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If you are not located in the United States, you'll have -to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook. - - - - -Title: Frank Reade, Jr., Fighting the Terror of the Coast - - -Author: Luis Senarens - - - -Release Date: August 17, 2017 [eBook #55374] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - - -***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK FRANK READE, JR., FIGHTING THE -TERROR OF THE COAST*** - - -E-text prepared by Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading -Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by -Internet Archive (https://archive.org) - - - -Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this - file which includes the original illustrations. - See 55374-h.htm or 55374-h.zip: - (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/55374/55374-h/55374-h.htm) - or - (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/55374/55374-h.zip) - - - Images of the original pages are available through - Internet Archive. See - https://archive.org/details/FrankReadeweekl00SenaD - - -Transcriber’s note: - - Enclosed italics font in _underscores_. - - Enclosed bold font in =equals=. - - - - - -[Illustration: FRANK READE WEEKLY MAGAZINE Containing Stories of -Adventures on Land, Sea & in the Air] - - _Issued Weekly—By Subscription $2.50 per year. Application made for - Second-Class Entry at N. Y. Post-Office._ - No. 49. NEW YORK, OCTOBER 2, 1903. Price 5 Cents. - -[Illustration: FRANK READE, JR FIGHTING THE TERROR OF THE COAST. By -“NONAME.”] - - Over the schooner swept the Jove, and Frank got on the ladder with the - boy. Barney drove the machine over the water toward the shore. Many - bullets were shot at the inventor. They missed him, and he was carried - out of danger. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - FRANK READE - - WEEKLY MAGAZINE. - - CONTAINING STORIES OF ADVENTURES ON LAND, SEA AND IN THE AIR. - - _Issued Weekly—By Subscription $2.50 per year. Application made for - Second Class entry at the New York, N. Y., Post Office Entered, - according to Act of Congress in the year 1903, in the office of the - Librarian of Congress, Washington, D. C. by Frank Tousey, 24 Union - Square, New York._ - - No. 49. NEW YORK, OCTOBER 2, 1903. Price 5 Cents. - - - - - Frank Reade, Jr., Fighting the Terror of the Coast. - - - By “NONAME.” - - - - - CONTENTS - - - CHAPTER I. CHASING THE AIR-SHIP. - CHAPTER II. A DANGEROUS FALL. - CHAPTER III. OVERTURNED IN THE AIR. - CHAPTER IV. POMP’S ESCAPE. - CHAPTER V. THE TERROR OF THE COAST. - CHAPTER VI. SHOT BY A LAND BATTERY. - CHAPTER VII. STUCK IN THE MUD. - CHAPTER VIII. ATTACKING THE PIRATES’ LAIR. - CHAPTER IX. THE END OF ONE OF THE SHIPS. - CHAPTER X. THE PIRATES’ TREASURE. - CHAPTER XI. THE RESCUE. - CHAPTER XII. CONCLUSION. - - - - - CHAPTER I. - CHASING THE AIR-SHIP. - - -Toward the close of a cool, pleasant day in September, 18—, the -residents of the village of Readestown were startled by seeing a -horseman come dashing furiously into the town. - -He was a middle-aged man, with dark, swarthy features, piercing black -eyes, a black mustache and dark hair. His slender figure was clad in the -costume of a native Mexican, and he rode like an expert. - -The man bestrode a fine, swift bay mare, and as he went thundering -through the main street enveloped in a cloud of dust at the top of the -mare’s speed, he attracted considerable attention. - -The horse finally paused before a palatial mansion, out of the gate of -which a beautiful young woman was coming, and the Mexican politely -raised his sombrero and asked in good English: - -“Senora, can you direct me to the home of Frank Reade, Jr.?” - -“This house is his residence,” replied the lady, curiously eyeing the -man. - -“Ah! Thank you! Do you know if he is in?” - -“He has gone away.” - -“Gone!” gasped the man in startled tones. - -“Half an hour ago.” - -“Are you sure?” - -“Positive. I should know, as I am his wife.” - -“But he will return soon?” eagerly asked the man. - -“No; perhaps not for several weeks.” - -“Dios mio! How unfortunate for me! The train I came on from Boston broke -down a league from here, and in my haste to reach this place in season -to catch him ere he departed, I hired this horse and came in the -saddle.” - -“What a pity you arrived too late!” - -“Yes, indeed; for it is with me a matter of life or death.” - -“I am astonished.” - -“He has, of course, gone in his new flying machine?” - -“Exactly so, sir.” - -“When I landed from Mexico I read in the daily paper that he had -finished his marvelous invention, and intended to make a trial trip in -it this evening.” - -“Was your business important, sir?” - -“Very. So much so that I came all the way here from Mexico to see him in -relation to his new air-ship.” - -“I am very sorry you failed to get here in time.” - -“You have no idea of my own anxiety, senora.” - -“Perhaps I might direct you so you could find him.” - -“Do so, and I shall be very grateful indeed.” - -“Well, the machine ran against the wind, which blows from the southwest, -and made a successful ascension. The last I saw of it it was heading due -southwest of here. Just five miles away in that direction lies the town -of Foxhall, at which Frank intends to pause awhile to examine the -air-ship and see how it stood the initial test. By going there with all -speed, you might reach him before he sends the air-ship aloft again.” - -“Thank you a thousand times. I shall try the plan.” - -And doffing his hat to her again, he started his mare off in the -indicated direction at a furious gallop. - -Off sped the gallant beast, watched by the wife of the inventor of the -flying machine, and he soon reached the open prairie and urged his steed -along at a breakneck pace. - -The Frank Reade, Jr., in question was a famous inventor of steam, -electrical and mechanical inventions of various kinds. - -He had completed building the greatest air-ship he had ever conceived -of, and had added a crown to the glory of his great talent. - -The inventor was then a mere youth in years, and had as companions on -his pleasure trip two tried and trusted friends. - -One was a rollicking Irishman, with a good-natured, freckled face, a red -head, and a devil-may-care disposition, named Barney. - -The other was a short darky, with long arms and a comical face, who -answered to the name of Pomp. - -The Mexican knew all about the three, as the newspapers of the period -frequently referred to them in relation to the journeys they had made -together in former inventions which Frank had conceived. - -He rode along at a pace that was bound to kill his horse if he -maintained it too long, and kept his burning, eager glance fixed upon -the sky in expectation of seeing the strange invention. - -It was a long ride, and to the rider it seemed to occupy ages. - -“I shall—I must see him!” he muttered, desperately, as his mare sped -over the broad expanse of prairie. “If Frank Reade, Jr., will do as I -ask he shall be rewarded with a treasure which must surpass that of a -king. Oh, my poor little boy! He will certainly be sacrificed by the -Terror of the Coast if the inventor refuses to aid me in rescuing him!” - -Tears welled up into his eyes at the thought of the peril in which his -little son was placed. - -But in a sudden paroxysm of resolution he dashed them away and muttered -hoarsely: - -“No, no, no! I must not weakly give way to tears. It is a time for -action—not repining. On, my good horse, on, on, and do what you can to -carry me to my destination in time to make one effort to save my child’s -life.” - -Urging would not make the mare go faster, for she was then doing her -best, and fairly snorting from the violent exertion. - -Within half an hour the town of Foxhall appeared in view, and the -Mexican’s heart leaped with joy as the twinkling lights of the windows -met his glance in the distance. - -This feeling was rudely dashed, however, when, upon a nearer approach to -the settlement, he saw a huge object rise from the ground and soar up -into the sky ahead. - -It then sped away from the settlement, going in a southeasterly -direction, and the man gave a groan of anguish. - -“There is the flying machine now!” he gasped. - -Nor was he mistaken. - -The peculiar object was two enormous aluminum planes on a framework of -steel, held aloft by strong metal posts. - -At the forward part was a smaller plane, the deflections and inflections -of which changed the angle of movement of the machine. - -Two enormous propellers drove the air-ship ahead by whirling at a -tremendous speed, and the car was oblong forward, with a long ram, -wheels at each side for running over the ground, and a flat stern, at -which hung a rudder for use in water. - -Forward on deck stood a huge electric motor for operating the drive -wheels, and before it a powerful searchlight was fastened. - -The after deck was covered by a bullet-proof wire cage, and the pilot -occupied a small conning tower under the forward deck. - -It was very evident that the principle of operating the Jove, as the -ship was named, was by imitating a boy’s kite. - -Simply by driving the planes against the wind caused the air to lift the -machine into the sky, and once elevated, by keeping it constantly -moving, suspension was sustained. - -There was a man in the turret, and two men on deck. - -The Mexican could plainly distinguish their outlines, and a mad, baffled -feeling overwhelmed him. - -“Must I lose after all the exertion I put forth?” he groaned, hoarsely. -“No! By heavens, I’ll chase that machine till my steed falls dead -beneath me, and I’ll scream till my voice leaves me to attract their -attention.” - -He raced on wildly after the flying air-ship. - -He shouted, he waved his handkerchief, and he raved at his horse to go -faster. - -It was a wild and fearful ride, and it seemed to the unfortunate man as -if the Jove was fast leaving him behind as it glided through the dusky -sky. - -On, on, on raced the pursuer and pursued over the open country, and -several miles were thus covered. - -Finally the mare tripped and fell. - -The man’s heart sank as he leaped from her back to avoid being injured -under her body. - -“Merciful Heavens! This ends it!” he groaned, in despair, as he landed -upon his feet upon the ground. - -That fall killed the gallant mare. - -But the man paid no heed to her, for all his time and attention were -taken up staring at the Jove. - -Suddenly he started, bent forward eagerly, and a thrill of joy ran -through him as he saw the great air-ship go in a circle, drop lower into -another strata of air, and approach him. - -“They see me! They see me at last!” he gasped. - -Up to him swept the huge air navigator, until at last it was hovering -three hundred feet aloft, just above his head. - -“Hello, there!” came a hail from above. - -“Take me aboard!” screamed the Mexican. - -“Were you chasing us?” - -“Yes—for many miles.” - -“What do you want?” - -“It is a desperate case. I’ll explain——” - -“Come up here and explain yourself.” - -“Thank God!” fervently muttered the stranger. - -As this exclamation escaped his lips a long, light rope ladder came -flying down through the air. - -One end of it was fastened to the air-ship. - -The other end landed near the Mexican, and he rushed forward, seized it, -and began to climb up. - -It was a risky climb, for the ladder swayed with every movement he made -while ascending. - -He grimly kept on, though. - -In a few moments he reached the deck aft. - -Here the two men seized him and helped him up. - -At the same moment the air-ship turned and dashed up higher into the -atmosphere and resumed its journey south-westward. - -The extra weight of the Mexican seemed to make but slight difference in -the buoyancy of the machine. - -He now turned his attention upon the two occupants of the cage, one of -whom was Frank Reade, Jr. - - - - - CHAPTER II. - A DANGEROUS FALL. - - -For a few moments a deep silence ensued between the three, for they were -sizing each other up keenly. - -The Mexican observed that Frank was a fine-looking young man, with an -athletic figure, clad in a traveling costume. His handsome face showed a -good disposition and a high order of courage. - -Ramey was the person with him, and he held a violin, upon which he had -been playing a lively tune. - -Finally the Mexican spoke. - -“You are Frank Reade, Jr., I believe?” - -“I am,” admitted the inventor, “and you——” - -“Juan Zamora, the alcalde, or head man of the town of Santa Cruz, -Mexico, on the Gulf coast.” - -“I am pleased to know you, sir. What do you want of me?” - -“A week ago I read an account of this extraordinary air-ship, and I came -at once to Readestown to try to hire the machine.” - -“I regret to say I will not let it.” - -“Ah, but I will pay you a princely sum for one month’s use of the -machine. I am a rich man and can afford to. Besides the sum of fifty -thousand dollars, I will put a pirate’s treasure into your hands which -is worth millions of dollars.” - -“Your offer is extraordinary, Mr. Zamora.” - -“But it is actuated by a most potent cause.” - -“So I imagined. But explain your reason.” - -“I shall. On the coast of Mexico there is a pirates’ retreat. It is -ruled by an American outlaw called Captain Diavolo. His gang numbers -several hundred men—the scum of all nations. He owns a fleet of swift -ships that prey upon passing vessels. In these attacks he is always -successful—all hands are killed, and the captured vessels are plundered -and scuttled. Many a ship that never came back, but mysteriously -disappeared, merely fell a victim to the Terror of the Coast, as we call -this fiend.” - -“I have never heard of him,” said Frank. - -“No; for never has one of his victims escaped to tell of his crimes.” - -“What has all this to do with you?” - -“I am coming to that part presently. The Mexican Government did -everything possible to get rid of him, but all its efforts proved to be -of no avail. He successfully eluded them all. Perhaps his most -relentless enemy was myself. I did all I could to break up his infernal -crew, and aroused his wrath. He swore to avenge himself upon me; to -carry out his vengeance, he one night invaded Santa Cruz with every man -he could muster, and shot every one on sight. Having driven out the -inhabitants, he plundered and set fire to many of the dwellings. My -little five-year-old son, Leon, was carried away into captivity by the -wretches, with myself, and Captain Diavolo told me that he was going to -torture me to death. As for my child, they swore to educate him to -become one of the foulest ruffians on earth, so that if he were finally -captured, he would meet a violent doom.” - -“Horrible!” muttered Frank, with a shudder. - -“Imagine my feelings,” said Zamora. “However, let it suffice that after -a week of captivity among the pirates, I saw the great treasure they had -amassed and learned all the secrets of their retreat. Before