Chapter I: Preface

This, the first story written upon the latest and unique conquest of the age, the conquest of empty Space, with the subsequent reaching out to the Heavenly Bodies, has the permission of the conquering inventor, Professor Robert H. Goddard.

May it bring to every Camp Fire in America, and to boys as well, the romance of the transcendent achievement, beside which all dressing of fiction pales!

The Author also acknowledges her indebtedness to Professor Frank G. Speck for permission to reprint the music of the Leaf Dance.

CONTENTS
Chapter Page
I. A QUAKER GUN 1
II. GIMCRACK ICE 20
III. THE WRONG SIDE OF HER DREAM 31
IV. THE SECOND WRECK 40
V. SHE SAVED A CITY 49
VI. A HOTSPUR 60
VII. THE PINNACLE 69
VIII. A USURPER 78
IX. JACK AT A PINCH 86
X. CAMP FIRE SISTERS 98
XI. MOTHER EARTH'S ROMANCE 109
XII. OLD ROUND-TOP 124
XIII. COBWEB WEED 134
XIV. STOUTHEART 147
XV. AIRDRAWN AEROPLANES 160
XVI. THE COUNCIL FIRE 174
XVII. A NOVEL SANTA CLAUS 190
XVIII. REPRISALS 207
XIX. A RECORD FLIGHT 229
XX. THE SEARCH 244
XXI. THE MAN KILLER 262
XXII. A JUNE WOMAN 280
XXIII. THE CELESTIAL CLIMAX 296

ILLUSTRATIONS

Not a remote sign of a biplane decorated the sky overhead Frontispiece

"Oh! de-ar Mammy Moon--what a shock she'll get" PAGE 2

"Keep cool! Don't stir! I'll reach you in a moment!" 86

The man looked up at her, some dash of whimsical fire
mastering weakness 268

PEMROSE LORRY

CAMP FIRE GIRL