The Boy Aviators Treasure Quest

The Boy Aviators' Treasure
Quest
by Captain Wilbur
Lawton

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THE BOY AVIATORS' TREASURE QUEST
Or, The Golden Galleon

By
Captain Wilbur Lawton (pseudonym for John Henry Goldfrap)
Author Of "The Boy Aviators In Nicaragua." "The Boy Aviators On
Secret Service," "The Boy Aviators In Africa," etc.

Boy Aviators' Series

By Captain Wilbur Lawton
Six Titles. Cloth Bound. Price 50c
Uniform With This Volume
1 THE BOY AVIATORS IN NICARAGUA; or, In League with the
Insurgents.
2 THE BOY AVIATORS ON SECRET SERVICE; or, Working with
Wireless.
3 THE BOY AVIATORS IN AFRICA; or, An Aerial Ivory Trail.
4 THE BOY AVIATORS' TREASURE QUEST; or, The Golden
Galleon.
5 THE BOY AVIATORS IN RECORD FLIGHT; or, The Rival
Aeroplane.
6 THE BOY AVIATORS' POLAR DASH; or, Facing Death in the
Antarctic.

CONTENTS.
Chapter I.
The Eagle and the Buzzard II. Billy's Strange Tale III. A Trial Flight IV.
Eben Joyce Appears V. A Strange Story VI. The Golden Galleon VII.
A Fire Alarm By Aeroplane VIII. Nearly Out of the Race IX. The
Grasshopper's Mishap X. The Aero Race XI. Lost in the Fog XII. Billy
Hears an Interesting Conversation XIII. Luther Barr's Trap XIV. Mr. "L.
B.'s" Dirigible XV. Off for the Sargasso XVI. In Dire Peril XVII.
Billy's Narrow Escape XVIII. Into the Sargasso XIX. The Rat Ship XX.
The Golden Galleon XXI. Dirigible vs. Aeroplane XXII. On Board
Barr's Ship XXIII. Prisoners in Dire Peril XXIV. The Inventor's
Treachery XXV. The Fight on the Island XXVI. The Boys Win Out

CHAPTER I.
THE EAGLE AND THE BUZZARD.
"Hurrah!"
The shout went upward in a swelling volume of sound as a thousand
voices took up the cry.
"Say, those boys can fly!"
"I should say so."
"Did you see that swoop!"
"Did I? I thought they were goners sure."
"They handle that sky-clipper like a bicycle."
These admiring exclamations came in a perfect hailstorm as the big
biplane air-craft, which had called them forth, swept earthward, bearing
her two young occupants downward in a long graceful glide, and
landing them at the door of their red aerodrome with the precision of an
automobile being driven up to its owner's front steps.
The drone of the engine ceased and little spurts of dust shot up from the
landing wheels as the young aviator at the helm of the beautiful craft
applied his brakes, threw out the spark and cut off the engine. The
plane ran about one hundred feet on its wheels and then came to a
standstill.
"Hurrah for the Golden Eagle!" shouted a voice. The enthusiasm was
echoed all over the crowded field. From the long rows of autos, parked
at the edge of the field and crowded with applauding men and women,
came the "honk! honk!" of horns in a deafening clamor.
Smilingly making their way through the enthusiasts who swept down
on them, Frank and Harry Chester, the Boy Aviators, who had just

concluded a tuning up flight for the Hempstead Plains Cup--the contest
for which was to take place in a week's time--entered the shed and,
making their way to a screened-off room in the corner, shed their
leather coats and woolen caps and removed the grime from their hands
and faces. Their mechanics, in the meantime, had shoved the Eagle into
the shed and closed the doors on the horde of the inquisitive.
The boys' flight