the day of -my execution I escaped. After many hardships I returned to my native -town. It was while I was there that I learned of this flying machine, -and gained the idea that I might hire it to attack my enemies and rescue -my little child from their clutches.” - -“So that’s what you want the Jove for, eh?” - -“Exactly. I am in momentary fear that Captain Diavolo may take it into -his head to kill poor little Leon, and therefore am impatient to go to -his rescue as soon as possible.” - -“Can’t your Government aid you?” - -“Not in the least. I have already attempted to get relief from that -source, but failed. Only by utilizing some such contrivance as this can -I hope to succeed.” - -Frank was intensely interested in the man’s story, and when Zamora had -told him how he had gone to Readestown and then chased the machine, he -began to ponder deeply. - -An idea flashed into his mind, and he said to Barney: - -“I have faith in this unfortunate man’s story.” - -“Faix! I have that same,” replied the Irishman. - -“And I am going to help him.” - -“More power ter yer for doin’ so.” - -“We have no particular purpose in view. One has arisen. Suppose we go to -the Gulf Coast and wipe out this Terror? Would you like to undertake it, -Barney?” - -“Wud a dook swim?” grinned the Celt, for the prospect of lots of -fighting and excitement just suited his taste. - -Frank then shouted to Pomp, who stood steering in the conning tower: - -“Did you hear what was said, Pomp?” - -“’Deed I did, Marse Frank,” the coon replied. - -“What do you think of my plan?” - -“Sabe de pickaninny an’ wallop dem yere pirates, sah?” - -“That’s my idea.” - -“Gwine fo’ ter git a fo’tune fo’ doin’ dat?” - -“Senor Zamora says he will show us where the pirates’ treasure is if we -break up the gang, so we can take it away.” - -“Close de bargain, honey; close de bargain!” - -“Very well. Mr. Zamora, we will go with you to the pirates’ lair and -break up the gang and rescue your child. For this we do not want any of -your money. We will take our pay by levying on the pirates’ treasure.” - -“God bless you for your kindness, Mr. Reade.” - -“Say no more. We have the most dangerous kind of weapons aboard, and -need make no preparations. As you can see, this machine is a perfect -success. All we need do is to proceed to the Mexican Gulf and begin -operations as soon as possible.” - -“You have no guarantee that my story is true.” - -“Oh, we trust you readily enough, for should your account not be true, -we have nothing to lose.” - -“I thank you and bless you from the bottom of my heart!” said the -delighted man. - -“You can do that when I have accomplished something,” said Frank, with a -smile. “I shall, of course, expect you to do your share of the work in -managing this machine.” - -“Most decidedly,” assented the Mexican. - -“Then come inside, and I’ll show you how she works, in order to make you -familiar with the machine.” - -Leaving Barney on watch in the cage on deck, the young inventor went -through the door, descended several steps, and the Mexican followed and -found himself in the cabin. - -It was prettily furnished, and served as a dining-room. - -Forward of this room were two small apartments, one containing some -bunks, and the other served as a kitchen, the range being heated by -electricity. - -Still further forward was a large pilot-house, in which stood the darky -managing the Jove’s steering wheel. - -This wheel controlled the small plane forward. - -A compass binnacle was beside him, and on the other side there was a -table, on which were fastened several electric controllers, levers and -switches, cut-outs and plugs. - -By means of the latter the mechanism of the air-ship was controlled by -the pilot. - -At the stem of the Jove was a storeroom and a dynamo-room. - -The former compartment contained food, water, arms, ammunition, armor, -ropes, clothing, tools, and various other things. - -In the engine-room was a huge generator, which was worked by powerful -springs, its current running to the deck motor, to which the driving -screws were geared. - -The current also illuminated numerous incandescent lamps, and worked -several fan motors in each of the rooms. - -Frank explained everything to the Mexican. - -He then told Zamora to turn in, as he would have to go on watch at two -in the morning. - -While he was speaking, Frank heard a distant yell in Pomp’s voice, and -hastened up forward. - -“Stop dat, chile! Stop dat!” he heard Pomp howl wildly. - -“Be heavens!” chuckled Barney’s voice; “I’d be afther takin’ a batin’ -first. Biff, ye divil, take that now!” - -“Ouch! my eye!” yelled the coon. “Fo’ de Lor’ sakes, yo’ want to kill me -wif dat bean-shooter?” - -“Ha, ha, ha!” shouted the Irishman, gleefully. “It’s dook-shot I’m -peggin’ at ye now, but it’s nothin’ less nor a cannon ball wud make a -dent in that bullet-proof head you are wearin’.” - -Following this remark came a violent rattle of shot which flew from his -bean-shooter, some of which hit Pomp and made him swear like a trooper. - -The Irishman was on deck, and was shooting the pellets at the coon’s -head through the open windows of the tower. - -Poor Pomp had to grin and take it, too, for he dared not leave the -wheel, for fear of some accident happening to the Jove. - -It was hard to tell how much more he would have stood of this -bombardment had Frank not shouted: - -“Why don’t you shut the windows, you donkey?” - -“Lan’ sakes!” gasped Pomp, complying, “why didn’ I fink ob dat befo’? -Golly! what a fool niggah I is!” - -The Irishman and the coon were all the time playing practical jokes on -one another, and the moment Barney heard Frank’s voice, he looked -startled and bolted for the cage. - -But he did not reach it. - -Tripping over a chest, he fell to the deck. - -At the same moment a slant of wind caused the air-ship to suddenly keel -over, and Barney rolled over to the edge of the deck. - -He gave a wild yell of horror as he felt his body going over the oval -side, and nothing in reach to check his fall. - -It seemed as if the Irishman was doomed, and a sickening sensation -passed over him as he fell from the airship. - -The ground was at least one thousand feet below, and as he went plunging -down toward it, he realized that the moment he should strike there he -would instantly be killed. - - - - - CHAPTER III. - OVERTURNED IN THE AIR. - - -When Pomp closed the windows, he did not shut off the view of Barney, -but he paid no further heed to him. - -All his care and watchfulness were necessary to guide the Jove properly, -and he turned his glance ahead again. - -Frank had heard the Irishman’s frightened yell, though, and wondered -what had caused it. - -Never suspecting the tragic occurrence, he went up into the cage and -glanced around curiously. - -“Barney!” he exclaimed. - -No reply was returned. - -Nor did he see the Celt. - -He became alarmed at once over the man’s disappearance. - -“I say, Barney, where are you?” he continued. - -Still no answer was given. - -Frank rushed up on deck and glared around. - -A moment later he heard a groan coming from somewhere in the gloom, and -then a husky voice crying: - -“Fer ther love av Heaven, help me, Frank!” - -“Where are you?” demanded the perplexed inventor. - -“Hangin to a wheel on ther starboard soide, sor.” - -Bending over, Frank saw him. - -The Irishman was hanging below the flying machine, clinging to the after -wheel, which his hands had encountered when he made that awful plunge -earthward. - -“Good heavens!” gasped Frank; “how did you get there?” - -“Shure, I fell from the deck.” - -“Hold on and I’ll save you.” - -“Make haste, or it’s a dead man I am!” - -His strength was fast waning, and Frank realized it, but the young -inventor was puzzled how to act. - -The Irishman was in an awkward position to be reached, but Frank quickly -hit upon a plan whereby he might save his friend at a risk to himself. - -Rushing into the cage he got a small coil of rope. - -Hastily carrying it out on deck, he made one end fast to a cleat and -dropped the other end down. - -Seizing the rope, Frank slid down, and getting on a level with Barney, -he found that a distance of about ten feet separated him from his -friend. - -“Hurry!” groaned the Celt. “I can’t howld on much longer.” - -“I’ll have you in a moment.” - -“Begorra, yer can’t raich me from there.” - -“Oh, yes, I shall.” - -“How?” demanded Barney. - -“You’ll see. When I grab you, you let go your hold.” - -“It’s me loife will be in your hands.” - -“Oh, I realize that, and will look out for you.” - -As Frank spoke he wound one arm and leg around the rope to keep a firm -hold, and then began to swing the line. - -Back and forth he swayed, each moment drawing closer to his imperilled -companion. - -Finally he swung in arm’s reach of Barney and grabbed him by the arm, at -the same moment shouting: - -“Let go.” - -Having implicit confidence in the young inventor, the Celt obeyed, and -they swung back. - -There they swayed like a huge clock pendulum in mid air, Frank holding -the Irishman by the arm with one hand. - -Back and forth they tossed for several moments, the violent action of -the line diminishing momentarily. - -Finally it had almost paused. - -“Are you rested?” panted Frank. - -“Yis, a troifle.” - -“And I’m rapidly exhausting.” - -“How are we ter git out av this?” - -“Can’t you hang on to the rope a little?” - -“I can that. Give me a grip.” - -He managed to get hold of the line. - -The line was grating upon the edge of the deck above, and straining and -creaking dangerously under the combined weight of the two. - -For a few seconds they clung to the line, and Frank cast an anxious -glance upward at it, and muttered: - -“I hope it won’t break.” - -“Faith, we’ll both go down if it do!” - -“Hey, Pomp!” shouted the inventor. - -“Yes, sah,” replied the coon, from the pilot-house. - -“Come out here—quick—we’re in danger!” - -“Lawd amassy! I dassent leabe de wheel!” - -“Fasten it.” - -The coon obeyed reluctantly, for as soon as his hands left the spokes, -the soaring machine began to get unsteady. - -It would glide ahead smoothly awhile, then would suddenly plunge to one -side or the other, or move up or down. - -Out came the darky. - -As soon as he saw the peril his comrades were in, though, he forgot all -about the Jove, and roared: - -“Kain’t yo’ git up, sah?” - -“Not very well without help,” Frank replied. - -“Whut yo’ want me to do, honey?” - -“Send down a noosed line.” - -Pomp complied with the greatest alacrity. - -While Frank held Barney, the Irishman put the noose around his body, and -Pomp fastened the end of the line. - -In a remarkably short space of time the Celt was left hanging there and -Frank ascended to the deck. - -As soon as he regained his breath, and recovered from his exhaustion, he -and Pomp hauled Barney up. - -It was some time afterward before they had entirely recovered from the -effects of their violent exertion, and discussed all the details of the -matter. - -As no one was injured, and Barney needed a good rest, he finally turned -in and fell asleep. - -Frank then relieved his sable friend of the wheel. - -“We will assume the first watch,” he suggested. - -“To be sho’,” assented Pomp. “Am yo’ satisfied wif her, Massa Frank?” - -“Yes; the machine is certainly the greatest invention I have ever turned -out. And she’s the simplest kind of an air-ship to work. It is only -necessary to elevate the angle of the propeller plane, drive her faster, -and ascend to any height. To go down, the impinging edge of the forward -plane is simply depressed, and she descends. To remain at a fixed -altitude we have only to keep the rudder perfectly horizontal.” - -“No gas bags to bust wif dis high flyer.” - -“And as long as our mechanism operates she’ll go ahead.” - -“But s’posin’ de propellers done stop?” - -“She would fall gently, as her planes would act on the wind like -parachutes,” replied Frank, promptly. - -“Dat make her safer yet, don’ it, chile?” - -“Of course,” Frank assented, with a nod. - -“Yo’ gwine straight to de Gulf of Mexico?” - -“I am. In two or three days we’ll reach it, too.” - -“Dat am if nuffin’ happen, sah.” - -Frank nodded and smiled, and examined the electric motors to see that -the current did not vary. - -The dynamo was working under full load of five hundred volts, with an -output of thirty kilowatts at the terminals, and as the gloom of night -had fallen, Frank turned one of the switches. - -It sent the electric current into the searchlight, and a brilliant flood -of fifty thousand candle power light gushed out. - -A funnel-shaped streak of white light was projected a mile ahead by the -powerful lens, and the barometer showed the inventor that they had gone -up to a height of nine hundred and sixty rods, or three miles. - -People on the earth imagined the searchlight was a comet with an -extremely long tail, when the clouds did not conceal its flight across -the firmament. - -Although the wind was dead ahead, and the strata they were in blew at -the velocity of fifty miles an hour, the Jove was forging into it at the -rate of forty miles an hour. - -Frank depressed the rudder, and the machine slowly drifted downward, as -she was then in an extremely cold region. - -At two o’clock Zamora and Barney relieved the inventor and the coon, who -thereupon turned in. - -The airship traveled stiffly, steadily and well for two days, traversing -the continent in a southerly direction and passing the most diversified -scenery. - -When night fell upon the scene again the sky had a dark, ominous -appearance. - -Indeed, Frank realized that as they were in the tropical cyclone region -he had cause to fear a heavy storm, and for that reason he refused to -retire. - -Barney remained up with him that night. - -Toward midnight the airship stood at an altitude of 5,280 feet in the -air, when a jet-black cloud was encountered. - -She was rushing toward it, and the cloud ran at her. - -In a moment she was shot into the middle of it. - -Her entrance into the cloud seemed to agitate it. - -At first the motion was easy, but gradually it intensified, and began to -shake and toss the Jove. - -Then it began to whirl. - -Soon this motion grew furious. - -The airship was checked in its flight, and spun around with the gyrating -cloud at an appalling speed. - -“A cyclone!” gasped Frank, in alarm. - -“Look out!” yelled Barney. “We’re upsettin’!” - -The Jove was suddenly hurled high up into the air like a mere wisp of -straw in the terrible blast. - -It was then dashed downward by a reacting gust, and as it fell, it swung -over upon its side and suddenly capsized. - -A scene of terrible confusion followed. - - - - - CHAPTER IV. - POMP’S ESCAPE. - - -Most everything aboard the airship was stationary; but there were, of -course, many loose articles, and they were sent flying in all directions -when the machine capsized. - -Frank was holding the wheel, and thus saved himself from being knocked -about, but the Irishman was