Copyright, 1910, by HURST & CO.


CONTENTS.


CHAPTERPAGE
I.[ The Boys Start for the Tropics]5
II.[ The Storm-Clouds Gather]23
III.[ Billy Barnes of the Planet]38
IV.[ The Two-Fingered Man]50
V.[ Rogero is Checkmated]61
VI.[ Frank to the Rescue]70
VII.[ Feathering the Golden Eagle]85
VIII.[ Billy Barnes Takes the Warpath]94
IX.[ The Midnight Bell]106
X.[ The One-Eyed Quesal]118
XI.[ Billy Barnes is Trapped]128
XII.[ The Aviator Boys’ Bold Dash]139
XIII.[ Frank Takes a Desperate Chance]149
XIV.[ Saved by an Aeroplane]159
XV.[ The Boys Discover the Toltec’s “Sesame.”]171
XVI.[ The Figure on the Cliff]181
XVII.[ The Toltec’s Stairs]191
XVIII.[ The Ravine of the White Snakes]203
XIX.[ The Boys are Trapped]213
XX.[ The Lone Castaway]226
XXI.[ Dynamiting to Freedom]237
XXII.[ In an Aeroplane in an Electric Storm]247
XXIII.[ Saved by Wireless]257
XXIV.[ Unloading an Army]267
XXV.[ Leagued with Insurgents]278
XXVI.[ The Flower of Flame]290
XXVII.[ Prisoners of War]303
XXVIII.[ Facing Death]314
XXIX.[ Friends in Need]324

THE BOY AVIATORS IN NICARAGUA.


CHAPTER I.

THE BOYS START FOR THE TROPICS.