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JOE STRONG AND HIS WINGS OF STEEL
OR
A YOUNG ACROBAT IN THE CLOUDS
BY VANCE BARNUM Author of “Joe Strong, the Boy Wizard,” “Joe Strong on the Trapeze,” etc.
ILLUSTRATED
NEW YORK HEARST’S INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY CO. PUBLISHERS
BOOKS FOR BOYS BY VANCE BARNUM
THE JOE STRONG SERIES
12mo. Cloth Illustrated. Price per volume, 60 cents, postpaid.
JOE STRONG, THE BOY WIZARD Or, The Mysteries of Magic Exposed
JOE STRONG ON THE TRAPEZE Or, The Daring Feats of a Young Circus Performer
JOE STRONG, THE BOY FISH Or, Marvelous Doings in a Big Tank
JOE STRONG ON THE HIGH WIRE Or, Motor-Cycle Perils of the Air
JOE STRONG AND HIS WINGS OF STEEL Or, A Young Acrobat in the Clouds
COPYRIGHT, 1916, BY HEARST’S INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY COMPANY
JOE STRONG AND HIS WINGS OF STEEL
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I. A QUEER MACHINE 1
II. TANGLES 10
III. A SETBACK 18
IV. UNDER CANVAS AGAIN 28
V. IN THE TANK 36
VI. A NEW ACT 45
VII. JEALOUSY 53
VIII. THE NEW WINGS 60
IX. AN ACCIDENT 69
X. SUCCESS AT LAST 77
XI. JOE’S SURPRISE 86
XII. THE RUNAWAY BALLOON 94
XIII. RESCUED 102
XIV. THE AVIATION MEET 111
XV. JOE’S PLAN 119
XVI. THE PRIZE RACE 127
XVII. THE OLD INVENTOR 136
XVIII. A PRISONER 146
XIX. A DANGEROUS PLIGHT 154
XX. SUSPICIONS 163
XXI. A QUEER OFFER 173
XXII. THE HOTEL FIRE 184
XXIII. A PERILOUS FLIGHT 193
XXIV. REVELATIONS 201
XXV. NEW PLANS 210
ILLUSTRATIONS
Then the Bat was seen to drop suddenly Frontispiece
FACING PAGE
Nearer and nearer he came to the floating balloon 108
There the rescuers, somewhat overpowered by the strong and sickening odor, saw Joe lying in a heap on the floor 166
Joe glided down in the Bat as the men on the roof rushed toward him 202
JOE STRONG AND HIS
WINGS OF STEEL