The Flying Machine Boys on Secret Service
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Frank Walton. The Flying Machine Boys on Secret Service
CHAPTER I. THE FALL OF THE BEAR
CHAPTER II. A WOBBLING AEROPLANE
CHAPTER III. JIMMIE’S DARING FEAT
CHAPTER IV. THE DISAPPEARANCE OF COLLETON
CHAPTER V. A MIDNIGHT FLIGHT
CHAPTER VI. THE LOSS OF THE LOUISE
CHAPTER VII. THREE HUNGRY MEN
CHAPTER VIII “HOME OF THE FORTY THIEVES.”
CHAPTER IX. THE VOYAGE OF THE ANN
CHAPTER X. AN UNEXPECTED HAPPENING
CHAPTER XI. JIMMIE OPENS HIS DREAM-BOOK
CHAPTER XII. THE ENGLISHMAN’S BAG
CHAPTER XIII. A RACE IN THE AIR
CHAPTER XIV. THE END OF THE FLIGHT
CHAPTER XV. THE MAN IN THE STATEROOM
CHAPTER XVI. STILL ANOTHER GUEST
CHAPTER XVII. CARL GETS INTO TROUBLE
CHAPTER XVIII. THE MYSTERIOUS SIGNALS
CHAPTER XIX. A SURPRISE FOR JIMMIE
CHAPTER XX. THE SECRET HIDING-PLACE
CHAPTER XXI. THE BOY AND THE BEAR
CHAPTER XXII. THE DOG IN THE CAVERN
CHAPTER XXIII. ARRESTS ARE MADE
CHAPTER XXIV. CONCLUSION
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The boys stepped back from the bear as the men came up. It was growing dusk now, and as the men drew nearer their faces were seen only by the dancing flames of the fire. They were not prepossessing faces, and the boys wondered if it was the illumination which produced the shifty and suspicious glances they caught.
The two bent over the bear for an instant, and then one aimed his rifle slowly and fired a bullet into the animal’s head. No report followed the shot, and then it was observed that the weapon carried a Maxim silencer. This doubtless accounted for the fact that the shot which had brought the bear down had not been heard at the camp.
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“Say,” the boy proposed in a moment, “why can’t we all have bear steak for supper? We boys had supper not long ago, but I think I could eat a bear steak right now!”
The man looked up with a puzzled expression.
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