Chapter I: Front Matter

THE
BOY INVENTORS’
FLYING SHIP

BY

RICHARD BONNER

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

_WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY
CHARLES L. WRENN_

NEW YORK
HURST & COMPANY
PUBLISHERS

Copyright, 1913
BY
HURST & COMPANY

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. READY FOR THE TEST 5

II. A SIGNAL OF DISTRESS 21

III. AN AERIAL STOWAWAY 31

IV. INTO THE THICK OF IT 42

V. MUTINY 54

VI. A STORM AT SEA 66

VII. THE BOYS FIND NEW JOBS 76

VIII. “THIS IS THE FINISH” 84

IX. ASHORE 95

X. THE CASTAWAYS 105

XI. ABOARD THE WRECK 113

XII. IN DIRE PERIL 123

XIII. ATTACKED BY A WHALE 135

XIV. THE SEA-COW’S LULLABY 144

XV. THE PROFESSOR IN TROUBLE 153

XVI. THE CAMP IN THE FOREST 164

XVII. THE GIANT SLOTH 175

XVIII. IN THE JUNGLE 186

XIX. INDIANS OF THE AMAZON 196

XX. AN “EEL-ECTRIC” DISCOVERY 205

XXI. THE MARCHING ANTS 217

XXII. “UP A TREE” 227

XXIII. THE CLEVERNESS OF THE CAPTAIN 236

XXIV. THE LION’S MOUTH 251

XXV. THE TRIBE OF CHEKLA 265

XXVI. DIAMONDS VS. FREEDOM 276

XXVII. THE PROFESSOR TRIUMPHS 287

The Boy Inventors’ Flying Ship