Chapter I: Front Matter

"THE YOUNG PILOT LESSENED THE SPEED OF THE ARIEL." _Dave Dashaway, Air Champion._ _Page 177._ ]

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Dave Dashaway, Air
Champion

Or

Wizard Work in the Clouds

BY
ROY ROCKWOOD

AUTHOR OF “DAVE DASHAWAY, THE YOUNG AVIATOR,” “THE
SPEEDWELL BOYS SERIES,” “THE GREAT MARVEL SERIES,”
ETC.

ILLUSTRATED

NEW YORK
CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY
PUBLISHERS

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DAVE DASHAWAY, THE YOUNG AVIATOR
DAVE DASHAWAY AND HIS HYDROPLANE
DAVE DASHAWAY AND HIS GIANT AIRSHIP
DAVE DASHAWAY AROUND THE WORLD
DAVE DASHAWAY, AIR CHAMPION

=THE SPEEDWELL BOYS SERIES=

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THE SPEEDWELL BOYS AND THEIR MOTORCYCLES
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THE SPEEDWELL BOYS IN A SUBMARINE
THE SPEEDWELL BOYS AND THEIR ICE RACER

=THE GREAT MARVEL SERIES=

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Price, per volume, 60 cents, postpaid.

THROUGH THE AIR TO THE NORTH POLE
UNDER THE OCEAN TO THE SOUTH POLE
FIVE THOUSAND MILES UNDERGROUND
THROUGH SPACE TO MARS
LOST ON THE MOON
ON A TORN-AWAY WORLD

CUPPLES & LEON CO., PUBLISHERS, NEW YORK.

Copyrighted, 1915, by
CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY

DAVE DASHAWAY, AIR CHAMPION

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. AT THE HANGARS 1
II. THE TRAMP ARTIST 8
III. TARGET PRACTICE 20
IV. THE UNDER DOG 30
V. THE BIG EVENT 37
VI. A STARTLING DISCOVERY 44
VII. THE HIDDEN HAND 52
VIII. THE SECRET FOE 60
IX. JUST IN TIME 67
X. A FRIEND IN DISGUISE 76
XI. A STRANGE RACE 85
XII. A DESPERATE PASSENGER 92
XIII. A REMARKABLE EXPLANATION 100
XIV. THE NEW HELPER 110
XV. A TERRIBLE DISCOVERY 116
XVI. IN DOUBT 122
XVII. TROUBLE 129
XVIII. A STRANGE MESSAGE 135
XIX. ARIEL II 141
XX. BEATEN 149
XXI. FIFTY POINTS 156
XXII. QUEER PROCEEDINGS 163
XXIII. A NOBLE DEED 172
XXIV. THE HIDDEN DIAMONDS 180
XXV. THE FALSE BAROGRAPH 190

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DAVE DASHAWAY,
AIR CHAMPION