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The Stolen Aeroplane; or, How Bud Wilson Made Good

Chapter 2: LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
By H. L. Sayler
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The narrative follows a young novice aviator who accepts a job to assemble and operate a newly arrived aeroplane for a county fair. He faces mechanical setbacks, competitive pilots, and a plot that results in the machine's theft, spurring bold attempts to retrieve it. Episodes trace exhibition flights, a perilous night journey, a marshland crash, and encounters with eccentric figures including a fortune-teller, while the protagonist devises clever mechanical fixes. Practical aeronautical detail and themes of resourcefulness, courage, and technical skill drive a coming-of-age arc as he earns recognition through persistence and ingenuity.

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Title: The Stolen Aeroplane; or, How Bud Wilson Made Good

Author: H. L. Sayler

Illustrator: M. G. Gunn

Release date: April 20, 2017 [eBook #54579]
Most recently updated: October 23, 2024

Language: English

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The Stolen
Aeroplane

OR

How Bud Wilson Made Good

BY

ASHTON LAMAR

Illustrated by M. G. Gunn

Chicago

The Reilly & Britton Co.

Publishers

COPYRIGHT, 1910,

by

THE REILLY & BRITTON CO.

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

THE STOLEN AEROPLANE

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE
I An Idle Boy Gets a Job 9
II The Hero of the Gravel Pit 21
III Scottsville’s Fair Secures an Aviator 33
IV A Midnight Lunch 44
V Madame Zecatacas Reads the Future 57
VI The Gypsy Queen’s Talisman 70
VII A Foolhardy Trick in an Aeroplane 84
VIII Amateur Versus Professional 95
IX Bud Makes a Strange Contract 106
X The Flight in the Dark 117
XI Dumped into the Marsh 131
XII The Romney Ring Brings News 143
XIII A Unique Starting Device 155
XIV An Exhibition Under Difficulties 169
XV The Enemy Outwitted Once More 182
XVI Bud Discovers a Friend 197
XVII The Private Office of the First National Bank 211

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

“Stop! In the name of the law!” Frontispiece
Bud bargains for coffee. 53
The start from the flume. 165
Mr. Camp drew out an envelope. 201