THE PHANTOM AIRMAN

"It was as though the mighty concussion had blown a hole in the universe."--Page 245.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

1. The Secret of the Schwarzwald

2. The Wonder 'Plane

3. "Tempest" of the Aerial Police

4. A Midnight Consultation

5. The Aerial Liner

6. An Up-to-Date Cabin Boy

7. A Duel with Words

8. Sons of the Desert

9. The Phantom Bird

10. The Brigand of the Eastern Skies

11. The Air-King's Tribute

12. The Maharajah's Choice

13. The Missing Airship

14. Betrayed by the Camera

15. Diamond cut Diamond

16. The Ghostly Visitant

17. The Watchers

18. "Live Wires"

19. The Devil's Workshop

20. "Hands Up!"

21. The Coming Fight

22. An Aerial Duel

THE PHANTOM AIRMAN

CHAPTER I

THE SECRET OF THE SCHWARZWALD

Rittmeister Heinrich von Spitzer, late flight-commander in the German Air Service, was one of the Prussian irreconcilables, who, rather than submit to the peace terms enforced by the Allies after the defeat of Germany, resolved to become an aerial brigand, an outlaw of the nations, and to wage a bitter warfare of violence and plunder against his late enemies.

His proud spirit refused to bend before the conquerors, for the iron shaft of defeat had embittered his soul, particularly against Britain, whom he had ever regarded as the evil genius of the Entente.

One day, when his plans were well matured, he unburdened his spirit to a couple of his friends, kindred souls, men after his own heart, both of them apt