Airship Andy or The Luck of a Brave Boy   By: Frank V. Webster

Airship Andy

Or

The Luck of a Brave Boy

BY

Frank V. Webster

AUTHOR OF “ONLY A FARM BOY,” “BOB THE CASTAWAY,” “COMRADES OF THE SADDLE,” “TOM THE TELEPHONE BOY,” ETC.

ILLUSTRATED

NEW YORK CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY PUBLISHERS

BOOKS FOR BOYS

By FRANK V. WEBSTER

12mo. Cloth. Illustrated.

ONLY A FARM BOY TOM, THE TELEPHONE BOY THE BOY FROM THE RANCH THE YOUNG TREASURE HUNTER BOB, THE CASTAWAY THE YOUNG FIREMEN OF LAKEVILLE THE NEWSBOY PARTNERS THE BOY PILOT OF THE LAKES TWO BOY GOLD MINERS JACK, THE RUNAWAY COMRADES OF THE SADDLE THE BOYS OF BELLWOOD SCHOOL THE HIGH SCHOOL RIVALS AIRSHIP ANDY BOB CHESTER’S GRIT BEN HARDY’S FLYING MACHINE DICK, THE BANK BOY DARRY, THE LIFE SAVER

Cupples & Leon Co., Publishers, New York

Copyright, 1911, by CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY

AIRSHIP ANDY Printed in U. S. A.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE I The Young Chauffeur 1 II Breaking Away 11 III Runaway and Rover 21 IV Down the River 30 V Tramping It 38 VI The Sky Rider 48 VII John Parks, Airship King 55 VIII The Aero Field 61 IX The Airship Inventor 67 X Learning To Fly 74 XI Spying on the Enemy 82 XII Traced Down 88 XIII Jiu jitsu 99 XIV The Old Leather Pocketbook 108 XV Behind the Bars 115 XVI Bail Wanted 124 XVII A True Friend 132 XVIII Out on Bail 138 XIX A Disappointment 145 XX A New Captivity 153 XXI A Friend in Need 161 XXII “Go!” 169 XXIII The Great Race 175 XXIV A Hopeful Clew 183 XXV Good by to Airship Andy 195

AIRSHIP ANDY

CHAPTER I—THE YOUNG CHAUFFEUR

“Hand over that money, Andy Nelson.”

“Not on this occasion.”

“It isn’t yours.”

“Who said it was?”

“It belongs to the business. If my father was here he’d make you give it up mighty quick. I represent him during his absence, don’t I? Come, no fooling; I’ll take charge of that cash.”