sent flying. - -He was slammed against the wall, then he was rolled over and over until -finally he laid on the ceiling. - -A second plunge of the machine bounced him across the room, and he -seized a post and clung to it. - -Pomp and Zamora fared equally as hard, and every one of them suffered a -tremendous thumping from the flying articles that pelted them all over. - -“Look out you don’t go through a window!” shouted Frank. - -“Be heavens, it’s black an’ blue I am, entoirely!” Barney groaned. - -“We are falling earthward now!” - -“Howly St. Pathrick! Sthop her!” - -“I can’t.” - -“Then we’re kilt!” - -Down plunged the machine swiftly. - -Its movement sent a sickening sensation through them. - -A deafening thunder clap roared out close by, and at the same instant -there came a flash of blinding lightning. - -The shock and glare were awful. - -It seemed to Frank that the airship had been struck by the bolt. - -At any rate the wind got under the planes a moment after she capsized, -and the speed of her descent brought an awful pressure to bear upon -them. - -The result was that the planes were forced up, and as the car was -heaviest, it rapidly went down. - -In a moment more the Jove had righted herself, and the speed of her -descent rapidly diminished. - -A cry of joy escaped her crew. - -“Safe!” exclaimed Frank. - -“Begob, I kin hardly belave me eyes!” replied Barney. - -In rushed the darky and the Mexican excitedly, and the latter asked: - -“Has the machine broken?” - -“Oh, no,” replied Frank. “We are quite safe now.” - -“’Spec she done stood on her head,” said Pomp. - -“Yes, she capsized, but righted herself.” - -“Hadn’t yer betther start thim propellers?” Barney asked. - -“Ain’t they revolving?” queried the inventor, in surprise. - -“Divil a bit.” - -“Queer. I left the current on.” - -“Ef de Jove was gwine ahead, honey,” said Pomp, “I reckon she wouldn’t -fall dis way, would she?” - -“No. Something must have happened to the machinery. I will examine it -and find out.” - -As the inventor spoke he set to work. - -The Jove was descending in huge circles, and the two great propellers -hung perfectly motionless. - -Every few moments a violent gust of wind struck the machine, and spun it -around like a top or dashed her ahead, up, down, or sidewise. - -The lightning kept blazing, and claps of the heaviest thunder rolled and -crashed incessantly. - -Still they kept falling, and as the planes acted as parachutes their -descent was necessarily very gradual. - -Finding nothing wrong inside, Frank passed out on deck just as the -machine dropped from the storm cloud into a perfect deluge of rain. - -Although the inventor was drenched in a minute, he paid no heed to this -inconvenience, but examined the motor. - -Here he found the cause of the trouble. - -The lightning had hit the field magnet, glanced off, and tore the -insulation from the wire winding. - -It thus was caused to leak, and as no magnetic influence was imparted, -the Jove’s propellers failed to operate. - -Frank could not repair the damage then. - -“Yo’ fine de trouble, Marse Frank?” cried Pomp, joining him. - -“Yes; the magnet was injured by the lightning.” - -“Golly! Kain’t yo’ fix it?” - -“Not now. We’ll land in a minute.” - -“Whar am we, chile?” - -“Blest if I know. Over Mexico somewhere.” - -“Dat yere gulf kain’t be far off.” - -“I quite agree with you.” - -The searchlight was now deflected by Barney, and it showed Frank the -ground below. - -A number of tall, slender cocoa palms were scattered here and there, and -among them grew numberless huge cactus plants. - -“There’s danger of hitting a tree, Barney!” cried Frank. - -“Faith, it’s little I kin do wid ther ruddher,” the Celt replied. - -“Try to keep her off them.” - -“Shure, I have me oye on thim.” - -Frank watched the ship’s descent keenly. - -She was going at a gradual angle for the earth, and soon arrived within -fifty feet of the ground. - -As she swept ahead, two huge palms loomed up directly in her path. - -Barney made a desperate effort to avoid them. - -“Look out!” he yelled. - -“Can’t you turn her?” asked Frank, anxiously. - -“Not an inch.” - -“Then we’ll strike.” - -“Bedad, I——” - -Crash! - -Barney’s remark was interrupted. - -The Jove had gone in violent contact with the trees, and the shock -knocked Pomp down. - -Frank was more fortunate, as he clung to the rail, and the coon fell -from the deck. - -“Murder!” he howled. - -“Thunder!” gasped Frank, in alarm. - -He expected to find the darky a mangled corpse. - -There was no time to see where Pomp landed, for the Jove glided -backward, and then darted ahead again. - -She missed the trees, and quickly struck the ground, with several of her -stays broken by the collision. - -As she landed at an angle upon her wheels she merely received a gentle -shock, and skated ahead over the ground for a distance of several -hundred feet. - -Then she paused. - -Out rushed Barney and Zamora. - -“Do she be hurted?” asked the Celt. - -“Not as badly as I expected,” Frank answered. - -“I feared the worst, senor,” said the Mexican. - -“Oh, she is strongly built.” - -“Where’s the naygur?” - -“The shock knocked him from the deck.” - -“Bad cess to ther spalpeen, why did he fall at all?” - -“Couldn’t help himself, I presume.” - -“It’s ther undhertaker he’ll be needin’ now.” - -“I fear he’s badly hurt. Come and see.” - -They alighted and ran back, looking for the coon. - -It was so dark, however, that they could not see except when the -lightning flashed. - -Although they keenly looked about whenever they had the chance, and -reached the palms they had struck, they saw nothing of Pomp. - -“Shure, he must have garn clane troo ther ground,” said Barney. - -“It’s queer where he could have disappeared.” - -“Hey, naygur!” yelled Barney. - -As he ceased speaking a green cocoanut flew through the air, banged -against his head, almost knocking him down, and the nut burst and -drenched him with the milk it contained. - -“Worra! Worra!” yelled Barney. “It’s a mane thrick fer ther loikes av -you to play on me, Frank.” - -“I didn’t play any trick on you, Barney,” replied the inventor, in -surprise. - -“D’yer mane ter say yer didn’t soak me wid a cobble sthone?” - -“I most certainly did not.” - -“Feel av me head; it’s broken intoirely, an’——” - -Biff! came another nut just then. - -It caught Barney in the breadbasket, made him grunt, and he doubled up -and fell to the ground. - -As he did so the lightning flashed, and he saw the grinning face of Pomp -in the top of the tree. - -“It’s that ebony gorilla!” he howled, and he sprang to his feet, spit on -his hands, danced up and down, and waving his fists, he yelled: - -“Come down out av that, ye pug-nosed bandit, till I take a lung out av -yer!” - -“Ain’t gwine ter come down till yer g’way,” replied Pomp. - -“Be heavens, I’ll chop down ther tree, then!” - -“Shut up, Barney,” cried Frank. “I say, Pomp.” - -“Yassah.” - -“How did you get up there?” - -“Done falled here off de boat.” - -“I see. That tree top must have been under her at the time.” - -“Spec so, honey.” - -“Come down. Are you hurt any?” - -“Lordy, no. Amn’t eben scratched. Take away dat I’ish setter, an I come -down dar.” - -Frank sent Barney away, and the coon reached the earth glad enough over -his providential escape. - -Barney was so glad to see his friend safe that he did not molest him -when they returned to the Jove. - -Despite the storm, the four got at the broken and damaged parts of the -airship and repaired them. - -Then they set a watch for the night, and turned in with the intention of -departing at daybreak. - - - - - CHAPTER V. - THE TERROR OF THE COAST. - - -“Great heavens! What is the meaning of this?” - -Frank gave utterance to this startled exclamation just as the light of -the rising sun streamed into the room where he had been peacefully -sleeping. - -A violent shake had aroused him. - -Glancing up he observed half a dozen strange men in the cabin, and a -keen scrutiny showed him that they were a gang of ruffians of the vilest -stamp. - -They were of different nationalities, were clad in rough garments, their -faces were darkened by the sun, and every one of them carried weapons in -their belts. - -Frank sat bolt upright. - -As he did so, the biggest man in the party pulled a huge navy revolver -from his belt, pointed it squarely at the inventor’s head, and cried in -the Mexican language: - -“Stop, or I’ll fire!” - -Frank was a good linguist and understood him. - -The action confirmed his suspicions of these individuals who had entered -while all were sleeping. - -In nowise frightened by the Mexican’s action or remark, the young -inventor coolly replied in Spanish: - -“What do you want?” - -“First, I want to know what this contrivance is?” - -“A flying machine,” answered Frank. - -An incredulous roar of laughter greeted this explanation, all the -strangers joining in. - -Finally the big man subdued his mirth, and chuckled: - -“A flying machine, eh?” - -“Exactly,” was Frank’s emphatic reply. - -“Do you mean to say it can fly?” - -“Yes; of course; how else could we get it here?” - -“I’ll make you prove your assertion presently.” - -“Oh, I can easily do that,” said Frank. “What next?” - -“Have you any valuables aboard here?” - -“That depends upon what you consider valuable.” - -“Money or jewelry.” - -“We have a few hundred dollars,” admitted Frank, quickly, as he observed -his companions now awake. - -“Oh, you have, eh? Where are they?” - -“Why do you wish to know?” - -“What an innocent you are, to be sure. Why, I want them.” - -“You are thieves, then?” - -“Never mind our characters. Shell out!” - -“May I ask your names first?” - -“I don’t mind telling you. Very likely you have heard of me before, as -I’m well known. I am Captain Diavolo!” - -If he expected to create a sensation with this announcement he was not -mistaken. - -Frank did not expect to meet the person he was in quest of so soon, or -under these circumstances. - -He did not betray any agitation, however. - -“So,” he remarked, “you are the Terror of the Coast, eh?” - -“Yes; and now you know enough not to trifle with me.” - -“Are you not the man who abducted little Leon Zamora?” - -“Of course I am; and I’ve got the young whelp yet.” - -“I presume the child is safe and well?” - -“And I’m sorry to say he is!” growled the pirate, with a dark scowl. “I -owe his accursed father a debt of vengeance, and I’ll take satisfaction -out of the brat!” - -Frank glanced at Zamora. - -He had drawn Captain Diavolo out in order to let the anxious father hear -that his son was safe. - -The information must have filled Zamora with intense relief, and Frank -quietly asked the pirate: - -“Where is the little boy?” - -“That’s none of your confounded business,” roared the pirate. “I did not -come here to hold a confidential talk with you; we merely want your -valuables.” - -“Will you then depart?” - -“Perhaps—with this machine.” - -“What do you mean by that?” - -“I’ll see if it works. If it should prove useful I’ll take it to use for -my own purposes.” - -“Ah, I see. Where did you come from?” - -“The coast, of course.” - -“Is it near here?” - -“Less than a league.” - -“Now tell me——” - -“Shut up, I tell you! Give me your money!” - -“I’ll have to get up to do that.” - -“Very well; rise. But if you offer to play any tricks on me I’ll let -daylight through your head!” - -Frank nodded and smiled. - -Leisurely rising, he put on his clothes. - -The men with Captain Diavolo could not help admiring his coolness and -courage in the face of the present danger. - -As soon as Frank was ready he said: - -“Come this way.” - -“You fellows remain here,” exclaimed the captain in English to his men. -“If any of those men in the berths attempt to get up, fire at them. Do -you hear?” - -“Ay, ay!” replied the sailors. - -Frank had gone ahead into the pilot-house, and rapidly unfastening an -electric wire from a binding-post, he hooked it upon the brass handle of -a drawer in the wainscoting. - -This drawer was locked. - -Just as he finished the captain stalked in. - -He still clutched his pistol in his hand, and glaring at Frank, he -growled in curious tones: - -“Why have you brought me in here?” - -“To give you our valuables.” - -“Well, where are they?” - -“In that drawer.” - -“Take them out.” - -“Get them yourself if you want them.” - -“Remember my threat! If you move, I’ll fire.” - -“Oh, I can’t get away. I’m cornered.” - -A sardonic grin overspread the dark, bearded face of the rascal, and -laying his pistol on the floor within easy reach as he knelt before the -drawer, he seized the handle. - -Then he gave a pull. - -But the drawer refused to open. - -“It’s locked!” he exclaimed. - -“Oh, no,” replied Frank. “It sticks. Use both hands.” - -The thief complied and gave a long, strong pull. - -At the same moment Frank turned a switch, which sent a powerful electric -current into the metal handle of the drawer, through the wire he had -hooked on there. - -The muscles of Captain Diavolo tightened spasmodically upon the handles -so that he could not release them. - -“Santa Maria!” he screamed, in hoarse tones of surprise, as he glared at -his hands and wondered why he could not relax his grip. “I’m full of -needles!” - -“You don’t say!” laughed Frank, picking up his revolver and cocking it. -“How strange!” - -“By the fiend! I can’t let go!” - -“So much the worse for you. That fact places you at my mercy!” said -Frank, grimly. - -“Oh, don’t shoot me. I haven’t done you any harm.” - -“I will fire if you don’t stop struggling.” - -As Frank said this, he started the big propellers. - -With a loud, whirring sound they whirled around, and drove the airship -ahead over the ground on her wheels. - -The men in the back room became alarmed, and one of them rushed out the -back door to see why the Jove was speeding along over the ground. - -The machine gathered headway rapidly, and soon was speeding at the rate -of forty miles an hour. - -The wind got under her planes and up in the air she rose like a mighty -bird, and shot ahead. - -All the men now became terrified. - -Rushing aft they reached the deck, and as the Jove was ascending, they -sprang to the ground one after another, and rolled over and over. - -Captain Diavolo was left to his fate, yelling like a demon to be -relieved of the awful electric current, for he did not know what it was. - -Higher and higher mounted the airship upon the wind, and all Frank’s -companions hastily got up, dressed and saw what had happened to the -invaders. - -Then they rushed into the pilot-room. - -Just as they entered Captain Diavolo gave a strong pull at the handle of -the drawer, and tore it off. - -As the electric wire became detached the current ceased, and the burly -rascal dropped the handle. - -Turning round, he came face to face with Zamora! - -For an instant they stood glaring fiercely at each other, the outlaw too -surprised to utter a single word. - -“What have you done with my child?” cried the Mexican. - -“You—here?” gasped the