The Boy Inventors' Flying Ship

on record was the young reporter,-had to wait. This drop through space was too thrilling, daring, dangerous

without any idea that immediate flight was to be undertaken, mad

there was a sudden shout of alarm from Tom. The great airbag swung to one s

shouted To

ng before a sharp flaw of wind which came too suddenly for Jack to counter it, w

wick, half rising, "we'll rip th

plied power. The propeller began to whirl, forcing the wind-driven craft aw

ike!" was the cry fo

he Wondership, deliriously sagging and swaying, c

i-i-i-i

in it before Jack had had time to hold the big craft off. The propeller had been set in motion an instant too late. With a vicious hissing

. Amidst a shout of alarm from the yacht's decks, which was echoed by those on the Wondership, she

hing down to the very floor of the ocean. But a fraction of a second later th

their purposes right nobly. Buoyed on the crest of a big swell, the Wondership floated, and the

e floats!"

at!" agreed Dick Donovan, against whose pale fa

Mr. Chadwick, as the propel

" answered Jack

elf and the yacht's side, the Wondership was seen to adapt herself to the water as well as she had to the earth or the air. A moment later, skillfully manipul

ss her stern. On the graceful, narrow counter of the craft was much gilt scroll-work and orname

Bremen," was

ered the name, Mr.

n frank amazement. "This is the very yacht from wh

uth of the Nestorville River when whatever is

could see several heads poked over the side, eying them curiously. As they came alongside,

h brass buttons and app

demanded Jack eagerly,

dd sort of hesitation. "You come near wrecking that contrap

dwick impatiently. "The question is, do

" said the man slowly; "it'

n Dinkelspeil's yacht

s yacht, all right,

a friend of mine, and if he is in any difficulty we sha

other man, a rough looking specimen, clad in a semi-nautical costume. He now turned to this man

d," he said, "but I don't

us for aid, we came out here at considerable risk and, in fact, have seriously da

was a whispere

this," said Mr. Chadwick to Jack in an un

he Professor has met with an accident. But perhaps you

n," said Mr. Chadwick. "Boys, you w

uttered Jack. "There's something here t

efore long. I can't imagine what can be the matter;

e gangway, and under the guidance of the two men he made h

exchanged

waste powder enough for a Fourth of July celebration to summon aid, a

Tom, we're forgetting all about our stowaway. Say, who are you, anyhow?" he demanded,

ies' or get fired. I sneaked into your shed when you went out to take a look at this yacht, and then when you came back unexpectedly while I w

all this in your paper," snapped Tom. "What do you mean by playing the

s threateningly; but D

right thing to do, and you chaps appear to be pret

to be," g

ck soothingly. "Go on," he

at I'll write a line about this thing, because I won't. I can get another job somehow, I guess, and anyh

om's manner cha

tell you what, when we get this thing perfected we'll giv

broadly as Jack nodded hi

want you to think I'm a bounder just because I came peeping and peering ab

as it had been as he was about to continue speaking. At t

ption that had occurred to cut sh

ie there had come the sharp,

Jack paused a second for thought and then, grabbing up a monkey wrench and calli