CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
I[THE MAKING OF A NEWSPAPER STORY]9
II[WHAT A REPORTER SAW IN THE DARK]23
III[THE VETERAN TAKES OFF HIS HAT TO THE CUB]36
IV[THE AIRSHIP BOYS MAKE THEIR APPEARANCE]51
V[A BEWILDERING PROPOSITION]67
VI[AN OLD HOME AND A MODERN BUSINESS]83
VII[NED NAPIER ADVANCES SOME THEORIES]97
VIII[THE Ocean Flyer CREW IS COMPLETED]113
IX[DUTIES OF THE Ocean Flyer CREW]127
X[BUCK STEWART RECEIVES NEW ORDERS]141
XI[SHAPING A NEW COURSE]156
XII[HOW THE FLIGHT WAS TO BE MADE]168
XIII[ROY OSBORNE’S “PICK-UP CRANE”]182
XIV[CAPTAIN NAPIER’S NERVE IN MID-AIR SAVES THE CARGO]196
XV[IN WHICH NED’S LIFE IS SAVED]210
XVI[AN UNEXPECTED TRIBUTE]224
XVII[WHAT HAPPENED AT THREE FORTY-THREE P. M.]237
XVIII[THE RACING PIGS OF FUNDY]252
XIX[A CHANGE OF PLANS BY WIRELESS]269
XX[THE FIRST SIGHT OF LONDON]284
XXI[THE MARBLE ARCH GATE, HYDE PARK]298
XXII[EXTRACTS FROM THE LOG OF THE Ocean Flyer]312

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

[In the pilot room of the Flyer]Frontispiece
[In the “local room” of the New York Herald]45
[Picking up the matrices]206
[The end of the flight, London]305

The

Airship Boys’ Ocean Flyer

OR,

New York to London in Twelve Hours