The Dreadnought Boys on Aero Service
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Goldfrap John Henry. The Dreadnought Boys on Aero Service
CHAPTER I. SOMETHING NEW IN NAVAL LIFE
CHAPTER II "IF HE'S A MAN, HE'LL STAND UP."
CHAPTER III. FOR THE TROPHY OF THE FLEET
CHAPTER IV. THE AERO SQUAD
CHAPTER V. UNCLE SAM'S MEN-BIRDS
CHAPTER VI. NED INVENTS SOMETHING
CHAPTER VII. A RESCUE BY AEROPLANE
CHAPTER VIII. HERC GETS "A TALKING TO."
CHAPTER IX. A CONSPIRACY IS RIPENING
CHAPTER X. A DREADNOUGHT BOY AT BAY
CHAPTER XI. IN THEIR ENEMIES' HANDS
CHAPTER XII "STOP WHERE YOU ARE!"
CHAPTER XIII. HARMLESS AS A RATTLESNAKE
CHAPTER XIV. FLYING FOR A RECORD
CHAPTER XV. A DROP FROM SPACE
CHAPTER XVI. THE SETTING OF A TRAP
CHAPTER XVII. THE SPRINGING THEREOF
CHAPTER XVIII. ON BOARD THE SLOOP
CHAPTER XIX "BY WIRELESS!"
CHAPTER XX. NED, CAST AWAY
CHAPTER XXI. A STRIKE FOR UNCLE SAM
CHAPTER XXII. SOME ADVENTURES BY THE WAY
CHAPTER XXIII "YOU ARE A PRISONER OF THE GOVERNMENT!"
CHAPTER XXIV. A DASH FOR FREEDOM
CHAPTER XXV. THE MYSTERIOUS SCHOONER – CONCLUSION
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The passage of Ned and Herc from the foredeck in quest of their ditty-boxes had not gone unnoted by two men lounging at ease under the shadow of the great 13-inch guns projecting from the forward turret. The big circular steel structure acted as a wind-break, and the pair lay here smoking and talking in low tones.
"I'd give fifty dollars to know Ned Strong's secret," observed one of them, flicking the ashes from a cigar upon the spotless decks, a deliberate infraction of the ship's laws. Selden Merritt was one of the few "before the mast" men on board who smoked cigars. A pipe and a plug of black, rank tobacco usually does for your jackie, but Merritt was an exception to the rule.
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"Not worth bothering with," observed Herc, "as the car conductor said when the fellow offered him a plugged dime. If they can win fair and square, we won't grudge it to them."
"Well, I've warned you," said "Ben Franklin." "By the way, what makes those fellows so sore at you?"
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