CONTENTS

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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