Chapter I: Front Matter

The Bird Boys; or, Young Sky Pilots’ First Air Voyage.]

THE BIRD BOYS

_OR_

_The Young Sky Pilots’ First Air
Voyage_

_By_
JOHN LUTHER LANGWORTHY

Chicago
M. A. DONOHUE & COMPANY

CANOE AND CAMPFIRE SERIES

Four Books of Woodcraft, and Adventure in the Forest and on the Water, that every Boy Scout should have in his Library

_By ST. GEORGE RATHBORNE_

CANOEMATES IN CANADA; or, Three Boys Afloat on the Saskatchewan.

THE YOUNG FUR-TAKERS; or, Traps and Trails in the Wilderness.

THE HOUSE-BOAT BOYS; or, Drifting Down to the Sunny South.

CHUMS IN DIXIE; or, The Strange Cruise of a Motor Boat.

In these four delightful volumes the author has drawn bountifully from his thirty-five years experience as a true sportsman, and lover of nature, to reveal many of the secrets of the woods, such as all Boy Scouts strive to know. And, besides, each book is replete with stirring adventures among the four-footed denizens, of the wilderness; so that a feast of useful knowledge is served up, with just that class of stirring incidents so eagerly welcomed by all boys with red blood in their veins. For sale wherever books are sold, or sent prepaid for 50 cents each by the publishers.

Copyright, 1912, M. A. Donohue & Co.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER. PAGE.

I. “BIRDS OF A FEATHER” 7

II. RIVALS IN THE FIELD 20

III. TRYING OUT THE ENGINE 31

IV. A MIDNIGHT ALARM 42

V. A MESSAGE FROM THE SKY 53

VI. BLOOMSBURY IS BOOKED FOR FAME 64

VII. A SENSATION FOR OLD HOME WEEK 75

VIII. A NOVICE OF THE BIPLANE 86

IX. THE NEWS LARRY BROUGHT 95

X. SIGNS OF TROUBLE 104

XI. THE AEROPLANE THIEVES 113

XII. HELD BACK 122

XIII. THE BIRD BOYS IN LUCK 131

XIV. A GOOD NIGHT’S WORK 140

XV. “IT IS FINE!” 149

XVI. SEVEN TIMES AROUND THE CIRCLE 158

XVII. WHEN THE MONOPLANE FELL 167

XVIII. A SCOUT AND A DISCOVERY 176

XIX. HELPING OUT THE THIEF 187

XX. THE AEROPLANE RACE 196

XXI. HEADED FOR THE SUMMIT OF OLD THUNDER TOP 207

XXII. WELL WON! 218

XXIII. PROVEN GUILTY--CONCLUSION 229

The Bird Boys;

or

The Young Sky Pilots’ First Air Voyage