captain, chokingly. - -“Answer my question, you beast, or I’ll strangle you!” - -“You’ll never know!” hissed the pirate, vindictively. - -“I’ll tear the secret from you!” shouted Zamora, excitedly, and he -sprang at his enemy. - -They grappled. - -Zamora had the pirate by the throat. - -For a few moments a fierce struggle went on. - -Then they fell heavily to the floor, where the fight was resumed with -the most bitter animosity. - - - - - CHAPTER VI. - SHOT BY A LAND BATTERY. - - -In the midst of Zamora’s excitement, he evidently designed to kill -Captain Diavolo, for he had his hand on the pirate’s windpipe and choked -him until he was blue in the face. - -“Tell me where Leon is,” the Mexican kept panting, furiously. “Tell me -what you have done with my child!” - -“Let go!” hoarsely gasped the pirate. “I’ll tell nothing.” - -“Separate them, boys,” said Frank to his friends. - -Barney and Pomp carried out this order with great difficulty, as the two -fighters resented their interference. - -They finally dragged Zamora away, however, and Barney exclaimed, in -wrathy tones: - -“Kape sthill, ye dago! D’yer want to chate ther hangman out av a -beautiful job?” - -“Let me get at him!” panted Zamora, furiously. - -“Whoa!” roared Pomp. “Mild up dar, Bolivar! Don’ want no funerals heah. -Sit down dar, or we’ll make yo’!” - -And they pinned him into a chair. - -Frank in the meantime had cut the current out of the live wire for fear -of its setting fire to the carpet, and then he leveled the big pistol at -the captain, and said, sternly: - -“Hands up, sir!” - -“I obey,” said Diavolo, complying quickly. - -“Drop down on your knees.” - -“Yes, sir; but do not fire.” - -And down he went on his marrow bones, with his hands raised above his -head, and the early morning sunlight streaming through the pilot-room -windows upon his pale, haggard face. - -The Jove was still mounting higher in the air, and the five men who had -been with the captain and jumped overboard had now vanished from view in -a dense thicket. - -Three miles away to the southward lay the sparkling waters of the -Mexican Gulf. - -“Barney, bind this man,” said Frank, “and then we may learn where he has -his ships and stronghold, and the little boy prisoner.” - -“What do you intend to do with me?” asked the prisoner, uneasily. - -“You will see when the proper time comes,” Frank replied. - -Barney quickly had him secured. - -There was a sullen look upon his face as he sat on the floor glaring up -at his captors, and he exclaimed: - -“If you imagine you can induce me to tell you any of my secrets, you -will find yourself wofully mistaken.” - -“On the contrary,” replied Frank, with a smile of confidence, “you will -impart to me all the information I desire.” - -“Death itself has no terrors for me——” - -“But living torture may.” - -Diavolo turned pale. - -This was just what he feared. - -Frank observed his evident alarm. - -“I see I’ve touched your weak point,” he remarked. - -The captain made no reply, but a sullen look settled upon his hang-dog -face, and he gnashed his teeth. - -“Shall I bate ther head av him?” asked Barney, cheerfully. - -“No,” replied Frank; “but you can fasten the end of that copper wire -around his neck.” - -A veritable howl escaped the pirate when Barney carried out Frank’s -instructions, for he had had a sample of the wire, and knew what to -expect. - -“For pity’s sake, don’t let me suffer that again,” he begged. - -“As long as you answer my questions,” said Frank, “I will do you no -harm; refuse, and you will get a shock fully ten times stronger than the -first one.” - -“Speak! What shall I tell you?” - -“First, where are we to find Leon Zamora?” - -“At my retreat,” was the reluctant reply. - -“In what part of it?” - -“My castle cellar.” - -“How many men have you?” - -“One hundred and fifty.” - -“Ships, and what kind?” - -“Two schooners and a steamer.” - -“All manned and armed?” - -“Yes. Each has a crew of thirty or forty men, and carries guns.” - -“Where are these vessels?” - -“Two are cruising and one is at my stronghold.” - -“Tell me where your retreat is.” - -“A few miles from Santa Anna.” - -“Many men there?” - -“Over fifty, and the wives of all hands.” - -Frank questioned him further, and learned a great many points about the -pirates. - -He realized several times that the captain lied and evaded his -questions, but, upon the whole, he had learned nearly all he wanted to -know. - -In conclusion he asked the captain: - -“How did you and your men happen to find this machine?” - -“We were passing here by chance on our way to our settlement, when we -caught view of her, and came aboard.” - -“I see,” muttered Frank, nodding. - -“Where are my men—prisoners?” - -“No; they jumped overboard and escaped.” - -“I’m glad of that.” - -“No doubt.” - -Frank then ordered his two chums to lock the man up in one of the rooms, -and as they led him from the pilot-house, the Mexican said to the young -inventor: - -“With that scoundrel as a hostage, we will be sure to recover my child -in exchange for him.” - -“Just what I figured on,” responded Frank. - -“I can pilot you to his stronghold now if you like.” - -“Post me on the course, by all means,” replied Frank, eagerly; “for I -wish to go there to-morrow.” - -“Very well.” - -They finally turned in and passed a peaceful night, and on the following -day Zamora posted himself at the window and gazed out. - -After a brief survey of the landscape below, he cried: - -“Steer to the eastward, Mr. Reade.” - -Frank changed the angle of the steering plane, and the airship turned to -port, and sped along on a beam wind. - -Below them laid the coast, and the storm was gone. - -Not a sail was in view on the Gulf, but some leagues away the village of -Santa Anna was to be seen. - -There were some reefs and keys lying off the shore, on which the sea was -breaking, and a few sea gulls skimmed through the sky beneath the Jove. - -Every few minutes schools of flying fish rose from the water, fluttered -their gauzy, gleaming wings, shot across a distance of a few yards, and -plunged into the water again. - -Here and there a few sparse palms sent their gaunt forms towering -skyward from the midst of arid open places, dense jungles and huge -swamps. - -Finally Zamora pointed ahead and said: - -“There is the pirates’ stronghold.” - -“Let me see,” said Frank, curiously. - -As he looked down he observed a large land-locked lagoon which was fed -by a long creek from the Gulf. - -Along the creek on both sides were several forts with powerful guns -mounted behind stout walls of masonry. - -It would be impossible for a ship hostile to the pirates to traverse the -creek without being destroyed before it could reach the lagoon. - -Moreover, the creek was so shallow that only vessels of light draught -could pass up or down; hence war ships of almost any type could not -float there. - -High hills and rocks surrounded the lagoon, so that it was concealed -from the view of any one on land or sea, and vigilant sentinels were to -be seen keeping a close guard. - -The village of the pirates consisted of a cluster of stone houses -planted around the head waters of the lagoon. - -In their midst rose a more imposing edifice, which was evidently used by -Diavolo, and dubbed his castle. - -There were numerous men, women and children thronging the narrow streets -of the village, gazing up at the airship and betraying the most intense -excitement. - -As soon as Zamora saw the castle, he said: - -“There’s the place where my child is confined.” - -“I’m going down and try to get him,” Frank replied. - -“Now?” asked the Mexican, in surprise and delight. - -“Yes, now; tell the boys to arm themselves.” - -Zamora hastened out and Frank stopped the propellers, whereupon the Jove -began to settle down. - -As she was going down, Frank caught view of several men at a swivel gun -in one of the forts. - -They were aiming the piece at the airship. - -Frank rapidly made up his mind to drop a hand grenade down upon the gun -to destroy it. - -Before he could carry out this plan, however, there came a sudden report -from the weapon. - -A shot flew screaming up at the flying machine. - -Frank saw it coming. - -He made a rapid effort to avoid it. - -But he failed to do so. - -Straight at the Jove flew the shot. - -It struck the planes and passed through them. - -Two large holes were made in them through which the air rushed rapidly. - -A cry of dismay escaped the inventor. - -“They’ve crippled us!” he groaned. - -In a few moments the Jove landed in the water of the lagoon with a -violent splash, and the pirates gave a yell, and rushing to their -rowboats, embarked, and pulled out to her. - - - - - CHAPTER VII. - STUCK IN THE MUD. - - -The Jove was as buoyant as a cork, and readily floated upon the water -when she recovered from her first plunge in the brine. - -Frank had built her for such an emergency as this, and knew she could -not stay under water. - -But the planes were injured by the shot, and she could not be driven -aloft until they were repaired. - -In the meantime our friends were exposed to great danger, for all the -pirates who had been in the settlement had embarked in a fleet of -rowboats and were approaching. - -“They are armed to the teeth, and evidently mean to attack us now,” said -Frank, as his companions ran in. - -“Bedad, it’s a warm reception they’ll be afther gettin’,” the Irishman -replied, with a grin. - -“What a pity the Jove met with this misfortune,” said Zamora, -disappointedly. “I was expecting to rescue my boy and now we cannot do -so, but must spend our time fighting these villains. It is a shame!” - -“Gosh!” said Pomp; “dey am bery nigh us now, Marse Frank, an’ dis chile -s’pecs we done bettah git ready fo’ ’em.” - -The inventor nodded. - -He closed the metal shutters over the windows by pulling a lever, and -geared the steering wheel to the stern rudder. - -Then he started the big propellers fanning the air, and they drove the -boat through the water at a moderate rate. - -“It’s as good as a sthameboat she bes,” said Barney. - -“Yes. The propellers move her fairly well.” - -“By jingo! dey cotch us, dough, wif dem yere rowboats.” - -“I expect they will, Pomp.” - -Just then one of the pirates yelled in Spanish: - -“Surrender!” - -“Never!” replied Frank. - -“Do you want us to fire at you?” - -“That’s immaterial to me.” - -The inventor’s cool indifference angered the man, and he turned to his -companions and gave them an order. - -A volley of pistol and rifle shots followed. - -They played a tattoo upon the airship, but she was proof against such -weapons, and the bullets did no harm. - -“Fools!” said Frank, contemptuously; “they might just as well fling -pebbles against a brick wall.” - -“G’way from dar now!” roared Pomp, as he dashed out on deck, with the -Mexican and Irishman. “G’way, I tele yo’, chilen! D’yo’ want us to plug -yo’ full ob lead, huh?” - -By way of reply came a second volley. - -The bullets merely flattened against the netting or glanced off, for -they had not force enough to penetrate. - -Protruding the muzzles of their repeating air rifles through the -loopholes in the cage, the three now opened fire upon the men in the -rowboats. - -Many a cry of agony told that the persons aimed at had been hit by the -bullets. - -It surprised the natives to find that they could not reach our friends, -and it alarmed them to discover that they were getting the worst of the -battle. - -Accordingly they rapidly retreated. - -Thirty shots had been fired at them, and not a sound save a puff of wind -came from the rifles, but the bullets were patterned after torpedoes and -burst upon contact. - -Fearful execution followed as the flying fragments of the exploded -bullets scattered and hit the various ones. - -Although only thirty shots had been fired, as was said, at least fifty -men were wounded. - -“Dey am gwine,” said Pomp. - -“Frightened, I’ll bet,” Barney added. - -“Chase them, Mr. Reade,” shouted the Mexican. - -“No; let them go,” Frank replied from the dome. “We must try to get out -of the water and repair the planes.” - -“Yes; but the moment we get up in the air they will fire at the Jove and -drop her again.” - -“Not if we keep high out of gun range in future,” Frank answered, he -sent the machine shoreward. - -He was heading his invention to land at a point distant from where the -gang were. - -But just as she arrived within fifty feet of the shore, there came a -grating sound under her keel, and then a heavy shock which ran through -her, and almost felled the crew where they stood. - -The Jove paused. - -She had run into a mud flat. - -It had been hidden under the water. - -There she stuck, as if held by a vise. - -“Confound it!” cried Frank, in tones of vexation, when he saw what -happened. “We are in a trap.” - -“Put full power into the propellers,” suggested Zamora. - -Frank tried the plan. - -It proved useless, however. - -He finally cut out the electric current. - -“It’s of no use!” he exclaimed, in an exasperated tone. - -A yell of joy escaped their enemies just then, for they seemed to -realize what had happened. - -“Howl, ye divils!” roared Barney, shaking his fist at them angrily, -“but, be me sowl! it’s a dose of hot lead I’ll pump inter yez, if I have -me own way about it!” - -“Whut yer gwine ter do?” shouted Pomp. - -“All I can think of is to wait for the rising tide to lift us,” replied -Frank, after a moment’s thought. - -This plan did not suit the rest. - -It meant a long delay. - -Before they liberated the Jove there was a strong chance of the pirate -gang getting the best of them. - -Still they had to endure what followed. - -Within a short time Frank saw a number of the gang appear upon the roof -of the castle. - -Through an opening he observed that they were hauling a gun into -position to train it upon the Jove. - -“See there, boys. Look up at the castle!” he exclaimed. - -“Holy floy!” roared Barney. “It’s a target they’ll make av us! D’yez -moind ther ould pop-gun av thim?” - -“Two shots from that piece may destroy us,” said the Mexican, in serious -tones. - -“Dunno!” replied Pomp, seriously. “’Spec not.” - -“You forget our Gatling,” interposed Frank. - -Barney gave a cheer. - -He rushed inside the next moment. - -“Pomp, ye rapscallion! come wid me!” he cried. - -“Gwine to fotch de gun out, honey?” - -“I am that.” - -They both vanished. - -When they were seen again they were hauling out a rapid fire gun -operated by electricity. - -It was one of Frank’s best inventions. - -The weapon was capable of firing 1,000 shots a minute, and as the -bullets hurled from the piece were steel explosive shells, it may be -inferred what a dangerous piece of mechanism the gun was when in -operation. - -As soon as it was on deck Frank loaded it by adjusting a coil of -cartridges on a reel at the breech fastened to a long ribbon. - -Arranging the cold water reservoir for keeping it cool, and attaching -two electric wires, the inventor was ready. - -The turn of a wheel