"Yeah, come to think of it I sure did hear a bus passin' over just at peep o' day," admitted Perk. "Let's have a look-in while we're here, and see what a bag o' tricks these stunt flyers are holdin' up their sleeves, so's to give this crowd a row o' thrills." "Suits me, Perk; no great hurry about our jumping off, so long as we pull the gun before dark sets in." "Shucks! little difference it makes on a patch as well lighted as this Candler Field o' your home city, old boy; and with a flashlight beacon set every ten miles all ...
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"Yeah, come to think of it I sure did hear a bus passin' over just at peep o' day," admitted Perk. "Let's have a look-in while we're here, and see what a bag o' tricks these stunt flyers are holdin' up their sleeves, so's to give this crowd a row o' thrills." "Suits me, Perk; no great hurry about our jumping off, so long as we pull the gun before dark sets in." "Shucks! little difference it makes on a patch as well lighted as this Candler Field o' your home city, old boy; and with a flashlight beacon set every ten miles all the way down to Orleans, to keep us on our course. Look at that guy fairly burning the air like hot cakes-he must be tryin' to beat the speed record, I guess, Jack." "Hardly a day comes without some record going by the board," remarked Jack, who had a reputation as a safe and sane pilot, although on occasion he had been known to put through some tricks so death-defying as to make the hearts of the spectators seem to jump up in their throats with the thrill.
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Very Good + in Very Good jacket. Book A square solid tight carefully read copy. This copy has some minor board edge wear, browning/foxing to the edges of the text block, neat gift inscription, foxing to the endpapers front and rear. The jacket has some light rubbing wear, light soil, some foxing both sides. Jacket appears to have been trimmed top and bottom edges. THIS COPY IS IN MY POSSESSION AND NORMALLY SHIPS NEXT DAY.
