Chapter I: Front Matter

The Aeroplane Boys Series

The Stolen Aeroplane
OR
How Bud Wilson Made Good

The Aeroplane Boys Series

By ASHTON LAMAR

I. IN THE CLOUDS FOR UNCLE SAM
Or, Morey Marshall of the Signal Corps.

II. THE STOLEN AEROPLANE
Or, How Bud Wilson Made Good.

III. THE BOY AVIATOR’S GRIT
Or, The Aeroplane Express.

IV. THE BOY AVIATORS’ CLUB
Or, Flying For Fun.

OTHER TITLES TO FOLLOW

These stories are the newest and most up-to-date. All aeroplane details are correct. Fully illustrated. Colored frontispiece. Cloth, 12mos.

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The Airship Boys Series

By H. L. SAYLER

I. THE AIRSHIP BOYS
Or, The Quest of the Aztec Treasure.

II. THE AIRSHIP BOYS ADRIFT
Or, Saved by an Aeroplane.

III. THE AIRSHIP BOYS DUE NORTH
Or, By Balloon to the Pole.

IV. THE AIRSHIP BOYS IN BARREN LANDS
Or, The Secret of the White Eskimos.

These thrilling stories deal with the wonderful new science of aerial navigation. Every boy will be interested and instructed by reading them. Illustrated. Cloth binding. Price, $1.00 each.

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The Stolen
Aeroplane

OR

How Bud Wilson Made Good

BY
ASHTON LAMAR

Illustrated by M. G. Gunn

Chicago
The Reilly & Britton Co.
Publishers

COPYRIGHT, 1910,
by
THE REILLY & BRITTON CO.

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

THE STOLEN AEROPLANE

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE
I AN IDLE BOY GETS A JOB 9
II THE HERO OF THE GRAVEL PIT 21
III SCOTTSVILLE’S FAIR SECURES AN AVIATOR 33
IV A MIDNIGHT LUNCH 44
V MADAME ZECATACAS READS THE FUTURE 57
VI THE GYPSY QUEEN’S TALISMAN 70
VII A FOOLHARDY TRICK IN AN AEROPLANE 84
VIII AMATEUR VERSUS PROFESSIONAL 95
IX BUD MAKES A STRANGE CONTRACT 106
X THE FLIGHT IN THE DARK 117
XI DUMPED INTO THE MARSH 131
XII THE ROMNEY RING BRINGS NEWS 143
XIII A UNIQUE STARTING DEVICE 155
XIV AN EXHIBITION UNDER DIFFICULTIES 169
XV THE ENEMY OUTWITTED ONCE MORE 182
XVI BUD DISCOVERS A FRIEND 197
XVII THE PRIVATE OFFICE OF THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK 211

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

“Stop! In the name of the law!” _Frontispiece_

Bud bargains for coffee. 53

The start from the flume. 165

Mr. Camp drew out an envelope. 201

The Stolen Aeroplane OR, How Bud Wilson Made Good