Chapter I: Front Matter

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THE MOTOR RANGERS’ CLOUD CRUISER

by

MARVIN WEST

Author of “The Motor Rangers’ Lost Mine,” “The Motor Rangers Through the Sierras,” “The Motor Rangers on Blue Water,” etc., etc.

With Illustrations by Charles L. Wrenn

New York Hurst & Company Publishers

Copyright, 1912, By Hurst & Company

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. THE MAGNETIC ISLAND 5
II. NAT TO THE RESCUE 17
III. THE ISLANDS VANISH 27
IV. PROFESSOR GRIGG AND MR. TUBBS 37
V. TROUBLE WITH A HAT 47
VI. “WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO A VOYAGE IN THE AIR?” 55
VII. A STRANGE SAIL APPEARS 63
VIII. TRAPPED BY TWO RASCALS 71
IX. SOME STRATEGY 80
X. “DING-DONG” AND A GUN 88
XI. CAPTAIN LAWLESS TRIES TRICKERY 99
XII. “GOOD WORK, MANUELLO!” 108
XIII. SOUTH AMERICAN JUSTICE 120
XIV. OFF ON THEIR STRANGE VOYAGE 130
XV. A SIGNAL THAT MEANT “DANGER” 140
XVI. INDIANS? 148
XVII. A QUEER SORT OF GUN 156
XVIII. WHAT IT DID 166
XIX. AN INVOLUNTARY PASSENGER 177
XX. “ALL OUR LIVES DEPEND ON IT” 187
XXI. “FEATHERED AEROPLANES” 199
XXII. A SERIOUS ACCIDENT 211
XXIII. OVERBOARD!—1950 FEET UP! 223
XXIV. THE CITY OF A VANISHED RACE 231
XXV. A STRANGE ADVENTURE 246
XXVI. SAVED FROM THE SUN GODS 257
XXVII. “DID WE DREAM IT ALL?” 268

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THE MOTOR RANGERS’
CLOUD CRUISER