brought the muzzle to the desired elevation, and in -a moment Frank touched a small lever. - -That put the piece in operation. - -The reports that followed were blended so closely together that they -sounded like the ripping of a piece of silk. - -And the flying shots fairly whistled. - -As that appalling hail of bullets began to fly up at the gunners upon -the roof, several fell. - -The rest ran for their lives, and the weapon they had been preparing was -almost destroyed. - -One round was enough. - -Frank smiled, and remarked: - -“We are rid of them now.” - -“Then we are safe?” ventured Zamora. - -“Temporarily,” answered the inventor. - -A quarter of an hour passed slowly by. - -At the end of that time the distant booming of a gun was heard coming -from the direction of the forts. - -A shell flew through the air and landed in the lagoon, not far from -where the Jove lay. - -Frank gave a start. - -A troubled look crossed his face. - -“That’s bad!” he muttered. - -“Whar dat shot cum from?” asked Pomp, uneasily. - -“One of the forts.” - -“Faith! it’s bombarded we are, thin?” asked Barney. - -“I fear so.” - -All could share his alarm. - -They realized their jeopardy only too well. - -Fast where she floated, the airship was almost at the mercy of her -enemy’s guns, and it made them feel uneasy. - -“To see us is impossible from the forts,” said Frank, “but a stray shot -may fly this way and hit us.” - -“Can’t we reply?” asked Zamora. - -“No. Our gun is not a mortar, and in this case is almost useless,” -replied the young inventor, sadly. - -“Fo’ de lawd! must we stay heah, an’ take all dey sen’?” - -“I see no help for it,” Frank answered. - -The prospect made all feel decidedly blue, and they soon heard another -report and saw a second shell coming. - - - - - CHAPTER VIII. - ATTACKING THE PIRATES’ LAIR. - - -The morning was far advanced by the time the second shot came from the -fort somewhere along the creek. - -The ball landed in the water near the stranded Jove, and Frank anxiously -gazed at the shore to see if the tide was rising. - -It was impossible to lift the flying machine from the mud flat till the -tide came up. - -The pirates in the rowboat had all gone ashore. - -“One of their shots is bound to hit us if we remain here long enough,” -said Frank. “We must get ashore.” - -“How kin yo’ lif’ de airship off ob de mud?” asked Pomp. - -“I’ll find a means of moving her!” - -As Frank made this assertion he pondered deeply, and finally passed into -the engine-room. - -The dynamo was working at its full capacity, and the big propellers were -whirling furiously. - -Yet there was not power enough to drag the Jove off the mud flat by -going ahead. - -“Why not reverse the screws?” thought Frank. - -It was an inspiration. - -He tried the plan. - -It was much easier to back the Jove from the muddy elevation than to -force her over it, he soon found. - -Within a few moments she was dragged free. - -A subdued cheer escaped her crew. - -Back she went into deep water. - -Once afloat Frank changed her course. - -She reached the hard shore, left the lagoon, and ran upon the land -rapidly. - -Then the Gatling gun was put in operation, and the crowd fled -precipitately. - -Ignorant of the boat’s landing, the men at the fort kept bombarding the -water with shots. - -Into the main street of the village ran the Jove, her huge planes -towering high as she rolled along. - -“Erin go bragh!” roared Barney. “We’re off!” - -Bang, bang, bang! went the gun, and a veritable hail of bullets whistled -through the streets and rattled against the houses as she ran. - -“They fear us now, and are retreating,” cried Frank. - -“Bueno!” Zamora replied, excitedly. “Head for the castle, and perhaps, -in their excitement, we may save my boy.” - -Pomp ran forward to join Frank. - -As he passed the compartment in which Captain Diavolo had been confined, -he saw the door standing open. - -The coon was startled. - -He paused and peered in. - -Captain Diavolo was missing. - -An open window showed how he escaped. - -“Fo’ de lawd amussy!” gasped Pomp. - -Then he saw that the pirate had severed his bonds on the edge of a piece -of broken bottle lying on the floor. - -He had evidently knocked the bottle from a shelf and smashed it in order -to get the piece of glass. - -“De prisoner hab escaped!” roared the coon, excitedly. - -“That’s bad,” commented Frank, gravely. - -Pomp explained matters. - -When he finished the inventor stopped the Jove. - -Barney and Zamora ran in, the latter shouting: - -“Ain’t you going ahead?” - -“No,” replied Frank. “At least not until we repair the planes. We are -crippled without their aid.” - -“Amn’t dis rudder a dangerous place fo’ ter done dat, sah?” - -“No, Pomp; for all the pirates are gone.” - -Frank rushed out on deck as he spoke, and after a keen survey of the -injured parts, he returned within the machine, procured the necessary -tools, and said: - -“Barney, come and help me.” - -“Go ahead wid yer, Misther Frank.” - -“Dem yere pirates gwine to swat yer wif a shot a minute yo’ poke yo’ -nose out de doah,” cautioned the coon. - -“You and Zamora keep guard,” replied Frank. - -“Very well,” replied the Mexican, grasping a rifle. - -The young inventor and his companion thereupon left the interior and ran -up the shrouds. - -Quickly reaching the first plane, they set to work with a will and began -repairing it. - -A patch was put over the hole and riveted. - -This done, they ascended to the top plane and began to work, but in a -few moments a volley of distant shots was heard, and a storm of bullets -flew around them. - -Barney gave a cry of pain. - -“Shot?” queried Frank, in alarm. - -“Shure; I have a bullet in me brain!” - -“And still live?” - -“Och, worra, worra! I’m a dead man!” - -“Let me see where it hit you?” - -“Clap your oye on me neck.” - -“I see it.” - -“Faith, tell me ther truth——” - -“About what?” - -“Will I doi?” - -“Humbug! You only got a scratch.” - -“May ther Blessed Vargin love ther spalpeen who chucked that bullet at -me!” - -“Why?” - -“Bekase he didn’t kill me intoirely.” - -Frank laughed and resumed his work, and Pomp and the Mexican sent shot -after shot toward the sharp-shooters who had fired at their companions. - -That ended the shooting. - -Frank and Barney finished their task, descended to the deck, and entered -the cabin. - -“Now we can storm the castle from the sky,” said Frank. - -“If you can get into that building,” the Mexican remarked, “you can get -the treasure I told you of.” - -“We must first drive out the inmates.” - -“A hard job, I fear.” - -“On the contrary, it will be quite easy.” - -“How so, senor?” - -“We will blow the building to pieces.” - -“Be careful lest you injure my child.” - -“Have no fear on that score, Zamora.” - -Frank then entered the pilot-house, and drove the Jove ahead at the top -of her speed. - -She had gone up a hill. - -At one side was a cliff. - -Frank steered her for it. - -Straight to the edge she rushed. - -It made Zamora shudder as she leaped from the cliff into the air while -going at a high rate of speed. - -Out she flew like a gun shot. - -Then she sank a trifle, but the wind cushioned her great planes and she -floated steadily. - -Indeed, she had plunged ahead, and the inventor elevated the forward -plane, and she mounted higher. - -Frank steered her in circles. - -Around and around she went, and she rose to a height of several hundred -feet above the village. - -Everything below kept diminishing in size. - -“She flies as well as she did before the accident,” said Frank. - -“Faith, she does that,” assented Barney. - -“Looker de fog rollin’ ober de Gulf,” said Pomp. - -“It’s very dense. But bring out some bombs.” - -The coon and the Celt obeyed. - -The weapons alluded to resembled huge steel cartridges and were loaded -with a dynamite-like powder. - -Frank began to drop them out the window upon the big castle below, and -every one that struck burst with a loud report, and blew up a portion of -the building. - -Zamora peered down through a powerful spyglass and suddenly exclaimed in -anxious tones: - -“The pirates are evacuating the town.” - -“I see them going in their rowboats,” Frank replied. - -“There go some from the castle.” - -“Can you distinguish them?” - -“Several—yes, and there’s Diavolo.” - -“The captain, eh?” - -“He carries some one in his arms, and—ah, by heavens! it’s my boy! It’s -my boy, Mr. Reade.” - -“I see him.” - -“Down with you.” - -“He’s entering a boat. There he goes out on the water!” - -“Go down, I say!” - -“Hush! Don’t get excited! Pomp, let her descend!” - -The darky nodded his woolly head, and let the airship descend toward the -lagoon. - -All the escaping pirates saw the Jove; a babel of excited voices rose, -and they pulled swiftly through the creek to the sea. - -The fog rolled up just then and hid them. - -Finally Zamora cried: - -“There’s a ship—the Golden Lion—at the inlet!” - -“She stands luffed up, and all are boarding her, too,” said Frank, -critically. “They design to escape.” - -In a remarkably short space of time all the fugitives had boarded the -vessel, and she sped away. - -After her flew the Jove. - -But the fog swallowed the pirate cruiser, and it melted from view and -was not seen again. - -Frank was bitterly disappointed. - -“I’ll hunt for that ship till I find her!” he exclaimed. - - - - - CHAPTER IX. - THE END OF ONE OF THE SHIPS. - - -“She’s gone!” - -Frank’s words wrung a groan of anguish from Zamora, and the declining -sun lent the Mexican’s face a haggard look. - -“Poor little Leon!” he muttered, tremulously. “Shall we never save you -from the clutches of that incarnate fiend?” - -Barney felt sorry for the man. - -“Faith, it’s a week now since ther gang escaped us on that ship,” he -muttered, “an’ we’ve hunted the say an’ coasht well for thim, but -there’s no findin’ thim at all, at all, since ther fog shwallied ’em -that day!” - -“Gwine down to de sea, Marse Frank?” asked Pomp, who held the steering -wheel. - -“Skim over the sea along the coast,” advised the inventor, “and we may -meet the Golden Lion and save little Leon yet.” - -It seemed to be a forlorn hope. - -Pomp brought the flying machine to within a few hundred feet of the -waves. - -He then resigned his place to Barney. - -“I’se gwine fo’ to cook suppah,” said he. - -“Lay ther coorse,” said the Irishman to Frank. - -“Go to the eastward.” - -“Aist it bes,” assented Barney, revolving the wheel. - -The airship was quite close to a range of frowning cliffs that hemmed -the coast and advanced rapidly. - -In the far distance was a solitary ship, almost becalmed, for the -weather was very quiet and hot. - -Ahead a cluster of palms on a narrow, flat neck of land, projected out -into the Gulf, assuming the singular look as if they were growing out of -the water. - -The Jove shot toward them. - -As she drew nearer a gun shot was heard coming from behind the palms. - -Frank expected to feel the shot, but was disappointed, and ordered -Barney to drive ahead till they investigated the shot. - -“Peaceful people do not fire gunshots for nothing,” said Frank. “Outlaws -carry arms.” - -“D’ye moind that,” said Barney, pointing out at the ship they had first -seen lying off at sea. - -“A puff of smoke is rising from her deck.” - -“It is that. An’ she’s headin’ this way.” - -They failed to see a shot strike, although the puff of smoke plainly -showed them that the shot had come from the deck of the distant vessel. - -Frank suddenly changed his tactics. - -Turning the Jove, he steered her shoreward. - -“Where are yer goin’?” queried Barney. - -“I’m going to land behind them rocks.” - -“Phwat for?” asked the Irishman. - -“To watch yonder craft from a place of concealment.” - -“Ter foind out his game, av coorse.” - -“Yes: his actions are very mysterious.” - -A short time afterward the Jove alighted at a place where she could not -be seen from the Gulf. - -Frank and his companions got up on the rocks and watched the distant -vessel very closely. - -They imagined, of course, that she was one of Captain Diavolo’s fleet, -and resolved to pounce upon her at the earliest opportunity after -learning her intention. - -The airship was then at least twenty leagues from the retreat of the -pirates, for the long search they had for the vessel that carried Leon -away had taken them far from the lair of the Coast Terrors. - -“Zamora, you heard Diavolo say he had two schooners and a steamer.” - -“Exactly so,” returned the dark-faced Mexican. - -“Does that look like one of their ships?” - -“Decidedly not. It looks more like a frigate.” - -“That’s a fact. How queer!” - -“I don’t know what to make of it.” - -When the vessel got nearer they saw that she really was a man-of-war, -but failed to recognize her nationality. - -She hove in within a mile of the coast, and then suddenly ran to the -west of where our friends laid. - -This odd action was quickly explained by the sudden appearance of a -schooner that darted around the wooded promontory, which the frigate was -heading off. - -Upon the schooner’s bow was the name Chimpanzee. - -As soon as Zamora saw it he exclaimed, excitedly: - -“Why, here comes one of Diavolo’s vessels now.” - -“Yes,” replied Frank. “And see, that frigate is heading her off, and -evidently means to capture her.” - -“Bedad! we’ll see some fun now!” chuckled Barney. - -“My Lawd!” roared Pomp. “See dar!” - -The frigate had run toward what looked like a buoy, when she struck a -mine and exploded it. - -A deafening report ensued. - -The water at the warship’s stern was blown up. - -Shocked, torn and wrecked, the gallant vessel rolled, pitched and tossed -furiously. - -The torpedo had done its fatal work well. - -She began to go down by the stern. - -“By heavens!” ejaculated Frank, in tones of intense horror, “those -scoundrels purposely lured the frigate upon that marine mine to destroy -her.” - -“An’ dey done doed it,” groaned Pomp. - -“The craft is a wreck!” exclaimed Zamora. - -The piratical vessel paused. - -A hoarse cheer rose from her crew. - -Then a scene of great confusion ensued upon the deck of the warship, for -all hands had been mustered to prepare the boats for debarkation. - -It was evidently the pirate’s intention to cut off their retreat to the -land by intercepting and killing them mercilessly. - -With this purpose in view they were arming themselves. - -“Unless we interfere,” said Frank, restlessly, “there is soon going to -be some bloody work done here.” - -“Fo’ suah,” assented Pomp. “Dem yer yaller coons use dar razzahs on de -marines, I ’specs.” - -“Can’t we interfere?” eagerly asked Zamora. - -“Faith, we will that!” Barney asserted. - -The young inventor saw the frigate go down, and all her ill-fated crew -were left afloat in the quarter-boats. - -“They are absolutely at the mercy of the demons of the Gulf,” Frank -muttered. “Come on, boys!” - -They quickly boarded the electric airship, and the young inventor, -anxious to lend a hand to his endangered fellow-beings, turned on the -current. - -As