Front matter
Reading edition
Sparky Ames
of the
Ferry Command
Story by ROY J. SNELL
Illustrated by
ERWIN L. DARWIN
FIGHTERS FOR FREEDOM Series
WHITMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY
RACINE, WISCONSIN
Copyright, 1943, by
WHITMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY
Printed in U.S.A.
All names, characters, places, and events in this story
are entirely fictitious
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I The Flight of the Lone Star 11
II Savages and the Night 21
III Battling a Spy 35
IV The Big Hop 47
V The Lady in Black 61
VI Mysterious Moslem 72
VII Battling at Close Quarters 84
VIII Desert Battles 95
IX A Roll of Papyrus 109
X Two Can Hide in a Cloud 120
XI The Tumbling Donkey 130
XII Sealed Orders 145
XIII Snake Charmer 157
XIV The Cast Assembles 163
XV Burma Detour 179
XVI “Me Got Machine Gun!” 192
XVII In Swift Pursuit 204
XVIII Where Are They? 215
XIX St. Elmo’s Fire 225
XX Deep Secrets Revealed 235
ILLUSTRATIONS
PAGE
A Formation of Four-Motored Planes Passed Over 10
The Lone Star Came to Rest at the Foot of the Hill 23
Sparky and Mary Watched the Natives Come Closer 37
“We’ll Have to Go It Alone,” Said Mary 51
Soldiers Greeted Them at the Secret Airfield 65
Mary Found Herself Creating a Sensation 75
Between Him and the Jap Was a Trap-Door 89
“Captain Ramsey, This Is My Daughter, Mary.” 101
The Quiet, Swinging Rhythm Set Her Dreaming 113
The Fighter Planes Guarded Her Air Lane 123
Men Sat Cross-Legged in the Midst of Their Wares 135
“It’s out of a Story Book,” Mary Whispered 141
“I’m Judy Pierce,” Said an Attractive Young Lady 153
She Cornered Sparky for a Private Conference 165
“Nobody Dares Touch a Flying Tiger!” 173
“I’ll Write to Your Mothers,” She Promised 185
A Powerful Plane Swept Down Upon the Field 197
“The Lady in Black Knows the Secret of Our Cargo!” 209
“That Means a Storm!” Sparky Exclaimed 221
Hop Sing’s Report Was Terrifying 231
Endpaper illustration 249
A Formation of Four-Motored Planes Passed Over