The Boy Aviators' Polar Dash; or, Facing Death in the Antarctic

ed boys accompanied Captain Hazzard back to the main cabin, w

ed lines which made zig-zags and curves over the bla

here the most recent advance into south polar regions, that of Sir Ernest Shackleton. In my opinion Shackleton might have rea

's narrative and realized that what Captain

Stripes further to the southward yet," exclaimed Frank,

ed the captain; "we hav

edition?" ex

s month a Japanese expe

ut from Yokahama

of coal on the small steamer they are using," went on the captain. "Everything has been conducted w

t that the Japs are getting ready another e

men in this country have also notified their government of our expedition. England

ave secret agents keeping track o

hey had not noticed the Jap steward standing close behind them and his soft slippers had prevented them hearing his approach. The crash had been

u doing, Oyama?" shar

zz

ap-it-an and the boys would not have

ith what was for him some show of irritation. "Be

s face as he turned into his small pantry, a cubby-hole for dishes and

that your man should have been right behind us," commented Frank. "I

ptain

ith me in the Philippines, and has always been

ly the next day. Frank explained that the machine was all ready and in shape for shipping and all that

of Captain Hazzard, who remained on board owing to press of business on t

ts at the tip-top of excitement at the idea of

's about

it of soft-footed putty

d from my mind as all that. I'm pretty sure that he had some stronger reason than t

s had him for years. That he can tru

is something wrong about the fellow. I wish he hadn't

d said about the Jap secret service. Our friend O

d Frank. "For that reason alone he woul

it and forget our Japanese friend. Depend upon it you'll fi

Frank; but there was a trouble

o boys in all of their expeditions, including the one to Nicaragua, where, with their aeroplane they helped make Central American history, as related in The Boy Aviators in Nicaragua; or, Leagued with the Insurg

for the land of perpetual ice, polar bears and Esquimaux," exclaimed the reporter

eir work, as they were pretty well used to the young repo

I thought as I was up this way I'd drop off and pay my r

Frank, "why there aren't any

a pole without polar bears. Me for the frozen north then. I suppose

are not," r

ephants and ice-leopa

I suppose," int

ed at the young reporter's joking t

s up lik

he Captain not to mention a w

just wanted to show this young person here th

young reporter, "sounds like a s

our breaking. You know we are bound for the South Polar regions. You know also that the object of Captain Hazzard is to discover the pole, if possible; in any event to br

't say any more about it, only it did sound as if it had pos

ng to court about

ing else, I guess. He was found near the consulate of his country and appeared to be under the influence of some drug. Anyhow, he couldn't

" mused Fra

ny among your acquain

one; don't we, Har

the booth erected in the workshop in order to keep

k, bolting into the booth. He was in it several seconds and

?" inquired Billy, noting

nk, "I guess we'll take a run to court with

you kno

t what I wa

nxious about it.

zard on the wire, and a mysterious the