Chapter I: Front Matter

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The Airship Boys in the Great War OR The Rescue of Bob Russell

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The Airship Boys In the Great War

or, The Rescue of Bob Russell

BY DE LYSLE F. CASS

Illustrated by Harry O. Kennedy

The Reilly & Britton Co.
Chicago

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Copyright, 1915 by The Reilly & Britton Co.

THE AIRSHIP BOYS IN THE GREAT WAR

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I WHAT THE NEWSPAPER TOLD 9

II IN THE OFFICES OF THE NEW YORK _Herald_ 17

III SOMEONE TRIES TO BUY THE “FLYER” 27

IV GETTING THE “FLYER” READY 33

V BUCK STEWART--AND A WARNING 46

VI ESCAPING FROM DEADLY SHADOWS 54

VII WHAT HAPPENED TO NED 62

VIII SIX MILES UP IN THE AIR 70

IX PARIS PROVES UNFRIENDLY 78

X AN ADVENTURE IN THE ARDENNES 86

XI THE FIGHT IN THE FOREST 95

XII BUCK TAKES HIS LIFE IN HIS HANDS 100

XIII “TO BE SHOT AT SUNRISE” 107

XIV THE RESCUE 115

XV IN DEADLY PERIL 124

XVI NED SAVES THE “FLYER’S” CREW 129

XVII BOB RUSSELL’S STORY 134

XVIII HOW BOB WAS CAPTURED AS A SPY 142

XIX A STRANGE COUNTRY 149

XX A FIGHT WITH WILD COSSACKS IN POLAND 157

XXI INSIDE OF BESIEGED PRZEMYSL 165

XXII THE BOYS PERFORM AN ACT OF MERCY 173

XXIII STRANGE SIGHTS IN VIENNA 182

XXIV ON THE TRAIL OF THE CONSPIRATORS 191

XXV THE BOYS GET WORRIED OVER NED 199

XXVI AN ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE THE EMPEROR 209

XXVII THE MAN IN THE CLOAK SURPRISES EVERYBODY 216

XXVIII SURROUNDED BY GERMAN ZEPPELINS 225

XXIX THE BATTLE ABOVE THE CLOUDS 230

XXX THE MOST TERRIBLE ACCIDENT OF ALL 236

XXXI THE END OF THE “OCEAN FLYER” 244

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

The “Ocean Flyer” Surrounded by Zeppelins _Frontispiece_

A Narrow Escape _Page_ 60

The Rescue of Bob Russell _Page_ 118

The Mysterious Man in the Cloak _Page_ 220

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The Airship Boys in the Great War