| CHAPTER. | PAGE. | |
| I. | “Birds of a Feather” | [ 7] |
| II. | Rivals in the Field | [ 20] |
| III. | Trying Out the Engine | [ 31] |
| IV. | A Midnight Alarm | [ 42] |
| V. | A Message from the Sky | [ 53] |
| VI. | Bloomsbury Is Booked for Fame | [ 64] |
| VII. | A Sensation for Old Home Week | [ 75] |
| VIII. | A Novice of the Biplane | [ 86] |
| IX. | The News Larry Brought | [ 95] |
| X. | Signs of Trouble | [ 104] |
| XI. | The Aeroplane Thieves | [ 113] |
| XII. | Held Back | [ 122] |
| XIII. | The Bird Boys in Luck | [ 131] |
| XIV. | A Good Night’s Work | [ 140] |
| XV. | “It Is Fine!” | [ 149] |
| XVI. | Seven Times Around the Circle | [ 158] |
| XVII. | When the Monoplane Fell | [ 167] |
| XVIII. | A Scout and a Discovery | [ 176] |
| XIX. | Helping Out the Thief | [ 187] |
| XX. | The Aeroplane Race | [ 196] |
| XXI. | Headed for the Summit of Old Thunder Top | [ 207] |
| XXII. | Well Won! | [ 218] |
| XXIII. | Proven Guilty—Conclusion | [ 229] |
The Bird Boys;
or
The Young Sky Pilots’ First Air Voyage
CHAPTER I.
“BIRDS OF A FEATHER.”
“What are you frowning so much about, Andy?”
“And look at him shake his head, Frank; just for all the world like he’s gone and lost his best friend!”
“Well, perhaps he has fellows,” laughed Frank Bird, promptly. “At any rate, my poor cousin’s heart is nearly broken into flinders, just because he can’t for the life of him remember what he did with that wonderful little tool he invented.”
“Oh! say, is that what it’s all about?” cried Larry Geohegan; “I guess now, you mean the handy aluminum monkey wrench that always kept its jaws locked after you set ’em? Too bad, Andy. Wish you luck in finding it again.”