the screws turned the airship rolled ahead. - -Impinging on the wind, her planes lifted her from the ground, and she -mounted higher as she rushed along. - -Within a few moments Frank saw the schooner bearing down upon the six -boats, a large crew armed to the teeth swarming over her deck. - -The rascals did not hesitate about firing, and as a deadly fusillade was -poured out at the marines many of the unfortunates fell killed or -wounded. - -“Zamora, take the wheel,” cried Frank. - -“Yes, senor.” - -“Hold the Jove over them.” - -“I shall.” - -“Get some grenades, boys.” - -Pomp and Barney procured the weapons. - -Armed with these deadly missiles the three passed out on deck, and began -to hurl them down upon the deck of the piratical schooner. - -The flying metal mowed down the rascals, and they quickly had their -attention turned away from their victims. - -The sight of the flying machine filled them with horror, and most of -them made a rush for the forecastle, the cabin, and the open hatches to -get below. - -But our friends continued to hurl down the bombs, and soon the missiles -set fire to the schooner. - -As the blaze increased the yells of the pirates became horrible to hear, -and they rushed on deck. - -Wildly they rushed for their boats. - -Some of them did not wait for the boats. - -They simply sprang into the water and swam away. - -The rascals hoped to have some time, but the fire reached their magazine -by the time two of the boats were put overboard. - -A fearful explosion followed. - -High in the air the torn ship was blown, the bodies of over half her -crew mingled with the broken planks and torn cordage. - -By the time the scattered remains of the schooner came down, the naval -soldiers were rowing after the two boats that escaped. - -The crews of these two boats were rowing like mad for the shore, for -they expected no mercy from the crew of the sunken gunboat. - -Before the rascals could reach the coast, the marines hove up and -surrounded them. - -The pirates were surrounded. - -A deadly volley of shots poured in upon the screaming wretches from all -sides, and when the marines finished their shooting, not a pirate lived -to tell what had happened. - - - - - CHAPTER X. - THE PIRATES’ TREASURE. - - -Frank and his companions witnessed the extermination of the gang of -pirates, and when it was completed, Barney said: - -“Begorra, there’s not wan left.” - -“So much the better,” Frank answered. - -“Lord amassy! but it war drefful, Marse Frank,” said Pomp. - -“True; but had they been captured and court-martialed, they would have -been shot, anyway,” replied the inventor. - -“Sure enough,” assented Barney. - -“Zamora!” called the inventor. - -“Well?” the Mexican answered from his post at the wheel. - -“Run her away to the eastward.” - -“Ain’t you going down to interview the marines?” - -“No. What’s the use? It would do no good. We have seen what happened. -The scene explains itself.” - -“Faith, thim sogers moight be loikin’ to know who we are,” said Barney. - -“We will mystify them by giving no information.” - -That settled the matter. - -On went the flying machine, and they heard the marines shout up to them, -and saw them beckoning, but they paid no heed to the calls. - -The airship soon faded from the view of those below, and went scouring -along the coast for the next few days in quest of the Golden Lion. - -Unfortunately, though, they did not see her. - -A number of ships were encountered, but the vessels they sought were not -among them. - -One morning, at breakfast, Frank said: - -“It is my opinion that Captain Diavolo has taken fright, and intends to -hide until we’re gone.” - -“’Deed it looks dat way,” Pomp asserted. - -“What shall we do then?” queried Zamora, in troubled tones, for his mind -was constantly harassed by the fear that some harm had befallen his -little boy. - -“I’m going back to the town,” said Frank, thoughtfully. - -“Shure, we’ll foind no wan there,” Barney replied. - -“I don’t expect to, but we may secure their treasure if Zamora will show -us its hiding place.” - -“Dis am de bestest time fo’ to go dar, while de pirates am away,” -assented Pomp. - -With this agreement the airship was started off, and late in the -afternoon arrived in view of the settlement. - -The place had a deserted look. - -“Not one of the gang left,” said Frank. - -“Then we will not be molested in our efforts to get the treasure,” said -Zamora. - -“You said it was in the vault under the castle?” - -“That’s where I saw it, senor.” - -“Do you know how to reach it?” - -“Certainly.” - -“Well, we will remove it from its present place, and by the time this is -done the pirates, missing us, may think we have gone away, and make -their reappearance.” - -“Quite a good idea.” - -“We can pounce on them, and make a struggle to get your son from their -clutches.” - -This plan pleased Zamora. - -A few minutes afterward the Jove settled down in the big square facing -the castle. - -Leaving Barney in charge of her, the others armed themselves, took a -portable electric lantern, and strode over to Captain Diavolo’s -dwelling. - -The shots they had rained down upon it had almost blown the upper part -to pieces, and it presented a battered look that spoiled its beauty. - -There was a fine entrance, and the trio passed into a large corridor, -upon which several rooms opened. - -Proceeding to the rear, a broad staircase was reached, which led them -into the cellar beneath the building. - -By turning a switch on the lantern a bright light was caused to gush -from the bull’s-eye. - -Zamora led the way, as he was familiar with the place, and going to one -of the stone foundation walls, he pointed at an iron door studded with -huge bolt heads. - -“There is the treasure vault,” he exclaimed. - -“It is fastened with a huge padlock,” replied Frank. - -“Bust her open,” suggested Pomp. - -It was easy to do this, as Frank had provided himself with several of -the hand grenades. - -All hands recoiled from the door. - -The inventor then hurled a bomb at the padlock; there sounded a furious -explosion, a glare of light was seen, and then the lock was blown to -pieces. - -As this occurred the three rushed to the door, flung it open, the -lantern light was projected inside, and a most thrilling scene met their -view. - -The floor of the storeroom was littered with boxes, bales, casks and -packages stolen from ship and shore. - -They contained rich laces, silks and velvets, expensive ornaments, -paintings, statuary, silverware, and other articles made of gold and -other precious metals. - -Several kegs were filled to overflowing with gold coins of foreign -countries; there was a box containing a large assortment of bejeweled -rings, pins and other jewelry, and a small casket of unset diamonds, -pearls and rubies stood upon a tiny table in one corner. - -A number of vases, chalices, crucifixes and similar secular objects laid -on the floor, showing plainly that the Terror of the Coast did not -scruple about robbing churches. - -No matter in what direction the glance turned, a new object of great -interest was seen. - -The three gazed around spellbound. - -When Frank finally recovered from his surprise, he said: - -“Zamora, I am amazed at the richness of this treasure. You did not -exaggerate it any. In fact, you did not do it justice. There are several -million dollars’ worth of stuff here.” - -“I’se gwine ter open a bank when I gits my share ob dis,” chuckled Pomp. -“Wonder whar it all come from, chillen?” - -“The pirates waded knee deep in blood to gain this treasure,” replied -Zamora, in grave tones. “It represents many a hard-fought battle, many a -human life, many widows and orphans.” - -“Let us get away from here,” said Frank. - -He selected the most valuable things and each one seized a parcel, and -carried it from the vault. - -As they reached the main cellar a terrible surprise awaited them, in the -form of a horde of the pirates. - -They were headed by Captain Diavolo. - -Every one of the rascals carried a weapon, and the Terror pointed at the -startled trio, and yelled: - -“Halt!” - -“Trapped!” gasped Frank. - -“By golly!” said the coon; “dis am an ambush!” - -“That’s the end of us!” said Zamora, bitterly. - -It was very evident that the rascals had been hidden in the castle, had -seen them coming, and now expected to kill or capture them, for every -weapon was pointed their way. - -For a full minute a deathly silence ensued. - -Then the pirate captain roared: - -“Drop those valuables!” - -Obediently the three let their burdens fall to the floor. - -“Well?” demanded Frank. - -“Raise your hands!” - -The three complied. - -Turning to his men, Diavolo said: - -“Aim at them, boys!” - -“Going to shoot them now?” queried one of the gang. - -“Yes; there’s no use delaying.” - -These words sent a chill of horror through our friends, for they did not -expect their doom was to be settled so soon. - -Frank was utterly at a loss what to do. - -Resistance would simply hasten their deaths. - -He resolved, though, to gain a short respite by parleying, for he hoped, -in a feverish way, that in the interval he might think of some method -whereby he could save the party. - -Therefore he said to the captain: - -“You surely do not mean to kill us in cold blood?” - -“Don’t I, though?” sneered the wretch. - -“Give us time to prepare for our doom.” - -“Not a minute, curse you! I’ve got the whip hand now, and I’ll make you -pay dearly for the losses and trouble and indignity you have put me to. -And as for you,” he added, furiously, shaking his fist at Zamora, “I -could tear your heart from your living body, blast you! I haven’t -forgotten the choking you gave me, you dog!” - -“Kill me and spare the others,” pleaded the Mexican. “I am not afraid to -die, since it seems impossible for me to wrest my unfortunate child from -your vile clutch.” - -“I’ll kill you all!” shouted the captain. - -“Could we bribe you to let us go?” asked Frank. - -“Not with a king’s ransom! Revenge to me is far sweeter than gold. I’ll -have no mercy! Aim, boys, and when I count three, fire at them -together!” - -He stepped aside. - -Frank gave up all hope. - -Death now seemed a moral certainty. - -The grim array of weapons was turned upon them and the brutal captain -cried: - -“One!” - -Then there was a pause. - -“Two!” - - - - - CHAPTER XI. - THE RESCUE. - - -“Git away out av that!” - -Boom, bang! - -“Go it, ye divils! Go it!” - -Crash, boom! - -First it was Barney’s voice. - -Then it was the roar of the grenades. - -Next it was a chorus of oaths, yells, and cries of pain. - -At last it was a general stampede of the pirates before they had time to -fire the fatal volley with which they designed to kill Frank and his two -companions. - -“Hurrah! A rescue!” cried the inventor. - -“Fire at them!” gasped Zamora, using his pistol. - -Pomp bent over, charged on a man who was in his way, butted him like a -goat, and knocked the fellow over. - -“Clar de track!” he bawled. “De coon bullgine am comin’!” - -Bang! - -Bang! - -Bang! went their pistol shots! - -It was lucky Barney had taken it into his head to arm himself with -grenades and follow his friends, for he had seen what happened, and made -a bold charge to save them. - -The pirates fled in all directions. - -Many were wounded by the bursting grenades. - -The electric lantern showed the Irishman where his friends were, so that -he was enabled to use his arms in such a way as not to hurt them. - -Some of Diavolo’s men fired back, but were so panic-stricken their aim -was bad, and they did no damage. - -A grand rush was made for a secret exit which they had entered, but many -had fallen never to rise again. - -“Chase them!” cried Frank. - -“Oireland foriver!” howled Barney, for the fighting Irishman was in his -glory when a row was going on. - -Away they rushed in pursuit of the fleeing pirates. - -Only half a dozen reached the courtyard, and the diabolical captain was -in the lead. - -He knew that his life would pay for his capture. - -Bang! - -Bang! - -Bang! went a second volley from Frank’s party. - -Several of Diavolo’s party fell in their tracks, wounded, and our -friends chased the rest through the corridor. - -As Frank dashed out the door he saw the leader and several of his men -rushing toward the water. - -They were heading for a rowboat. - -Far over the water, lying almost hidden against the dense shrubbery and -trees along the shore was a schooner. - -The pirates were evidently bent upon reaching it. - -“There’s Diavolo’s other craft!” cried Zamora. - -“Your son is doubtless aboard of her, too,” said Frank. - -“Dios mio! Can we save him now?” - -“Perhaps; if we can prevent Diavolo getting aboard.” - -“We can’t overtake him.” - -“Oh, yes; we can.” - -“How?” - -“By using the airship.” - -“Bueno!” - -They ran to the Jove and scrambled aboard. - -Within one minute more Frank had her rushing swiftly across the square, -and she rose on the wind. - -Up she soared like an eagle. - -A turn of the wheel directed her over the water, and she shot along at a -rapid pace. - -Below, Frank saw Diavolo in a skiff with three men, and they were rowing -furiously toward the schooner. - -“Barney, take the wheel.” - -“I have it.” - -“Now watch that skiff vanish.” - -And so saying Frank rushed inside and got several bombs. - -Going out on deck, he leaned over the side, and taking careful aim, he -let one of the grenades fall. - -It went down as straight as an arrow. - -All hands watched it with deep interest. - -Bang! - -It had struck squarely in the boat. - -In one minute more the tiny craft was gone. - -Only one of the occupants survived, and that was Diavolo. - -They saw the burly rascal swimming feebly for the shore. - -He finally reached it, waded out, rushed away, and darting a scared look -up at the Jove, he plunged into the bushes. - -There he vanished. - -“What a pity he escaped!” said Zamora, disappointedly. - -“He wor wounded,” said Barney. - -“It won’t be long before we meet him again, I feel quite confident,” -remarked Frank, in dry tones. - -“Gwine fo’ de schoonah?” queried the coon. - -“Yes, yes, by all means—at once,” Frank replied. - -“See!” muttered the Mexican, nervously, as he pointed at the vessel. -“The crew seem to realize what has happened, and are preparing to sail -away.” - -“Drive the Jove over there, Barney,” cried Frank, quickly. - -The airship was about five hundred feet above the sea, and she glided -straight toward the schooner. - -“Ahoy, there!” cried Frank, at the top of his voice. - -No reply came back. - -Indeed, the chances were his voice was not heard. - -But he saw the crew of the vessel elevating the muzzle of a gun to bear -upon the airship. - -Seeing that he had better make his intentions known by actions rather -than words, the young inventor hurled a bomb down at the deck. - -It struck there and burst with a violent report. - -That scattered the men from about the gun, and stopped the work of -raising the anchor and sails. - -Another bomb