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Title: The Flying Machine Boys on Duty

The Clue Above the Clouds

Author: Frank Walton

Release Date: October 9, 2015 [eBook #50165]

Language: English

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Descending from his seat, the aviator was greeted by two boys not far from his own age.
The Flying Machine Boys on Duty. Page 4.

An aviator, swinging northward in a June twilight, found himself constantly annoyed by the driver of a machine whose only motive in life seemed to be to get in the way. Turn as he might to right or left, sail high or low, the obstinate and impertinent pursuer was always at hand to threaten him.

To the west, lay Bedloe’s island, showing the Statue of Liberty, ruddy in the sunlight. To the east, Governor’s island presented the battlements of Fort Columbus and Castle William. To the north, or to the northeast, to be more exact, lay Battery park, a smear of green at the lower end of Manhattan island.

For a time people on ferryboats traversing New York bay