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  "THE YOUNG PILOT LESSENED THE SPEED OF THE ARIEL." _Dave Dashaway, Air Champion._ _Page 177._]

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  Dave Dashaway, Air Champion

  Or

  Wizard Work in the Clouds

  BY ROY ROCKWOOD

  AUTHOR OF “DAVE DASHAWAY, THE YOUNG AVIATOR,” “THE SPEEDWELL BOYS SERIES,” “THE GREAT MARVEL SERIES,” ETC.

  ILLUSTRATED

  NEW YORK CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY PUBLISHERS

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  BOOKS FOR BOYS

  BY ROY ROCKWOOD

  =DAVE DASHAWAY SERIES=

  12mo. Cloth. Illustrated. Price, per volume, 40 cents, postpaid.

  DAVE DASHAWAY, THE YOUNG AVIATOR DAVE DASHAWAY AND HIS HYDROPLANE DAVE DASHAWAY AND HIS GIANT AIRSHIP DAVE DASHAWAY AROUND THE WORLD DAVE DASHAWAY, AIR CHAMPION

  =THE SPEEDWELL BOYS SERIES=

  12mo. Cloth. Illustrated. Price, per volume, 40 cents, postpaid.

  THE SPEEDWELL BOYS AND THEIR MOTORCYCLES THE SPEEDWELL BOYS AND THEIR RACING AUTO THE SPEEDWELL BOYS AND THEIR POWER LAUNCH THE SPEEDWELL BOYS IN A SUBMARINE THE SPEEDWELL BOYS AND THEIR ICE RACER

  =THE GREAT MARVEL SERIES=

  12mo. Cloth. Illustrated. Price, per volume, 60 cents, postpaid.

  THROUGH THE AIR TO THE NORTH POLE UNDER THE OCEAN TO THE SOUTH POLE FIVE THOUSAND MILES UNDERGROUND THROUGH SPACE TO MARS LOST ON THE MOON ON A TORN-AWAY WORLD

  CUPPLES & LEON CO., PUBLISHERS, NEW YORK.

  Copyrighted, 1915, by CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY

  DAVE DASHAWAY, AIR CHAMPION

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  CONTENTS

  CHAPTER PAGE

  I. AT THE HANGARS 1 II. THE TRAMP ARTIST 8 III. TARGET PRACTICE 20 IV. THE UNDER DOG 30 V. THE BIG EVENT 37 VI. A STARTLING DISCOVERY 44 VII. THE HIDDEN HAND 52 VIII. THE SECRET FOE 60 IX. JUST IN TIME 67 X. A FRIEND IN DISGUISE 76 XI. A STRANGE RACE 85 XII. A DESPERATE PASSENGER 92 XIII. A REMARKABLE EXPLANATION 100 XIV. THE NEW HELPER 110 XV. A TERRIBLE DISCOVERY 116 XVI. IN DOUBT 122 XVII. TROUBLE 129 XVIII. A STRANGE MESSAGE 135 XIX. ARIEL II 141 XX. BEATEN 149 XXI. FIFTY POINTS 156 XXII. QUEER PROCEEDINGS 163 XXIII. A NOBLE DEED 172 XXIV. THE HIDDEN DIAMONDS 180 XXV. THE FALSE BAROGRAPH 190

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  DAVE DASHAWAY, AIR CHAMPION