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  Sparky Ames

  of the

  Ferry Command

  _Story by_ ROY J. SNELL

  _Illustrated by_ ERWIN L. DARWIN

  WHITMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY RACINE, WISCONSIN

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  Copyright, 1943, by WHITMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY

  Printed in U.S.A.

  _All names, characters, places, and events in this story are entirely fictitious_

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  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

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  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

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  _A Formation of Four-Motored Planes Passed Over_]

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  Sparky Ames

  of the

  FERRY COMMAND