The Girl Aviators and the Phantom Airship

ternoon's flight along the coast, when the sharp "honk! honk!" of an automobile from the road attracted their atten

evident. The motor, ungeared, was coughing and gasping in a p

see what you can do to doctor a po

Peggy and her brother hastened d

with the transmissi

e trouble?

?" cried Jess; "if we knew

e got a wire from father to-night, saying that he would take us on a

imed Peggy, "and if you don

" said Jess, tragically c

y, with masculine grumpiness. "F

ars is stripped. I'm afraid that there'l

ne eyes. Jimsy looked cross

ho broke it wi

Central Riverview juncti

voice; "we took it one night, I remember, wh

g the dial of a tiny watch, one of the

ld hurdy-gurdy fixed up in ti

" cried Peggy, with

t hav

who echoed

ess will start for the junct

siastic shout. Jess threw her arms a

ng. We can

"Roy, you get the Butterfly out and fill the

ore leisurely. It was not long before everything was in readiness, but fast a

started the engine. But the nex

er is missing fire

t adjusted. Then the motor settled down to a steady tune, the

y, adjusting her hood and

h!" hail

ong run," warned Peggy; "with this lo

l power. The Golden Butterfly dashed forward and then, after what seemed a long interval, began to rise. Up it soared, its motor laboring bravely under its heavy burden. In the dusk blue flames could b

," shouted Roy, from his seat beside his sister.

racks and follow them. That'

hat the red and green lights of a se

rossing," an

out, Peggy began flying d

ing out his watch. It showed a quarter to six, and they had

a mile-a-minute

tor. An extra passenger makes a lot of difference to an aeroplane, and the Butterfly

ow and then roaring above some astoni

behind them, they heard

in!" sho

gripped Roy's arm ti

to view-black smoke spouting from its funnel and a

thunder of the speeding train grew louder. The set

ndow and gazed upward. His attention had been

w the flying aeroplane dashing along above him.

toot!

was gaining on them in leaps and bounds. Its windows were black with heads now as passengers, regardless of the danger of encountering

re between here and the

ook hi

Montauk," he said; "they ma

ed Jess, suddenly;

e had seen that the track took a long curve just before it entered the junctio

with a mighty screaming of brakes and hiss of escaping steam, the aer

shouted Roy, "she

y lost no tim

ed Jess, as she sped after he

on the train!" shouted

ab-o-

he race between the aeroplane and the train, but even tha

d so the passengers broke into an involuntary cheer. The shouts of approval at the up to date manner in

t in the same parlor car which Jimsy and Jess had entered. He looked like a Westerner. As the train gathered headwa

th a fleet of those I could develop the

msy and Jess were sitting. Raising his broad-brimmed hat with old-fashioned cou