Chapter I: Front Matter

The Aeroplane Boys Series

A Cruise In The Sky

OR

The Legend of the Great Pink Pearl

The Aeroplane Boys Series

By ASHTON LAMAR

I IN THE CLOUDS FOR UNCLE SAM
Or, Morey Marshall of the Signal Corps.

II THE STOLEN AEROPLANE
Or, How Bud Wilson Made Good.

III THE AEROPLANE EXPRESS
Or, The Boy Aeronaut’s Grit.

IV THE BOY AERONAUTS’ CLUB
Or, Flying For Fun.

V A CRUISE IN THE SKY
Or, The Legend of the Great Pink Pearl.

VI BATTLING THE BIG HORN
Or, The Aeroplane in the Rockies.

OTHER TITLES TO FOLLOW

These stories are the newest and most up-to-date. All aeroplane details are correct. Fully illustrated. Colored frontispiece. Cloth, 12mos.

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The Airship Boys Series

By H. L. SAYLER

I THE AIRSHIP BOYS
Or, The Quest of the Aztec Treasure.

II THE AIRSHIP BOYS ADRIFT
Or, Saved by an Aeroplane.

III THE AIRSHIP BOYS DUE NORTH
Or, By Balloon to the Pole.

IV THE AIRSHIP BOYS IN THE BARREN LANDS
Or, The Secret of the White Eskimos.

V THE AIRSHIP BOYS IN FINANCE
Or, The Flight of the Flying Cow.

VI THE AIRSHIP BOYS’ OCEAN FLYER
Or, New York to London in Twelve Hours.

These thrilling stories deal with the wonderful new science of aerial navigation. Every boy will be interested and instructed by reading them. Illustrated. Cloth binding. Price, $1.00 each.

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A
Cruise In The Sky

OR

The Legend of the Great Pink Pearl

BY
ASHTON LAMAR

REG. U. S. PAT. OFF.]

Illustrated by S. H. Riesenberg

Chicago
The Reilly & Britton Co.
Publishers

COPYRIGHT 1911
by
THE REILLY & BRITTON CO.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

A CRUISE IN THE SKY

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE
I A FLORIDA METROPOLIS 9
II THE STRANGE WORK OF A WILDERNESS EXILE 20
III A BOAT WITHOUT SAILS, SCREW OR OARS 31
IV THE SEQUEL OF THE AERO-CATAMARAN 41
V THE HOME OF THE ECCENTRIC EXPERIMENTER 52
VI AN UNFINISHED LETTER SOLVES A MYSTERY 65
VII THE FIRM OF LEIGHTON & ANDERSON IS FORMED 75
VIII ANDY FIRST HEARS OF KING CAJOU 86
IX A NEW IDEA IN AEROPLANES 97
X DESPERATE NEEDS AND A BOLD APPEAL 109
XI ROY OSBORNE REACHES VALKARIA 121
XII THE PELICAN MAKES ITS FIRST FLIGHT 133
XIII BA, THE BAHAMAN, TALKS AT LAST 145
XIV ANDY TAKES A DARING CHANCE 157
XV TIMBADO KEY AND CAPTAIN MONCKTON BASSETT 171
XVI THE CANNIBAL KING AND THE PINK PEARL 186
XVII THE BIRD OF DEATH 202

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

He took the tiller at times _Frontispiece_

“Nothing much doing!” 57

“Jump in,” said Andy 183

“Come, Bird of Death!” 209

A Cruise in the Sky OR The Legend of the Great Pink Pearl