascinating.
THE DREADNOUGHT BOYS ON AERO SERVICE.
Among the volunteers accepted for Areo Service are Ned and Herc. Their
perilous adventures are not confined to the air, however, although they
make daring and notable flights in the name of the Government; nor are
they always able to fly beyond the reach of their old “enemies,” who
are also airmen.
MOTOR RANGERS SERIES
HIGH SPEED MOTOR STORIES
By MARVIN WEST.
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THE MOTOR RANGERS’ LOST MINE.
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This is an absorbing story of the continuous adventures of a motor
car in the hands of Nat Trevor and his friends. It does seemingly
impossible “stunts,” and yet everything happens “in the nick of time.”
THE MOTOR RANGERS THROUGH THE SIERRAS.
Enemies in ambush, the peril of fire, and the guarding of treasure make
exciting times for the Motor Rangers--yet there is a strong flavor of
fun and freedom, with a typical Western mountaineer for spice.
THE MOTOR RANGERS ON BLUE WATER; or, The Secret of the Derelict.
The strange adventures of the sturdy craft “Nomad” and the stranger
experiences of the Rangers themselves with Morello’s schooner and a
mysterious derelict form the basis of this well-spun yarn of the sea.
THE MOTOR RANGERS’ CLOUD CRUISER.
From the “Nomad” to the “Discoverer,” from the sea to the sky, the
scene changes in which the Motor Rangers figure. They have experiences
“that never were on land or sea,” in heat and cold and storm, over
mountain peak and lost city, with savages and reptiles; their ship of
the air is attacked by huge birds of the air; they survive explosion
and earthquake; they even live to tell the tale!
FRANK ARMSTRONG SERIES
Twentieth Century Athletic Stories
By MATHEW M. COLTON.
Cloth Bound. Illustrated. Price, 60c. per vol., postpaid
FRANK ARMSTRONG’S VACATION.
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How Frank’s summer experience with his boy friends make him into a
sturdy young athlete through swimming, boating, and baseball contests,
and a tramp through the Everglades, is the subject of this splendid
story.
FRANK ARMSTRONG AT QUEENS.
We find among the jolly boys at Queen’s School, Frank, the
student-athlete, Jimmy, the baseball enthusiast, and Lewis, the
unconsciously-funny youth who furnishes comedy for every page that
bears his name. Fall and winter sports between intensely rival school
teams are expertly described.
FRANK ARMSTRONG’S SECOND TERM.
The gymnasium, the track and the field make the background for the
stirring events of this volume, in which David, Jimmy, Lewis, the “Wee
One” and the “Codfish” figure, while Frank “saves the day.”
FRANK ARMSTRONG, DROP KICKER.
With the same persistent determination that won him success in
swimming, running and baseball playing, Frank Armstrong acquired the
art of “drop kicking,” and the Queen’s football team profits thereby.
GIRL AVIATORS SERIES
Clean Aviation Stories
By MARGARET BURNHAM.
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THE GIRL AVIATORS AND THE PHANTOM AIRSHIP.
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Roy Prescott was fortunate in having a sister so clever and devoted
to him and his interests that they could share work and play with
mutual pleasure and to mutual advantage. This proved especially true
in relation to the manufacture and manipulation of their aeroplane,
and Peggy won well deserved fame for her skill and good sense as an
aviator. There were many stumbling-blocks in their terrestrial path,
but they soared above them all to ultimate success.
THE GIRL AVIATORS ON GOLDEN WINGS.
That there is a peculiar fascination about aviation that wins and holds
girl enthusiasts as well as boys is proved by this tale. On golden
wings the girl aviators rose for many an exciting flight, and met
strange and unexpected experiences.
THE GIRL AVIATORS’ SKY CRUISE.
To most girls a coaching or yachting trip is an adventure. How much
more perilous an adventure a “sky cruise” might be is suggested by the
title and proved by the story itself.
THE GIRL AVIATORS’ MOTOR BUTTERFLY.
The delicacy of flight suggested by the word “butterfly,” the
mechanical power implied by “motor,” the ability to control assured in
the title “aviator,” all combined with the personality and enthusiasm
of girls themselves, make this story one for any girl or other reader
“to go crazy over.”
MOTOR MAIDS SERIES
Wholesome Stories of Adventure
By KATHERINE STOKES.
Cloth Bound. Illustrated. Price, 50c. per vol., postpaid
THE MOTOR MAIDS’ SCHOOL DAYS.
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Billie Campbell was just the type of a straightforward, athletic girl
to be successful as a practical Motor Maid. She took her car, as she
did her class-mates, to her heart, and many a grand good time did they
have all together. The road over which she ran her red machine had many
an unexpected turning,--now it led her into peculiar danger; now into
contact with strange travelers; and again into experiences by fire and
water. But, best of all, “The Comet” never failed its brave girl owner.
THE MOTOR MAIDS BY PALM AND PINE.
Wherever the Motor Maids went there were lively times, for these were
companionable girls who looked upon the world as a vastly interesting
place full of unique adventures--and so, of course, they found them.
THE MOTOR MAIDS ACROSS THE CONTINENT.
It is always interesting to travel, and it is wonderfully entertaining
to see old scenes through fresh eyes. It is that privilege, therefore,
that makes it worth while to join the Motor Maids in their first
cross-country run.
THE MOTOR MAIDS BY ROSE, SHAMROCK AND HEATHER.
South and West had the Motor Maids motored, nor could their education
by travel have been more wisely begun. But now a speaking acquaintance
with their own country enriched their anticipation of an introduction
to the British Isles. How they made their polite American bow and
how they were received on the other side is a tale of interest and
inspiration.
MOTOR CYCLE SERIES
Splendid Motor Cycle Stories
By LIEUT. HOWARD PAYSON.
Author of “Boy Scout Series.”
Cloth Bound. Illustrated. Price, 50c. per vol., postpaid
THE MOTOR CYCLE CHUMS AROUND THE WORLD.
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Could Jules Verne have dreamed of encircling the globe with a motor
cycle for emergencies he would have deemed it an achievement greater
than any he describes in his account of the amusing travels of Philias
Fogg. This, however, is the purpose successfully carried out by the
Motor Cycle Chums, and the tale of their mishaps, hindrances and
delays is one of intense interest, secret amusement, and incidental
information to the reader.
THE MOTOR CYCLE CHUMS OF THE NORTHWEST PATROL.
The Great Northwest is a section of vast possibilities and in it the
Motor Cycle Chums meet adventures even more unusual and exciting than
many of their experiences on their tour around the world. There is not
a dull page in this lively narrative of clever boys and their attendant
“Chinee.”
THE MOTOR CYCLE CHUMS IN THE GOLD FIELDS.
The gold fever which ran its rapid course through the veins of the
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Transcriber's Notes
Obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected. All other
spelling and punctuation remains unchanged.
Italics are represented thus _italic_.