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The Boy Aviators in Nicaragua; or, In League with the Insurgents

John Henry Goldfrap




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  THE BOY AVIATORS IN NICARAGUA

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  IN LEAGUE WITH THE INSURGENTS

  BY CAPTAIN WILBUR LAWTON

  NEW YORK HURST & COMPANY PUBLISHERS.

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  Boy Aviators’ Series By CAPTAIN WILBUR LAWTON Author of “Dreadnought Boys Series”

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  Six Titles. Cloth Bound. Price 50c

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  UNIFORM WITH THIS VOLUME

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  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. 7 The Boy Aviators’ Flight for a Fortune.

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  Sold Everywhere.

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  HURST & COMPANY PUBLISHERS NEW YORK

  Copyright, 1910, by HURST & CO.

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  CONTENTS.

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  CHAPTER PAGE

  I. THE BOYS START FOR THE TROPICS 5 II. THE STORM-CLOUDS GATHER 23 III. BILLY BARNES OF THE PLANET 38 IV. THE TWO-FINGERED MAN 50 V. ROGERO IS CHECKMATED 61 VI. FRANK TO THE RESCUE 70 VII. FEATHERING THE GOLDEN EAGLE 85 VIII. BILLY BARNES TAKES THE WARPATH 94 IX. THE MIDNIGHT BELL 106 X. THE ONE-EYED QUESAL 118 XI. BILLY BARNES IS TRAPPED 128 XII. THE AVIATOR BOYS’ BOLD DASH 139 XIII. FRANK TAKES A DESPERATE CHANCE 149 XIV. SAVED BY AN AEROPLANE 159 XV. THE BOYS DISCOVER THE TOLTEC’S “SESAME.” 171 XVI. THE FIGURE ON THE CLIFF 181 XVII. THE TOLTEC’S STAIRS 191 XVIII. THE RAVINE OF THE WHITE SNAKES 203 XIX. THE BOYS ARE TRAPPED 213 XX. THE LONE CASTAWAY 226 XXI. DYNAMITING TO FREEDOM 237 XXII. IN AN AEROPLANE IN AN ELECTRIC STORM 247 XXIII. SAVED BY WIRELESS 257 XXIV. UNLOADING AN ARMY 267 XXV. LEAGUED WITH INSURGENTS 278 XXVI. THE FLOWER OF FLAME 290 XXVII. PRISONERS OF WAR 303 XXVIII. FACING DEATH 314 XXIX. FRIENDS IN NEED 324

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  THE BOY AVIATORS IN NICARAGUA.

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