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Title: In the Clouds for Uncle Sam; or, Morey Marshall of the Signal Corps

Author: H. L. Sayler

Illustrator: Sidney H. Riesenberg

Release date: January 26, 2017 [eBook #54056]
Most recently updated: October 23, 2024

Language: English

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The Aeroplane Boys Series


In the Clouds for Uncle Sam

OR

Morey Marshall of the Signal Corps


The Aeroplane Boys Series

By ASHTON LAMAR

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In The Clouds
For Uncle Sam

OR

Morey Marshall of the Signal Corps

BY

ASHTON LAMAR

The AEROPLANE BOYS SERIES

Illustrated by S. H. Riesenberg

Chicago

The Reilly & Britton Co.

Publishers


COPYRIGHT, 1910,

by

THE REILLY & BRITTON CO.

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

IN THE CLOUDS FOR UNCLE SAM


CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE
I An Early Morning Gallop 1
II Breakfast on the Gallery 12
III Morey Meets a Fellow Fisherman 24
IV A Secret Ambition Revealed 37
V A Visit of Ceremony 48
VI Morey Learns He Is a Bankrupt 59
VII An Exciting Interview 72
VIII A Consultation with an Attorney 84
IX The Secret of an Old Desk 98
X Amos Becomes a Sancho Panza 110
XI Morey Makes Amos a Note 120
XII The Runaways Discovered 133
XIII Arrival at Fort Meyer 145
XIV A Screw Loose 156
XV Two Irons in the Fire 169
XVI The Signal Corps Camp in the Mountains 181
XVII The Aeroplane as a War Machine 193
XVIII Sergeant Marshall Outwits Major Carey 202

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Morey hits the mark Frontispiece
Amos struggled to free himself 31
Morey ran from the office 93
Mr. Wright sprang forward 159