文档介绍：DICK HAMILTON'S AIRSHIP; OR, A YOUNG MILLIONAIRE IN THE CLOUDS
DICK HAMILTON'S
AIRSHIP; OR, A YOUNG
MILLIONAIRE IN THE
CLOUDS
BY Howard R. Garis
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DICK HAMILTON'S AIRSHIP; OR, A YOUNG MILLIONAIRE IN THE CLOUDS
CHAPTER I THE FALLING
BIPLANE
"She sure is a fine boat, Dick."
"And she can go some, too!"
"Glad you like her, fellows," replied Dick Hamilton, to the remarks of
his chums, Paul Drew and Innis Beeby, as he turned the wheel of a new
motor-boat and sent the craft about in a graceful sweep toward a small
dock which connected with a little excursion resort on the Kentfield river.
"Like her! Who could help it?" asked Paul, looking about admiringly
at the fittings of the craft. "Why, you could go on a regular cruise in
her!"
"You might if you kept near your base of supplies," remarked Dick.
"Base of supplies!" laughed Innis. "Can't you forget, for a while, that
you're at a military school, old man, and not give us the sort of stuff we get
in class all the while?"
"Well, what I meant," explained the young millionaire owner of the
motor-boat, "was that you couldn't carry enough food aboard, and have
room to move about, if you went on a very long trip."
"That's right, you couldn't," agreed Paul. "And of late I seem to have
acquired the eating habit in its worst form."
"I never knew the time when you didn't have it," responded Dick. "I'm
going to give you a chance to indulge in it right now, and I'm going to
profit by your example."
"What's doing?" asked Innis, as he straightened the collar of his
military blouse, for the three were in the fatigue uniforms of the Kentfield
Military Academy, where Dick and his chums attended. Lessons and
practice were over for the day, and the young millionaire had invited his
friends out for a little trip in his new motor-boat.
"I thought we'd just stop at Bruce's place, and get a sandwich and a
cup of coffee," suggested Dick. "Then we can go on down the river and
we won't have to