Chapter I: Front Matter

The Flying Girl Series

The Flying Girl and
Her Chum

The Flying Girl
And Her Chum

BY
EDITH VAN DYNE

Author of
The Flying Girl; Aunt Jane's Nieces Series
Etc.

Illustrated by Joseph Pierre Nuyttens

The Reilly & Britton Co.
Chicago

Copyright, 1912
by
The Reilly & Britton Co.

_The Flying Girl and Her Chum_

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I THE GIRL WITH THE YACHT 9

II THE GIRL WITH THE AËROPLANE 31

III A PRODIGY IN AERONAUTICS 46

IV THE ALUMINUM CHEST 54

V THE LAST DROP OF GASOLINE 63

VI CASTAWAYS 73

VII TWO GIRLS AND ONE ISLAND 87

VIII AN OWL CONCERT 97

IX MISS COLUMBUS AND MISS CRUSOE 106

X MADELINE DENTRY'S PROPOSITION 117

XI A GAME OF CHECKERS 126

XII THE QUEST OF THE "SALVADOR" 139

XIII CAPRICIOUS FATE 148

XIV ON THE BLUFF 159

XV BOAT AHOY! 166

XVI AN ISLAND KINGDOM 171

XVII DON MIGUEL DEL BORGITIS 183

XVIII THE MASK OFF 192

XIX AN EXCITING RACE 203

XX BESIEGED 211

XXI CAPTURING AN AËROPLANE 220

XXII RAMON GANZA 231

XXIII A DESPERATE ALTERNATIVE 243

XXIV THE DIPLOMACY OF CHESTY TODD 256

XXV SCUTTLED 270

XXVI ORISSA RETURNS 279

XXVII FACING THE CRISIS 286

XXVIII THE PRISONER 290

XXIX ORISSA DECIDES 304

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

"Well, I declare!" exclaimed Orissa, sitting up.
_Frontispiece_

"It--it has run away with 'em, Steve. It's gone wrong, man;
there's danger ahead!" _Page_ 120

Suddenly a huge form filled the doorway, inspecting the
newcomers with a quick, comprehensive glance. _Page_ 184

Madeline, seated at the table, studied the faces before her
curiously, while an amused smile played around her lips.
"We cannot accept our enemy's proposition," she announced.
_Page_ 246

The Flying Girl and Her Chum