The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Motor Rangers' Cloud Cruiser, by John Henry Goldfrap, Illustrated by Charles L. Wrenn

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In a flash Nat’s strong arm was about him.—Page 22


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


CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
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

THE MOTOR RANGERS’
CLOUD CRUISER