Boy Aviators' Flight for a Fortune

by John Henry Goldfrap

  BOY AVIATORS' SERIES

  By Captain Wilbur Lawton

  Absolutely Modern Stories for Boys

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  THE BOY AVIATORS IN RECORD FLIGHT

  Or, The Rival Aeroplane

  The Chester Boys in new field of endeavor--an attempt to capture anewspaper prize for a trans-continental flight. By the time these linesare read, exactly such an offer will have been spread broadcast by oneof the foremost newspapers of the country. In the Golden Eagle, theboys, accompanied by a trail-blazing party in an automobile, make thedash. But they are not alone in their aspirations. Their rivals for therich prize at stake try in every way that they can to circumvent thelads and gain the valuable trophy and monetary award. In this they stopshort at nothing, and it takes all the wits and resources of the BoyAviators to defeat their devices. Among the adventures encountered intheir cross-country flight, the boys fall in with a band of rollickingcowboys--who momentarily threaten serious trouble--are attacked byIndians, strike the most remarkable town of the desert--the "dry" town of"Gow Wells," encounter a sandstorm which blows them into strange landsfar to the south of their course, and meet with several amusing mishapsbeside. A thoroughly readable book. The sort to take out behind the barnon the sunny side of the haystack, and, with a pocketful of juicy applesand your heels kicking the air, pass happy hours with Captain Lawton'syoung heroes.

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