Chapter I: Front Matter

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THE FLYING BOYS SERIES

THE FLYING BOYS IN THE SKY

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THE FLYING BOYS SERIES

Timely and fascinating stories of adventure in the air, accurate in detail and intensely interesting in narration.

—BY—
EDWARD S. ELLIS

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FIRST VOLUME
THE FLYING BOYS IN THE SKY

SECOND VOLUME
THE FLYING BOYS TO THE RESCUE

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THE FLYING BOYS SERIES is bound in uniform style of cloth with side and back stamped with new and appropriate design in colors. Illustrated by Edwin J. Prittie.

Price, single volume $0.60 Price, per set of two volumes, in attractive box $1.20

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THE FLYING BOYS SERIES

THE FLYING BOYS
IN THE SKY

BY
EDWARD S. ELLIS
Author of “Catamount Camp Series”,
“Deerfoot Series”, etc., etc.

ILLUSTRATED BY
EDWIN J. PRITTIE

THE JOHN C. WINSTON COMPANY
PHILADELPHIA

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Copyright, 1911, by
THE JOHN C. WINSTON CO.

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. LEARNING TO FLY 9

II. BOHUNKUS JOHNSON 18

III. THE AEROPLANE IN A RACE 27

IV. TRYING FOR ALTITUDE 36

V. A WOODLAND EXPERT 45

VI. WORKING FOR DINNER 54

VII. THE DRAGON OF THE SKIES 63

VIII. THE PROFESSOR TALKS ON AVIATION 72

IX. THE PROFESSOR TALKS ON AVIATION 79
(Continued)

X. THE FLYING BOYS CONTINUE THEIR JOURNEY 90

XI. FIRED ON 98

XII. PEACEFUL OVERTURES FAIL 107

XIII. SCIENCE WINS 117

XIV. MILO MORGAN SAVES THE DAY 125

XV. UNCLE TOMMY 134

XVI. A MYSTERIOUS COMMUNICATION 143

XVII. CALLED TO THE RESCUE 152

XVIII. PLANNING THE SEARCH 161

XIX. THE AEROPLANE DESTROYED 170

XX. A PUZZLING TELEGRAM 179

XXI. BEGINNING THE SEARCH 188

XXII. IN DANGER OF COLLISION 197

XXIII. THE CABIN IN THE WOODS 206

XXIV. ON THE TRAIL OF THE BACKHANDERS 215

XXV. A FALSE CLUE 224

XXVI. THE SEARCH RENEWED 233

XXVII. BOHUNKUS AT THE LEVERS 242

XXVIII. FIRED ON BY THE KIDNAPPERS 251

XXIX. RETRIBUTION 260

XXX. THE RESCUE 269

XXXI. LYNCH LAW 278

XXXII. MYSTERIES ARE EXPLAINED 288

XXXIII. WHERE IS BOHUNKUS? 297

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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THE BIPLANE FORGED BRAVELY AHEAD _Frontispiece_

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A FANLIKE STREAM OF LIGHT SHOT OUT 64

IN THE CENTER STOOD A LOG CABIN 194

THE BOMB HAD EXPLODED WITH TERRIFIC 262
FORCE

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The Flying Boys
in the Sky.

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