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Ben Hardy's flying machine; or, Making a record for himself

Chapter 33: Transcriber’s Note
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The narrative follows a resourceful young machinist's son who engineers a flying machine and seeks recognition at aeronautical contests. Episodes mix workshop work and mechanical problem-solving, friendships and rivalries, an engine-room emergency, construction and testing of experimental craft, a contested meet with a prize and accusations of theft, and several outdoor adventures including a bear encounter and the rescue of a lost aviator. The plot concludes with vindication and return, underscoring ingenuity, courage, teamwork, and fair play.

THE JEWEL SERIES


By AMES THOMPSON



12mo.   Cloth.   Illustrated.   Jacket in colors

Price per volume, 65 cents


A series of stories brimming with hardy adventure, vivid and accurate in detail, and with a good foundation of probability. They take the reader realistically to the scene of action. Besides being lively and full of real situations, they are written in a straightforward way very attractive to boy readers.

1. THE ADVENTURE BOYS AND THE VALLEY OF DIAMONDS

Malcolm Edwards and his son Ralph are adventurers with ample means for following up their interest in jewel clues. In this book they form a party of five, including Jimmy Stone and Bret Hartson, boys of Ralph’s age, and a shrewd level-headed sailor named Stanley Greene. They find a valley of diamonds in the heart of Africa.

2. THE ADVENTURE BOYS AND THE RIVER OF EMERALDS

The five adventurers, staying at a hotel in San Francisco, find that Pedro the elevator man has an interesting story of a hidden “river of emeralds” in Peru, to tell. With him as guide, they set out to find it, escape various traps set for them by jealous Peruvians, and are much amused by Pedro all through the experience.

3. THE ADVENTURE BOYS AND THE LAGOON OF PEARLS

This time the group starts out on a cruise simply for pleasure, but their adventuresome spirits lead them into the thick of things on a South Sea cannibal island.

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Transcriber’s Note


pg frontispiece Changed single quote to double for: Tom the telephone boy
illustration after pg 21 Change Iv’e made it to: I’ve
pg 18 added period to: smiled Ben
pg 21 Changed Immensely,” acknowleged Ben to: acknowledged
pg 22 Changed I hardly thing to: think
pg 24 Changed spelling of the afternoon accomodation to: accommodation
pg 36 Changed Where did you get it. to: it,
pg 46 Changed is that so. to: so,
pg 46 Changed interrupted Dave contemptously to: contemptuously
pg 58 Changed I’ts a bargain to: It’s
pg 60 Changed It’s been the event to: it’s
pg 70 Added period after: in his life
pg 70 Changed their spectacular maneuvres to: manoeuvres
pg 71 Changed and expert maneuvres to: manoeuvres
pg 82 Changed home with automobles to: automobiles
pg 84 Removed extra word the: and even the flyer
pg 86 Changed you mean. inquired to: you mean, inquired
pg 117 Added quote after: out of the bag.
pg 123 Removed unnecessary quote after: father’s present trouble.
pg 124 Changed who cooly looked him to: coolly
pg 137 Changed Dart quarters wihout to: without
pg 139 Added quote to: Any suspicions?
pg 139 Changed nodded the director, Very to: very
pg 140 Changed with a quissical to: quizzical
pg 144 Changed I’ts business now to: It’s
pg 149 Changed Whew ejeculated Bob to: ejaculated
pg 156 Changed How it that to: is
pg 160 Changed unctious snack to: smack
pg 160 Removed extra colon after: and the words:
pg 164 Changed by vivid pantomine to: pantomime
pg 168 Change It was decidely to: decidedly
pg 171 Removed unnecessary quote before: They walked about
pg 176 Changed Many of the winodows to: windows
advertisement page Removed bracket from: [Rosemary and Floyd
Various hyphenated and non-hyphenated words were left as author wrote them.