Chapter I: Front Matter

THE BOY INVENTORS’
ELECTRIC
HYDROAEROPLANE

BY

RICHARD BONNER

AUTHOR OF “THE BOY INVENTORS’ WIRELESS TRIUMPH,” “THE BOY
INVENTORS AND THE VANISHING GUN,” “THE BOY INVENTORS’
DIVING TORPEDO BOAT,” “THE BOY INVENTORS’
FLYING SHIP,” ETC., ETC.

_WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY_
_CHARLES L. WRENN_

NEW YORK
HURST & COMPANY
PUBLISHERS

Copyright, 1914,
BY
HURST & COMPANY

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. A NEW FRIEND MADE 5

II. AN INVENTION DESCRIBED 15

III. AN IMPORTANT DECISION 23

IV. NED TO THE RESCUE 33

V. THE UNLUCKY STORY 43

VI. HIS ENEMIES ON THE TRAIL 54

VII. NED MAKES AN ENEMY 62

VIII. THE PLANS ACCEPTED 71

IX. THE ARRIVAL OF TROUBLE 82

X. HEINY PUMPERNICK DILL 91

XI. THE CONVERTIBLE SAUSAGE MACHINE 98

XII. HANK AND MILES MEET THEIR MATCH 106

XIII. READY FOR FLIGHT 113

XIV. HEINY OVERHEARS THE PLOT 124

XV. THE BURGLAR TRAP 132

XVI. THE LOST LEVER 150

XVII. OFF AT LAST! 161

XVIII. NED’S TERRIBLE PERIL 169

XIX. THE DISGRUNTLED CRONIES 179

XX. TOM TO THE RESCUE 187

XXI. SALUTING A STEAMER 194

XXII. AN OLD FRIEND 202

XXIII. THE LOST PLANS 211

XXIV. A BAFFLING ROBBERY 220

XXV. OFF TO THE FAIR 227

XXVI. AN UNLUCKY MISHAP 237

XXVII. A DASH FOR LIBERTY 248

XXVIII. A DIRIGIBLE IN DANGER 258

XXIX. A DARING RESCUE 269

XXX. A STRANGE MEETING 277

XXXI. NED COMES INTO HIS OWN 283

The Boy Inventors’ Electric Hydroaeroplane.