Chapter I: Front Matter

The Aeroplane Boys Series

The Aeroplane Express
OR
The Boy Aeronaut’s Grit

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

OTHER TITLES TO FOLLOW

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

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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

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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Publishers The Reilly & Britton Co. Chicago

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The Aeroplane
Express

OR

The Boy Aeronaut’s Grit

BY
ASHTON LAMAR

Illustrated by S. H. Riesenberg

Chicago
The Reilly & Britton Co.
Publishers

COPYRIGHT, 1910
By
THE REILLY & BRITTON CO.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

THE AEROPLANE EXPRESS

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE
I A CONDITIONAL BARGAIN 9
II AN EXPERIMENTAL FLIGHT 21
III LOOKING UP AN ANCESTOR 33
IV AN IDEAL OUTFIT 44
V THE CONTRACT AND THE CAR 57
VI OFF FOR THE WEST 69
VII ON THE EDGE OF THE DESERT 80
VIII THE TRAIL AT LAST 92
IX IN THE CANYON OF THE SAN JUAN 105
X THE WHITE GOD OF THE SINK HOLE 118
XI THE REAL WEST 136
XII ASSEMBLING AN AEROPLANE IN THE DESERT 151
XIII WHY MIKE HASSELL HIT THE TRAIL 164
XIV THE END OF THE TRAIL 178
XV ROY MAKES MR. COOK A PRESENT 193
XVI THE AEROPLANE AS AN AMBULANCE 206
XVII THE SECRET DECIPHERED 217
XVIII THE LAST OF THE LOST INDIANS 230

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Two pistol shots sounded in the desert _Frontispiece_

“The boy has a steady hand” 27

With a clatter of hoofs Nigger bounded forward 97

The remarkable hieroglyphics 133

The Last of the Lost Indians 237

The Aeroplane Express OR The Boy Aeronaut’s Grit