He caught the gunwale and pulled himself up and into the boat with Curt’s aid. ([Page 21])

THE
MYSTERY CRASH

By VAN POWELL

THE SAALFIELD PUBLISHING COMPANY
Akron, Ohio New York

Copyright MCMXXXII
THE SAALFIELD PUBLISHING COMPANY
Made in the United States of America

CONTENTS

[I The Deserted Airplane] 5 [II At Rocky Lake] 12 [III A Greater Mystery] 19 [IV The Sky Squad is Formed] 28 [V A Double Puzzle] 36 [VI Suspicion and Suspense] 42 [VII In the Falling ’Plane] 53 [VIII Watchful Waiting] 59 [IX Strange Actions] 67 [X A Summons] 76 [XI A Trail and a Flight] 81 [XII The Chase] 93 [XIII The Detective’s Theory] 98 [XIV The Sky Squad Disobeys] 104 [XV A Triple Trail] 112 [XVI The “Windsock”] 121 [XVII “The Case Is ‘Sewed Up’”] 128 [XVIII A New Mystery] 136 [XIX Tangled Threads] 144 [XX A Package of Money] 151 [XXI Caught and Cleared!] 159 [XXII The “Mystery Crate”] 171 [XXIII Bob Pursues!] 179 [XXIV Suspense!] 188 [XXV Crossed Wires] 197 [XXVI The Sky Squad Goes Into Action] 207 [XXVII Driven Down] 219 [XXVIII Curt’s Discovery] 227 [XXIX A Confession] 235 [XXX Barney Gives a Hint] 246 [XXXI “One More Problem”] 257 [XXXII Flight!] 268 [XXXIII The Sky Squad Wins] 277

THE MYSTERY CRASH