The Boy Aviators on Secret Service

ough, as has been said, a hectoring, dictatorial sort of youth possessed plenty

d off me. What

an old football trick, and in a shake had fr

oster," exclaimed the man in the tramp's dress

demanded

p there in the woods w

d, so that he decided that it would be folly to tell

asked with an express

howed that he was not as sure of his ground as he had been, "you don't mean to say

am on my way home through these woods and you have stopped me in this unceremo

he pair, who had hitherto remained silent, "the kid doesn't

man, still unconvinced, "if I thought," he added

the moment a lusty voice was heard coming up the pat

round went th

es round

ound spun the

bottom of the sea

the bottom

him he broke off abruptly and the two men wh

bs, for he was the vocalist, as his eyes

tely recognized one of the two men who had made off as the fello

ly, not certain whether in the newcomer he

ng middy, I recognize as the chap who was down at the aerodrome a short while ago, and got all het up because Frank Chester wouldn't let you se

cion, and at any rate he had made up his mind to warn the boys of the danger that th

d Ben, as the boy finished his nar

the aerodrome and Lathrop re

emarked Frank, "and thank you, Lat

of a short time before. To tell the truth, Lathrop was thoroughly ashamed of himself, a

d a lesson he

hese fellows a surprise if they come around here to-nigh

to another and the ends connected with the dynamo ultimately destined to supply the Golden Eagle II's searchlight and wireless equipment. By the time Ben Stubbs, who had quite ousted Le Blanc as cook, announced by a clarion summons, b

re still chilly, till about ten o'clock. They had all made as much noise as possible

Then one by one the lights in the two houses went out and all was quiet. That is, all seemed so to two watchers concealed in a thick mass of brush up on the hill, but in reality

ged face, grasped a stout club he had cut that afternoon. It was pitchy dark in the aerodrome and as they waited, in the absolute silence Frank had enjoined

le, bored earlier in the afternoon in the wooden wall of the aerodrome gave the boy a command of the view outside in the direction of the woods. So dark wa

s but the unmelodious snoring of the two mechanics in the loft when, suddenly, and without any furth

s, whom he knew were there; but couldn't see

fellows, and when I

open to allow for the noiseless exit. Frank was left alone in the barn-like aerodrome save for the two sleepers upstairs. The tension in the sile

at hand, Frank hear

re all asleep

hisper, "that kid you suspected

rk as a pit," came fr

ed the other, "but the black

the next thing Frank heard. The remar

asleep as run-down

of Schultz and Le Blanc. All unconsciously

asked one of the two men who were caut

"I'd like to see them go skywar

k us for a good night's work," wa

ound. One of the men who had the destruction of the Golde

s that?" angrily hi

ce," replie

stop us," was the angry answer, "come

e switch and 500 volts coursed through

ignited the Coston navy signal lights they both carried and the whole scene

air rang with their cries of mingled pain and amazement at the su

bbs belaboring them impartially with the hea

" he shouted as his blows fell with the rapidit

than the boys knew. They were prepared for a sur

hind them, followed by a sharp report. Ben Stubbs threw up his hands

the white glare the group outside presented fine targets

h tips into the ground. Even as they did so

get away," shout

d off the current, and was outside,

"It would be taking needless c

ariner, coming up, "just nicked my starboard ea

of theirs," answe

series of guttural sho

donnerblitze

t-ce que cela! To the ai

d Schultz and Le Blanc, the latter of whom was almost in hysteric

nt," remarked Schultz bravely when

pas?" demanded Le Blanc, flourishing a pillow