Excerpt: ...pulled the ring of the padlock out of the hasp. Then he gave an upward shove, but very gently. For all he knew, the door he was pushing upward might open in another room. But when it gaped, an inch only, Roy saw the faint radiance of a clouded moon. A gust of fresh, clean air blew in his face, as if welcoming him from his noisome depths. An instant later, with throbbing pulses and flushed cheeks, Roy stood out in the open. Above him light clouds raced across the moon, alternately obscuring and revealing the ...
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Excerpt: ...pulled the ring of the padlock out of the hasp. Then he gave an upward shove, but very gently. For all he knew, the door he was pushing upward might open in another room. But when it gaped, an inch only, Roy saw the faint radiance of a clouded moon. A gust of fresh, clean air blew in his face, as if welcoming him from his noisome depths. An instant later, with throbbing pulses and flushed cheeks, Roy stood out in the open. Above him light clouds raced across the moon, alternately obscuring and revealing the luminary of the night. But Roy didn't linger. He crept across the field, keeping close to a tall, dark hedge-row till he reached the automobile. As he had guessed, neither of his captors knew how to run it, and it stood just where he had left it. "Glory be!" thought the boy, climbing in, "I'm all right, now. I don't know where this road goes to, and it's too narrow to turn round, but I'll keep straight on and I'm bound to land somewhere." He turned on the gasoline and set the spark. But the engine didn't move. "Queer," thought Roy. He got out and walked round to the front and then the rear of the car. There was a strong smell of gasoline there. Stooping down, he found the ground was saturated with the fuel. What had happened was plain enough. The cunning rascals who had captured him had drained the tank of gasoline. The auto was as helpless as if it had not had an engine in it at all. "Well, this is a fine fix," thought Roy. "However, there's nothing for it now, but to keep on. Those ruffians are cleverer than I gave them credit for." Stealing softly toward the woods, the boy sped into their dark shadows. Aided by the flickering light of the moon, he made good progress through the gloomy depths. He did not dare to slacken his pace till he had traveled at least half a mile. Then he let his footsteps lag. "Not much chance of their discovering me now, even if they have awakened to the fact that...
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Good in Good dust jacket. A reprint edition. Brief gift inscription from 1927 on front free endpaper, foxing to edges and endpapers, else good in a good (age darkened, minor edge wear) dust jacket.
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Good with no dust jacket. Interesting pictorial cover of a girl flying early biplane. Publisher's ads in rear. A bit of old soiling to covers and darkening to a portion of spine. Lacks front end paper. Burnham wrote 4 books in the Girl Aviators series between 1911 and 1912. Siezing on the intense interest in flying that gripped the world after the Wright Brothers first flight in 1903, she cast a girls as the heroines in her series. To my knowledge her identity has not yet been fully established.; Frontis illustration; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 291 pages.