exter, a newspaper reporter with whom he had been acquainted some time, in this startling fashion was one thing to wonder at, but that In

d been safely gotten aboard. "How in the worl

rescued aviator. "My machinist, Jack Butt, w

at had now subsided from the commotion caused by the

ng moving! Rig

t moment he threw in the clutch of his motor. The prope

ace. A man began to strike out feebly, b

helper!" cried Mr. Var

over the gunwale, and, holding on to a forward deck cleat with one hand, he reached over, and with the

d between them the cadets lifted into t

the

st a

try artificial

o rescued ones were in no need of attention, the cadets proceeded to put to prac

st a few moments, in which to tell my new readers

st volume of this series, entitled, "Dick Hamilton's Fortune; Or, The Stirring Doings of a Millionaire's Son," I related what Dick had to do in order to become fully poss

ick, nor with the plans his sister, Dick's mother, had made for her son. Consequently, Uncle Ezra di

, and also over certain sharpers

my. This was a well-known school, at the head of which was Colonel Masterly. Major Henry Rockford was the commandant, and the institution turned out many first-cla

he had to get over the handicap of being a millionaire

got into a "peck of trouble," to quote his chum, Innis Beeby. But the rich youth fi

first-class eleven from the rather poor material he found at Kentfield. How he did it, though not without hard

," took our hero on a long trip, and in one of the largest, finest and mos

ho rose from the position of office boy on a New York newspaper to be a "star" man, that is, one entrusted with writing only the biggest kind of stories.

from a trip to California, the rich youth

just succeeded in helping rescue the master and "cr

he bre

's coming a

shore though. He'

he unfortunate mechanician of the biplane. They had used

aft had been allowed to drift while the lifesavin

ked Larry Dexter, as he tried to wrin

s," suggested Dick. "I suppose you bi

Innis Beeby. "But I never expected to c

ct to see you,"

was, as we saw your craft in the air. I was

l smile in the direction of the sunken aircraft. "I guess I'm at the e

you come to take up aviation, Larry?" he asked, of th

ought to have an expert of our own to keep up with the times. So they assigned me to the job, and I'm learning how to manage an aircraft. I guess th

ircraft inventor, shaking his head. "The machine ought n

e story back to my p

see that you send off your yarn all right. There's a t

or-boat, with the rescued ones from the airship, which had been seen fl

remarked Innis, as he saw th

k. "Now we've got to attend to him," and he nodde

nwhile, dry garments had been supplied to Larry and Mr. Vardon. A messenger came from Colonel Masterly to learn what was

, where he had been attending Jack Butt. "It seems that he was entangled in some part of the aircraft, and co

e doctor promised. "I'll arrange with Colonel Masterly about that. And your other frie

them up. One is a newspaper man, and the other

Masterly might be int

asked

urse in aviation to the studies here. It has been

t Kentfield!" cried D

interested?" t

n. "Down, Grit, down!" he commanded, as a beautiful bulldog came racing from the stables to fawn upon his maste

. He jumped about in delight at seeing Dick again, for he had be

account of the accident to the airship, and Mr. Vardon was loo

meeting the luckless aviator. Innis took his cousin to the head of the school, an

ting of an aviation course here, and it may be you would like to assist me in it. I want the cadets to lea

have no further funds to pursue my experiments, though I am sat

fully. "We will talk about that later. And we may f

also deeply indebted to my cousin's chum-Dick Hamilton. But for him

on hand," said D