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  THE MOTOR BOYS OVER THE OCEAN

  Or

  A Marvelous Rescue in Mid-Air

  BY CLARENCE YOUNG

  AUTHOR OF "THE MOTOR BOYS," "THE MOTOR BOYS AFLOAT," "THE MOTOR BOYS IN THE CLOUDS," "JACK RANGER'S SCHOOL DAYS," "JACK RANGER'S TREASURE BOX," ETC.

  ILLUSTRATED

  NEW YORK CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY

  BOOKS BY CLARENCE YOUNG

  =THE MOTOR BOYS SERIES=

  (_=Trade Mark Reg. U. S. Pat. Office=_)

  12mo. Illustrated

  Price per volume, 60 cents, postpaid

  THE MOTOR BOYS THE MOTOR BOYS OVERLAND THE MOTOR BOYS IN MEXICO THE MOTOR BOYS ACROSS THE PLAINS THE MOTOR BOYS AFLOAT THE MOTOR BOYS ON THE ATLANTIC THE MOTOR BOYS IN STRANGE WATERS THE MOTOR BOYS ON THE PACIFIC THE MOTOR BOYS IN THE CLOUDS THE MOTOR BOYS OVER THE ROCKIES THE MOTOR BOYS OVER THE OCEAN

  =THE JACK RANGER SERIES=

  12mo. Finely Illustrated.

  Price per volume, $1.00, postpaid

  JACK RANGER'S SCHOOLDAYS JACK RANGER'S WESTERN TRIP JACK RANGER'S SCHOOL VICTORIES JACK RANGER'S OCEAN CRUISE JACK RANGER'S GUN CLUB JACK RANGER'S TREASURE BOX

  Copyright, 1911, by CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY

  THE MOTOR BOYS OVER THE OCEAN

  CONTENTS

  CHAPTER PAGE I. NED IS WORRIED 1 II. NEWS OF MR. JACKSON 14 III. THE PROFESSOR'S QUEST 20 IV. NODDY NIXON MAKES TROUBLE 28 V. "STUNG!" 38 VI. AN UNLUCKY BLOWOUT 48 VII. A SURPRISED INTRUDER 53 VIII. A DISAPPOINTMENT 68 IX. GETTING EVEN 77 X. REBUILDING THE COMET 88 XI. ON THE WATER 94 XII. IN PERIL 105 XIII. OFF TO THE MEET 111 XIV. A PRECARIOUS POSITION 117 XV. BOMBARDED WITH ROCKETS 121 XVI. AN ANGRY FARMER 128 XVII. HELD PRISONERS 134 XVIII. THE ESCAPE 141 XIX. AT THE BALLOON MEET 148 XX. MR. JACKSON IS GONE 155 XXI. A MESSAGE FOR HELP 159 XXII. TO THE RESCUE 166 XXIII. OVER THE OCEAN 176 XXIV. IN THE HURRICANE 184 XXV. A CLEW 193 XXVI. THE WRECK 204 XXVII. ATTACKED BY A WHALE 211 XXVIII. THE SINGING FISH 217 XXIX. THE UNCONSCIOUS CREW 223 XXX. THE RESCUE--CONCLUSION 228

  PREFACE

  DEAR BOYS:

  It hardly seems possible that I have written as many as eleven volumesof this series, yet such is the case. The present book is just oneshort of a dozen, and if you are pleased with this, perhaps I shall beencouraged to write the twelfth book.

  As for the present volume, I have endeavored to give you in it astirring account of what happened to Jerry, Ned and Bob after they hadstarted out on an apparently simple errand to see a certain man.

  Ned Slade's father was in business trouble, and the lad and hisfriends volunteered to ask aid from a Mr. Jackson. They started outto find him, only to learn that he had gone to a balloon carnival, ashe was interested in air craft. The boys went to the aviation meet,and arrived just as Mr. Jackson went up in his big dirigible balloon.Instead of coming back, as he was expected to do, the millionaire senta wireless message stating that he and his friends were being blownout to sea in a hurricane.

  He asked for help, and our heroes, in their airship, the _Comet_,started out over the ocean to the rescue. How they accomplished it,the perils they ran, the dangers from the escaping gas, and how theybrought Mr. Jackson and his unconscious crew over a narrow plank, highabove the ocean, into their own craft, you will find told of in thisbook.

  I venture to hope that you will like this book as well as you havethose in the past, for that will encourage me to write others for you.

  Sincerely yours,

  CLARENCE YOUNG.

  THE MOTOR BOYS OVER THE OCEAN