wounded several more, and drove the crew overboard, -whereupon they took to the land. - -“Now send her down, Barney.” - -“Can you distinguish my child?” eagerly asked Zamora. - -“No,” Frank replied. “I’ve watched keenly, and did not see a child leave -the schooner. In their panic those fellows only thought of saving -themselves. Doubtless they have left the boy behind.” - -“It is very dangerous, then, to use more bombs, as you might hit him,” -said the Mexican. - -“Very true! I’ll stop. Those fellows are greatly afraid of this airship. -They may not be afraid to fight people on an equal footing, but when it -comes to an attack from the sky they realize their helplessness and lose -courage.” - -Frank had told the truth. - -Shortly the airship arrived close to the schooner, and there she was -driven in circles in order to keep her in the air. - -Frank could now see what a lot of damage the bombs had done to the -vessel. - -He went inside and put on a suit of chain mail. - -It was very light, as the metal was aluminum. - -“I’m going aboard the schooner,” he announced. - -“Let me go with you,” pleaded Zamora. - -“No; it’s too dangerous. I’ll go alone.” - -“Den we guard you from heah wif our rifles,” said Pomp. - -“Do so, by all means.” - -Frank got out a wire ladder and carried it to the deck, where he -fastened one end and let the other end down. - -He then descended. - -When half-way down the ladder he heard volley after volley of rifle -shots coming from shore, and saw the crew shooting at him from behind -trees and rocks. - -Scores of bullets hit the daring fellow, and hundreds whistled and -hummed around him like a swarm of bees. - -“Fire at them, boys!” he cried. - -His friends promptly carried out his order, and an occasional yell of -pain coming from the bushes told that their shots were not all wasted. - -Moreover, the firing at Frank diminished. - -He lost no time about getting down the rest of the ladder, and as the -airship circled over the schooner he alighted. - -Some of the pirates rushed from their coverts, and were about to dash -over, board the vessel, and try to capture him, when a deadly volley -from the Jove checked their impulse. - -Frank hastened down the cabin steps. - -He found the room filled with smoke. - -“They’ve fired the vessel!” flashed across his mind. - -He groped his way around and shouted: - -“Leon! Leon!” - -But he received no reply. - -“The little fellow isn’t here,” he muttered. - -These words had scarcely left his lips, though, when he stumbled over a -soft object lying on the floor. - -One glance showed him that it was the missing boy. - -He was senseless. - -A cruel blow on the head, dealt by one of the pirates, had knocked him -down, wounded and unconscious. - -Frank picked him up. - -“Now to escape!” he muttered. “If the fire reaches the magazine, the -schooner will blow up and kill us!” - -He reached the door with his little burden, but to his dismay found it -closed with a spring lock. - -The knob was broken off, and he therefore could not open it; nor were -the windows big enough to let him out. - -It made a chill of horror go over Frank. - -“By heavens! I’m in for it now!” he gasped. - - - - - CHAPTER XII. - CONCLUSION. - - -Frank was in a most desperate situation, and he laid the boy down and -searched the cabin. - -He finally found an ax, and with this implement he attacked the door in -an effort to burst it down. - -Blow after blow he dealt it. - -Finally the stubborn door yielded. - -As it went down with a crash he seized Leon Zamora and hastened upon -deck with the senseless boy. - -Frank’s friends were still firing at the pirates in the bushes, and a -cry of joy escaped them when they saw him appear with Leon in his arms. - -“My son! My son!” frantically cried the Mexican. - -Over the schooner swept the Jove, and Frank got on the ladder, whereupon -Barney swiftly drove the machine away over the water toward the shore. - -Although many bullets were shot at the inventor, they missed him, and he -was carried out of danger. - -He reached the deck with his burden. - -The joy of Zamora knew no bounds, and when the boy’s wound was dressed -and he recovered, he was more than delighted to find himself safe again -with his father. - -Captain Diavolo’s men were furious when they saw the inventor safely -escape with the little prisoner. - -Realizing that Frank was liable to attack them, they made haste to get -away from that dangerous locality, and when the young inventor sent the -flying machine on a hunt for them, not one of the villains was to be -found. - -“They have got enough,” laughed Frank, “and have like the Arabs silently -folded their tents and stolen away.” - -“Begorra, we kin get their treasure now,” said Barney. - -“Yes, indeed,” assented Zamora. “The gold is due to you for having saved -my little boy.” - -“I’se gwine to steer fo’ de ole castle, den,” remarked Pomp, as he spun -the wheel around. - -“The airship is capable of carrying a weight of several tons beside what -we have already aboard,” said Frank, “and for that reason we can easily -get away with the bulk of the Terror’s horde.” - -When they were ready to descend they saw the schooner blow up, and her -remains sunk under the sea. - -It occupied a full day to get the treasure aboard and stow it. But they -finally secured it. - -Not one of the pirates disturbed them, and on the following morning -Frank drove the Jove high in the air, and sent her along the coast. - -Indeed, she mounted so high that she rose above the clouds in the rare -upper atmosphere. - -Frank had control of the wheel when Zamora came in with his boy and -asked him: - -“Are you going home now?” - -“Not yet,” Frank responded, shaking his head. - -“What is there to keep you in this neighborhood?” - -“Since I started in fighting the Terror of the Coast,” answered the -inventor, “I have concluded to not leave my task unfinished. Captain -Diavolo is still at large. He yet has his steamship to scour this gulf. -I am determined to find the man and his craft, and put them where they -will do no further harm.” - -“It is a noble resolve, and has my heartfelt sympathy,” said Don Zamora, -earnestly. “And by your leave, senor, I shall remain aboard until your -purpose is finally accomplished, compadre!” - -Frank was satisfied. - -He spent several days after that searching for the villain, but failed -to find him. - -League after league of the coast was patrolled, and they finally reached -the neighborhood of Florida. - -Off one of the keys a ship was discerned one morning by the young -inventor, who stood on deck. - -He eagerly scrutinized it with a glass. - -It was a small steamship flying the American flag. - -“Zamora,” he called, quickly, “come out here!” - -“Yes, senor; what do you wish?” asked the Mexican, emerging. - -“Do you see that steamer?” - -“Plainly, when there is a rift in the clouds.” - -“Would you take her to be Captain Diavolo’s vessel?” - -“By no means. The Snake is a larger boat.” - -“Pshaw! I thought it was her.” - -“No; you are mistaken, I am sorry to say.” - -Frank looked intensely disappointed, and cast another glance down at the -vessel. - -As he did so he saw a very much larger steamer run from behind the key -and race after the first one. - -The large vessel carried a black flag at the masthead, in the center of -which were a skull and crossbones. - -“It’s the pirates’ emblem!” cried Frank. - -“Ha! That’s her now!” exclaimed the Mexican, excitedly. - -“So I perceive,” responded the inventor, leveling his glass again. - -“Those monsters are intent on running the smaller craft down and -attacking it.” - -“Of course!” cried Frank. “And, by jingo! among the big gang swarming -over the deck of the Snake I recognize the figure of Captain Diavolo.” - -“Then the scoundrel and the crew of the schooner which contained my boy -must have been picked up by this craft, and carried away.” - -“Just exactly my impression,” Frank replied. - -Barney and Pomp were apprised of the news, and they eagerly scanned the -pirates’ craft. - -“I reckon dey doan’ ’spec dat we’se ober dar haids up yere in de -clouds,” chuckled the coon. - -“Shure, they’ll be afther knowin’ it soon enough,” laughed Barney, as he -spit on his hands and rubbed them together. - -As he spoke, they heard the faint report of a gun, and saw a shot strike -the stern of the fugitive steamer. - -Judging by the actions of the vessel, the ball had evidently struck the -rudder or screw, for she ran wild, and her engineer was obliged to stop -her. - -The Terror dashed ahead, and another shot was discharged from her deck, -the ball sweeping the deck of the other. - -Frank grew restless. - -“We must stop them at once!” he exclaimed, “or they will, perhaps, -murder the whole crew. Barney, take charge and drop the Jove down toward -them.” - -He gave his place to the Irishman, and going back to the room where the -arms were kept, he quickly secured an enormous grenade, and carried it -out on deck. - -“If this shell lands on her deck it will blow her to pieces,” he -muttered, grimly. “Now for a trial.” - -Waiting until the airship was almost directly above the other vessel, -Frank let the shell fly. - -It plunged down through the air quickly. - -Down, down, down it went at a terrific speed until it had almost reached -the steamer. - -But the Snake dashed ahead, the grenade missed, and it plunged -harmlessly into the sea. - -A cry of intense vexation escaped Frank, and he saw his enemies go -flying ahead blissfully ignorant of the great danger they had escaped. - -The Jove was descending rapidly under Barney’s skillful guidance, and it -soon hovered within a few hundred feet of the sea when the pirates saw -it. - -A fierce yell escaped them, and they swung a big swivel gun around and -fired up at her. - -The shot crashed through the airship’s hull, and the villains rapidly -loaded the gun again. - -Fortunately, our friends were not injured by the shock. - -“Arm yourselves, boys, arm yourselves,” cried Frank. - -In a minute more all hands had their weapons ready for action, and began -to fire down at the pirates. - -The fugitive steamer was near by, and her crew, armed with several -rifles and pistols, were firing at the pirates. - -Report after report rang out. - -Clouds of smoke and fumes of powder rose. - -For a quarter of an hour the battle waxed hot. - -The pirates were between two fires, and while half of them turned their -attention upon the steamer’s crew, the other half engaged at firing at -the airship’s crew. - -In the midst of the conflict one of Diavolo’s gunners discharged the -swivel piece up at the Jove again. - -This shot smashed into the plane uprights on the port side, breaking -them in two and tearing the braces. - -All the upper gear began to collapse. - -“Lookout! We’re falling!” shouted Frank. “We can’t float with that hole -in our boat’s hull.” - -He seized a line as he spoke and flung an end to the crew of the -disabled steamer, while he tied the other end to the Jove. - -At the same moment Zamora let another of the big bombs fly out a window -at the Snake. - -The grenade struck the side of the pirates’ vessel, and tearing a big -hole there, caused her to fill. - -In a few moments it was clear the vessel would be sunk many fathoms -under the Gulf. - -A cheer escaped Frank’s party despite their own peril, when they saw -what the Mexican did. - -“At last I am revenged!” hoarsely cried Zamora, as he seized his child -and ran on deck. - -The doom of the flying machine was sealed, for she fluttered to the -water and began to sink. - -“Haul in on that line and make it fast, boys!” cried Frank. - -Working furiously, they dragged the airship to the side of the disabled -steamer and secured her so she could not go down. - -Willing hands assisted them aboard the steamer just as the Snake sank, -carrying many of her crew down with her. - -Captain Diavolo was killed during the explosion of the grenade, and the -crew of the Yankee vessel shot the rest, who were swimming. - -Seeing that his invention could not be repaired where it was, Frank -abandoned all hope of saving her. - -A few hasty words passed between him and the captain of the steamer, and -the inventor was assured of a passage to New York in his vessel when she -was repaired. - -Then he and his friends dragged the treasure out of her and stowed it -below, after which the line holding the Jove was cut, and our gallant -flying machine sank in the deep Gulf. - -Our friends told the Yankee crew all about themselves, and in return -learned that the craft had recently left a Mexican port, and was -homeward bound when attacked. - -She was badly damaged by the shot, but they finally repaired her so she -was able to finish her journey. - -Zamora and his son were landed in Florida, from whence they could easily -get home, and he warmly thanked Frank and his friends for all they had -done for him and his child. - -He refused to share the treasure, as he was already wealthy. - -Our friends, therefore, gave the captain and crew of the steamer an -ample share of it, and divided the rest among themselves. - -In due time the treasure was all sold, and realized a huge sum. - -Landing in New York, our friends proceeded to Readestown, and received a -warm welcome home. - -They were glad to get home again. - -Frank since then has built other wonderful inventions, and we will soon -give our readers an account of another one. 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HOW TO BUILD AND SAIL CANOES.—A handy book for boys, containing -full directions for constructing canoes and the most popular manner of -sailing them. Fully illustrated. By O. Stansfield Hicks. - - FORTUNE TELLING. - -No. 1. NAPOLEON’S ORACULUM AND DREAM BOOK.—Containing the great oracle -of human destiny; also the true meaning of almost any kind of dreams, -together with charms, ceremonies, and curious games of cards. A complete -book. - -No. 23. HOW TO EXPLAIN DREAMS.—Everybody dreams, from the little child -to the aged man and woman. This little book gives the explanation to all -kinds of dreams, together with lucky and unlucky days, and “Napoleon’s -Oraculum,” the book of fate. - -No. 28. HOW TO TELL FORTUNES.—Everyone is desirous of knowing what his -future life will bring forth, whether happiness or misery, wealth or -poverty. You can tell by a glance at this little book. Buy one and be -convinced. Tell your own fortune. Tell the fortune of your friends. - -No. 76. HOW TO TELL FORTUNES BY THE HAND.—Containing rules for telling -fortunes by the aid of lines of the hand, or the secret of palmistry. -Also the secret of telling future events by aid of moles, marks, scars, -etc. Illustrated. By A. Anderson. - - ATHLETIC. - -No. 6. HOW TO BECOME AN ATHLETE.—Giving full instruction for the use of -dumb bells, Indian clubs, parallel bars, horizontal bars and various -other methods of developing a good, healthy muscle; containing over -sixty illustrations. Every boy can become strong and healthy by -following the instructions contained in this little book. - -No. 10. HOW TO BOX.