JOE STRONG AND HIS WINGS OF STEEL

OR A YOUNG ACROBAT IN THE CLOUDS

BY

VANCE BARNUM

Author of “Joe Strong, the Boy Wizard,” “Joe Strong on the Trapeze,” etc.

ILLUSTRATED

NEW YORK HEARST’S INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY CO. PUBLISHERS

BOOKS FOR BOYS

BY

VANCE BARNUM

THE JOE STRONG SERIES

12mo. Cloth Illustrated. Price per volume, 60 cents, postpaid.

JOE STRONG, THE BOY WIZARD Or, The Mysteries of Magic Exposed

JOE STRONG ON THE TRAPEZE Or, The Daring Feats of a Young Circus Performer

JOE STRONG, THE BOY FISH Or, Marvelous Doings in a Big Tank

JOE STRONG ON THE HIGH WIRE Or, Motor-Cycle Perils of the Air

JOE STRONG AND HIS WINGS OF STEEL Or, A Young Acrobat in the Clouds

Copyright, 1916, by Hearst’s International Library Company

JOE STRONG AND HIS WINGS OF STEEL

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. A Queer Machine 1

II. Tangles 10

III. A Setback 18

IV. Under Canvas Again 28

V. In the Tank 36

VI. A New Act 45

VII. Jealousy 53

VIII. The New Wings 60

IX. An Accident 69

X. Success at Last 77

XI. Joe’s Surprise 86

XII. The Runaway Balloon 94

XIII. Rescued 102

XIV. The Aviation Meet 111

XV. Joe’s Plan 119

XVI. The Prize Race 127

XVII. The Old Inventor 136

XVIII. A Prisoner 146

XIX. A Dangerous Plight 154

XX. Suspicions 163

XXI. A Queer Offer 173

XXII. The Hotel Fire 184

XXIII. A Perilous Flight 193

XXIV. Revelations 201

XXV. New Plans 210

ILLUSTRATIONS

Then the Bat was seen to drop suddenly Frontispiece

FACING PAGE

Nearer and nearer he came to the floating balloon 108

There the rescuers, somewhat overpowered by the strong and sickening odor, saw Joe lying in a heap on the floor 166

Joe glided down in the Bat as the men on the roof rushed toward him 202

JOE STRONG AND HIS WINGS OF STEEL