The Air Pirate

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Thorne Guy. The Air Pirate

Dedication

CHAPTER I. THE COMMISSIONER OF AIR POLICE FOR GREAT BRITAIN RIDES TO PLYMOUTH IN GOOD COMPANY

CHAPTER II FATE OF THE TRANS-ATLANTIC AIR-LINER "ALBATROS"

CHAPTER III "COLD-BLOODED PIRACY IN THE HIGH AIR"

CHAPTER IV. THE NEWSPAPERS IN FULL CRY

CHAPTER V THE FAMILIAR SPIRIT OF MR. VAN ADAMS

CHAPTER VI MR. DANJURO, THINKING MACHINE, EXPLAINS HIMSELF

CHAPTER VII THE CURIOUS FIGHT IN THE RESTAURANT

CHAPTER VIII. THE HUNTING INSTINCT IS STIMULATED BY A PROCESSION

CHAPTER IX THE MAN WITH THE WICKED FACE

CHAPTER X SIR JOHN CUSTANCE COMES UPON THE HOUSE OF HELZEPHRON

CHAPTER XI "THE AIR WOLVES ARE HUNTING TO-NIGHT!"

CHAPTER XII. THE KILLING OF MICHAEL FEDDON

CHAPTER XIII THE SECRET THAT PUZZLED TWO CONTINENTS

CHAPTER XIV. THE AIR PIRATE AT LAST

CHAPTER XV LED OUT TO DIE

CHAPTER XVI. THE HOUNDS FROM THIBET AND MR. VARGUS; WITH A DISCOVERY ON BOARD THE PIRATE

CHAPTER XVII. THE MOMENT OF TRIUMPH

CHAPTER XVIII. THE GOLDEN DREAM

CHAPTER XIX. LAST FLIGHT OF THE PIRATE AIRSHIP

EPILOGUE

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Nearly two years ago a leading London daily newspaper said: "The Government have assured us that all danger from present and future air piracies is now over, and that the recent events which so startled and horrified both this country and the United States of America can never recur. For our own part we accept that assurance, and we do not think that the Commissioner of Air Police for the British Government will be caught napping again.

"In saying this we do not in the least mean to imply that Sir John Custance could either have foreseen or prevented the astounding mid-Atlantic tragedies. Sir John, though barely thirty years of age, is an official in every way worthy of his high position, an organizer of exceptional ability and a pilot of practical experience. Press and public are perfectly well aware that it is owing to his personal exertions that our magnificent Transatlantic air-liners are no longer stricken down by the Night Terror of the immediate past. And in saying this much, we have both a suggestion and a request to make.

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I wondered what was the matter. In fact, I asked her.

"You made so sure of me that you actually bought this beforehand!"

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