—The art of self-defense made easy. Containing over -thirty illustrations of guards, blows, and the different positions of a -good boxer. Every boy should obtain one of these useful and instructive -books, as it will teach you how to box without an instructor. - -No. 25. HOW TO BECOME A GYMNAST.—Containing full instructions for all -kinds of gymnastic sports and athletic exercises. Embracing thirty-five -illustrations. By Professor W. Macdonald. A handy and useful book. - -No. 34. HOW TO FENCE.—Containing full instruction for fencing and the -use of the broadsword; also instruction in archery. Described with -twenty-one practical illustrations, giving the best positions in -fencing. A complete book. - - TRICKS WITH CARDS. - -No. 51. HOW TO DO TRICKS WITH CARDS.—Containing explanations of the -general principles of sleight-of-hand applicable to card tricks; of card -tricks with ordinary cards, and not requiring sleight-of-hand; of tricks -involving sleight-of-hand, or the use of specially prepared cards. By -Professor Haffner. Illustrated. - -No. 72. HOW TO DO SIXTY TRICKS WITH CARDS.—Embracing all of the latest -and most deceptive card tricks, with illustrations. By A. Anderson. - -No. 77. HOW TO DO FORTY TRICKS WITH CARDS.—Containing deceptive Card -Tricks as performed by leading conjurors and magicians. Arranged for -home amusement. Fully illustrated. - - MAGIC. - -No. 2. HOW TO DO TRICKS.—The great book of magic and card tricks, -containing full instruction on all the leading card tricks of the day, -also the most popular magical illusions as performed by our leading -magicians; every boy should obtain a copy of this book, as it will both -amuse and instruct. - -No. 22. HOW TO DO SECOND SIGHT.—Heller’s second sight explained by his -former assistant, Fred Hunt, Jr. Explaining how the secret dialogues -were carried on between the magician and the boy on the stage; also -giving all the codes and signals. The only authentic explanation of -second sight. - -No. 43. HOW TO BECOME A MAGICIAN.—Containing the grandest assortment of -magical illusions ever placed before the public. Also tricks with cards, -incantations, etc. - -No. 68. HOW TO DO CHEMICAL TRICKS.—Containing over one hundred highly -amusing and instructive tricks with chemicals. By A. Anderson. -Handsomely illustrated. - -No. 69. HOW TO DO SLEIGHT OF HAND.—Containing over fifty of the latest -and best tricks used by magicians. Also containing the secret of second -sight. Fully illustrated. By A. Anderson. - -No. 70. HOW TO MAKE MAGIC TOYS.—Containing full directions for making -Magic Toys and devices of many kinds. By A. Anderson. Fully illustrated. - -No. 73. HOW TO DO TRICKS WITH NUMBERS.—Showing many curious tricks with -figures and the magic of numbers. By A. Anderson. Fully illustrated. - -No. 75. HOW TO BECOME A CONJUROR.—Containing tricks with Dominos, Dice, -Cups and Balls, Hats, etc. Embracing thirty-six illustrations. By A. -Anderson. - -No. 78. HOW TO DO THE BLACK ART.—Containing a complete description of -the mysteries of Magic and Sleight of Hand, together with many wonderful -experiments. By A. Anderson. Illustrated. - - MECHANICAL. - -No. 29. HOW TO BECOME AN INVENTOR.—Every boy should know how inventions -originated. This book explains them all, giving examples in electricity, -hydraulics, magnetism, optics, pneumatics, mechanics, etc. The most -instructive book published. - -No. 56. HOW TO BECOME AN ENGINEER.—Containing full instructions how to -proceed in order to become a locomotive engineer; also directions for -building a model locomotive; together with a full description of -everything an engineer should know. - -No. 57. HOW TO MAKE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.—Full directions how to make a -Banjo, Violin, Zither, Æolian Harp, Xylophone and other musical -instruments; together with a brief description of nearly every musical -instrument used in ancient or modern times. Profusely illustrated. By -Algernon S. Fitzgerald, for twenty years bandmaster of the Royal Bengal -Marines. - -No. 59. HOW TO MAKE A MAGIC LANTERN.—Containing a description of the -lantern, together with its history and invention. Also full directions -for its use and for painting slides. Handsomely illustrated. By John -Allen. - -No. 71. HOW TO DO MECHANICAL TRICKS.—Containing complete instructions -for performing over sixty Mechanical Tricks. By A. Anderson. Fully -illustrated. - - LETTER WRITING. - -No. 11. HOW TO WRITE LOVE-LETTERS.—A most complete little book, -containing full directions for writing love-letters, and when to use -them, giving specimen letters for young and old. - -No. 12. HOW TO WRITE LETTERS TO LADIES.—Giving complete instructions for -writing letters to ladies on all subjects; also letters of introduction, -notes and requests. - -No. 24. HOW TO WRITE LETTERS TO GENTLEMEN.—Containing full directions -for writing to gentlemen on all subjects; also giving sample letters for -instruction. - -No. 53. HOW TO WRITE LETTERS.—A wonderful little book, telling you how -to write to your sweetheart, your father, mother, sister, brother, -employer; and, in fact, everybody and anybody you wish to write to. -Every young man and every young lady in the land should have this book. - -No. 74. HOW TO WRITE LETTERS CORRECTLY.—Containing full instructions for -writing letters on almost any subject; also rules for punctuation and -composition, with specimen letters. - - - - - WORK AND WIN. - - The Best Weekly Published. - - ALL THE NUMBERS ARE ALWAYS IN PRINT. - - READ ONE AND YOU WILL READ THEM ALL. - - LATEST ISSUES: - - 149 Fred Fearnot and the Kidnappers; or, Trailing a Stolen Child. - - 150 Fred Fearnot’s Quick Work; or, The Hold-Up at Eagle Pass. - - 151 Fred Fearnot at Silver Gulch; or, Defying a Ring. - - 152 Fred Fearnot on the Border; or, Punishing the Mexican Horse - Stealers. - - 153 Fred Fearnot’s Charmed Life; or, Running the Gauntlet. - - 154 Fred Fearnot Lost; or, Missing for Thirty Days. - - 155 Fred Fearnot’s Rescue; or, The Mexican Pocahontas. - - 156 Fred Fearnot and the “White Caps”; or, A Queer Turning of the - Tables. - - 157 Fred Fearnot and the Medium; or, Having Fun with the “Spirits.” - - 158 Fred Fearnot and the “Mean Man”; or, The Worst He Ever Struck. - - 159 Fred Fearnot’s Gratitude; 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or, The Indian Medicine Fakir. - - 176 Fred Fearnot and the Lynchers; or, Saving a Girl Horse Thief. - - 177 Fred Fearnot’s Wonderful Feat; or, The Taming of Black Beauty. - - 178 Fred Fearnot’s Great Struggle; or, Downing a Senator. - - 179 Fred Fearnot’s Jubilee; or, New Era’s Greatest Day. - - 180 Fred Fearnot and Samson; or, “Who Runs This Town?” - - 181 Fred Fearnot and the Rioters; or, Backing Up the Sheriff. - - 182 Fred Fearnot and the Stage Robber; or, His Chase for a Stolen - Diamond. - - 183 Fred Fearnot at Cripple Creek; or, The Masked Fiends of the - Mines. - - 184 Fred Fearnot and the Vigilantes; or, Up Against the Wrong Man. - - 185 Fred Fearnot in New Mexico; or, Saved by Terry Olcott. - - 186 Fred Fearnot in Arkansas; or, The Queerest of All Adventures. - - 187 Fred Fearnot in Montana; or, The Dispute at Rocky Hill. - - 188 Fred Fearnot and the Mayor; or, The Trouble at Snapping Shoals. - - 189 Fred Fearnot’s Big Hunt; or, Camping on the Columbia River. - - 190 Fred Fearnot’s Hard Experience; or, Roughing it at Red Gulch. - - 191 Fred Fearnot Stranded; or, How Terry Olcott Lost the Money. - - 192 Fred Fearnot In the Mountains; or, Held at Bay by Bandits. - - 193 Fred Fearnot’s Terrible Risk; or, Terry Olcott’s Reckless - Venture. - - 194 Fred Fearnot’s Last Card; or, The Game that Saved His Life. - - 195 Fred Fearnot and the Professor; or, The Man Who Knew It All. - - 196 Fred Fearnot’s Big Scoop; or, Beating a Thousand Rivals. - - 197 Fred Fearnot and the Raiders; or, Fighting for His Belt. - - 198 Fred Fearnot’s Great Risk; or, One Chance in a Thousand. - - 199 Fred Fearnot as a Sleuth; or, Running Down a Slick Villain. - - 200 Fred Fearnot’s New Deal; or, Working for a Banker. - - 201 Fred Fearnot in Dakota; or, The Little Combination Ranch. - - 202 Fred Fearnot and the Road Agents; or, Terry Olcott’s Cool Nerve. - - 203 Fred Fearnot and the Amazon; or, The Wild Woman of the Plains. - - 204 Fred Fearnot’s Training School; or, How to Make a Living. - - 205 Fred Fearnot and the Stranger; or, The Long Man who was Short. - - 206 Fred Fearnot and the Old Trapper; or, Searching for a Lost - Cavern. - - 207 Fred Fearnot in Colorado; or, Running a Sheep Ranch. - - 208 Fred Fearnot at the Ball; or, The Girl in the Green Mask. - - 209 Fred Fearnot and the Duellist; or, The Man Who Wanted to Fight. - - 210 Fred Fearnot on the Stump; or, Backing an Old Veteran. - - 211 Fred Fearnot’s New Trouble; or, Up Against a Monopoly. - - 212 Fred Fearnot as Marshal; or, Commanding the Peace. - - 213 Fred Fearnot and “Wally”; or, The Good Natured Bully of Badger. - - 214 Fred Fearnot and the Miners; or, The Trouble At Coppertown. - - 215 Fred Fearnot and the “Blind Tigers”; or, More Ways Than One. - - 216 Fred Fearnot and the Hindoo; or, The Wonderful Juggler at - Coppertown. - - 217 Fred Fearnot Snow Bound; or, Fun with Pericles Smith. - - 218 Fred Fearnot’s Great Fire Fight; or, Rescuing a Prairie School. - - 219 Fred Fearnot in New Orleans; or, Up Against the Mafia. - - 220 Fred Fearnot and the Haunted House; or, Unraveling a Great - Mystery. - - 221 Fred Fearnot on the Mississippi; or, The Blackleg’s Murderous - Plot. - - 222 Fred Fearnot’s Wolf Hunt; or, A Battle for Life in the Dark. - - 223 Fred Fearnot and the “Greaser”; or, The Fight to Death with - Lariats. - - 224 Fred Fearnot in Mexico; or, Fighting the Revolutionists. - - 225 Fred Fearnot’s Daring Bluff; or, The Nerve that Saved His Life. - - 226 Fred Fearnot and the Grave Digger; or, The Mystery of a - Cemetery. - - 227 Fred Fearnot’s Wall Street Deal; or, Between the Bulls and the - Bears. - - 228 Fred Fearnot and “Mr. Jones”; or, The Insurance Man in Trouble. - - 229 Fred Fearnot’s Big Gift; or, A Week at Old Avon. - - 230 Fred Fearnot and the “Witch”; or, Exposing an Old Fraud. - - 231 Fred Fearnot’s Birthday; or, A Big Time at New Era. - - 232 Fred Fearnot and the Sioux Chief; or, Searching for a Lost Girl. - - 233 Fred Fearnot’s Mortal Enemy; or, The Man on the Black Horse. - - 234 Fred Fearnot at Canyon Castle; or, Entertaining His Friends. - - 235 Fred Fearnot and the Comanche; 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Tell your newsdealer to get you a copy. - - LATEST ISSUES. - - 5 Frank Reade, Jr.’s “Sea Serpent”; or, The Search for Sunken Gold. - - 6 Frank Reade, Jr.’s Electric Terror, the “Thunderer”; or, The - Search for the Tartar’s Captive. - - 7 Frank Reade, Jr.’s Air Wonder, the “Kite”; or, A Six Weeks’ Flight - Over the Andes. - - 8 Frank Reade, Jr.’s Deep Sea Diver, the “Tortoise”; or, The Search - for a Sunken Island. - - 9 Frank Reade, Jr.’s Electric Invention, the “Warrior”; or, Fighting - Apaches in Arizona. - - 10 Frank Reade, Jr., and His Electric Air Boat; or, Hunting Wild - Beasts for a Circus. - - 11 Frank Reade, Jr., and His Torpedo Boat; or, At War With the - Brazilian Rebels. - - 12 Fighting the Slave Hunters; or, Frank Reade, Jr., In Central - Africa. - - 13 From Zone to Zone; or, The Wonderful Trip of Frank Reade, Jr., - with His Latest Air Ship. - - 14 Frank Reade, Jr., and His Electric Cruiser of the Lakes; or, A - Journey Through Africa by Water. - - 15 Frank Reade, Jr., and His Electric Turret; or, Lost in the Land - of Fire. - - 16 Frank Reade, Jr., and His Engine of the Clouds; or, Chased Around - the World in the Sky. - - 17 In the Great Whirlpool; or, Frank Reade, Jr.’s Strange Adventures - in a Submarine Boat. - - 18 Chased Across the Sahara; or, Frank Reade, Jr., After a Bedouin’s - Captive. - - 19 Six Weeks in the Clouds; or, Frank Reade, Jr.’s Air-Ship the - “Thunderbolt.” - - 20 Around the World Under Water; or, The Wonderful Cruise of a - Submarine Boat. - - 21 The Mystic Brand; or, Frank Reade, Jr., and His Overland Stage. - - 22 Frank Reade, Jr.’s Electric Air Racer; or, Around the Globe in - Thirty Days. - - 23 The Sunken Pirate; or, Frank Reade, Jr., in Search of a Treasure - at the Bottom of the Sea. - - 24 Frank Reade, Jr.’s Magnetic Gun Carriage; or, Working for the U. - S. Mail. - - 25 Frank Reade, Jr., and His Electric Ice Ship; or, Driven Adrift in - the Frozen Sky. - - 26 Frank Reade, Jr.’s Electric Sea Engine; or, Hunting for a Sunken - Diamond Mine. - - 27 The Black Range; or, Frank Reade, Jr., Among the Cowboys with His - Electric Caravan. - - 28 Over the Andes with Frank Reade, Jr., in His New Air-Ship; or, - Wild Adventures in Peru. - - 29 Frank Reade, Jr., Exploring a Submarine Mountain; or, Lost at the - Bottom of the Sea. - - 30 Adrift in Africa; or, Frank Reade, Jr., Among the Ivory Hunters - with His New Electric Wagon. - - 31 Frank Reade, Jr.’s Search for a Lost Man in His Latest Air - Wonder. - - 32 Frank Reade, Jr.’s Search for the Sea Serpent; or, Six Thousand - Miles Under the Sea. - - 33 Frank Reade, Jr.’s Prairie Whirlwind; or, The Mystery of the - Hidden Canyon. - - 34 Around the Horizon for Ten Thousand Miles; or, Frank Reade, Jr.’s - Most Wonderful Trip. - - 35 Lost In the Atlantic Valley; or, Frank Reade, Jr., and his - Wonder, the “Dart.” - - 36 Frank Reade, Jr.’s Desert Explorer; or, The Underground City of - the Sahara. - - 37 Lost in the Mountains of the Moon; or, Frank Reade, Jr.’s Great - Trip with the “Scud.” - - 38 Under the Amazon for a Thousand Miles. - - 39 Frank Reade, Jr.’s Clipper of the Prairie; or, Fighting the - Apaches in the Southwest. - - 40 The Chase of a Comet; or, Frank Reade, Jr.’s Aerial Trip with the - “Flash.” - - 41 Across the Frozen Sea; or, Frank Reade Jr.’s Electric Snow - Cutter. - - 42 Frank Reade Jr.’s Electric Buckboard; or, Thrilling Adventures in - North Australia. - - 43 Around the Arctic Circle; or, Frank Reade Jr.’s Famous Flight - With His Air Ship. - - 44 Frank Reade Jr.’s Search for the Silver Whale; or, Under the - Ocean in the Electric “Dolphin.” - - 45 Frank Reade, Jr., and His Electric Car; or, Outwitting a - Desperate Gang. - - 46 To the End of the Earth; or, Frank Reade Jr.’s Great Mid-Air - Flight. - - 47 The Missing Island; or, Frank Reade Jr.’s Voyage Under the Sea. - - 48 Frank Reade, Jr., in Central India; or, the Search for the Lost - Savants. - - 49 Frank Reade, Jr. Fighting The Terror of the Coast. - - 50 100 Miles Below the Surface of the Sea; or, The Marvelous Trip of - Frank Reade, Jr. - - For Sale by All Newsdealers, or will be Sent to Any Address on Receipt - of Price, 5 Cents per Copy, by - FRANK TOUSEY, Publisher, 24 Union Square, New York. - - IF YOU WANT ANY BACK NUMBERS - -of our Libraries and cannot procure them from newsdealers, they can be -obtained from this office direct. 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