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Title: A Cruise in the Sky; or, The Legend of the Great Pink Pearl

Author: H. L. Sayler

Illustrator: Sidney H. Riesenberg

Release date: September 10, 2018 [eBook #57882]

Language: English

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The Aeroplane Boys Series


A Cruise In The Sky

OR

The Legend of the Great Pink Pearl


The Aeroplane Boys Series

By ASHTON LAMAR

OTHER TITLES TO FOLLOW

These stories are the newest and most up-to-date. All aeroplane details are correct. Fully illustrated. Colored frontispiece. Cloth, 12mos.

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The Airship Boys Series

By H. L. SAYLER

These thrilling stories deal with the wonderful new science of aerial navigation. Every boy will be interested and instructed by reading them. Illustrated. Cloth binding. Price, $1.00 each.

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A
Cruise In The Sky

OR

The Legend of the Great Pink Pearl

BY

ASHTON LAMAR

The AEROPLANE BOYS SERIES

Illustrated by S. H. Riesenberg

Chicago

The Reilly & Britton Co.

Publishers


COPYRIGHT 1911

by

THE REILLY & BRITTON CO.

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

A CRUISE IN THE SKY


CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE
I A Florida Metropolis 9
II The Strange Work of a Wilderness Exile 20
III A Boat Without Sails, Screw or Oars 31
IV The Sequel of the Aero-Catamaran 41
V The Home of the Eccentric Experimenter 52
VI An Unfinished Letter Solves a Mystery 65
VII The Firm of Leighton & Anderson is Formed 75
VIII Andy First Hears of King Cajou 86
IX A New Idea in Aeroplanes 97
X Desperate Needs and a Bold Appeal 109
XI Roy Osborne Reaches Valkaria 121
XII The Pelican Makes Its First Flight 133
XIII Ba, the Bahaman, Talks at Last 145
XIV Andy Takes a Daring Chance 157
XV Timbado Key and Captain Monckton Bassett 171
XVI The Cannibal King and the Pink Pearl 186
XVII The Bird of Death 202

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

He took the tiller at times Frontispiece
“Nothing much doing!” 57
“Jump in,” said Andy 183
“Come, Bird of Death!” 209