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  The Speedwell Boys and Their Ice Racer

  Or

  Lost in the Great Blizzard

  BY

  ROY ROCKWOOD

  AUTHOR OF “THE SPEEDWELL BOYS ON MOTORCYCLES,” “THE DAVE DASHAWAY SERIES,” “THE GREAT MARVEL SERIES,” ETC.

  _ILLUSTRATED_

  NEW YORK CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY PUBLISHERS

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  BOOKS FOR BOYS BY ROY ROCKWOOD

  THE SPEEDWELL BOYS SERIES

  12mo. Cloth. Illustrated.

  THE SPEEDWELL BOYS ON MOTORCYCLES THE SPEEDWELL BOYS AND THEIR RACING AUTO THE SPEEDWELL BOYS AND THEIR POWER LAUNCH THE SPEEDWELL BOYS IN A SUBMARINE THE SPEEDWELL BOYS AND THEIR ICE RACER

  DAVE DASHAWAY SERIES 12mo. Cloth. Illustrated.

  DAVE DASHAWAY THE YOUNG AVIATOR DAVE DASHAWAY AND HIS HYDRO-PLANE DAVE DASHAWAY AROUND THE WORLD DAVE DASHAWAY, AIR CHAMPION

  THE GREAT MARVEL SERIES 12mo. Cloth. Illustrated.

  THROUGH THE AIR TO THE NORTH POLE UNDER THE OCEAN TO THE SOUTH POLE FIVE THOUSAND MILES UNDERGROUND THROUGH SPACE TO MARS LOST ON THE MOON ON A TORN-AWAY WORLD

  CUPPLES & LEON. CO., PUBLISHERS, NEW YORK

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  Copyright, 1915, by CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY

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  THE SPEEDWELL BOYS AND THEIR ICE RACER

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  CONTENTS

  CHAPTER PAGE

  I. ON THE ROAD AND ON THE ICE 1 II. A BIG IDEA 11 III. MORE THAN ONE MYSTERY 21 IV. THE “FLY-UP-THE-CREEK” 30 V. WINGED STEEL 38 VI. GETTING INTO TRIM 46 VII. OUT ON THE ROAD 55 VIII. THE PLANS 64 IX. THE BOY WHO COULDN’T TALK 70 X. COASTING 79 XI. A HAIR’S BREADTH FROM DEATH 88 XII. THE “FOLLOW ME” 96 XIII. THE STRANGER 101 XIV. GATHERING TROUBLE 109 XV. ON ISLAND NUMBER ONE 117 XVI. THE UNEXPECTED 127 XVII. IN THE DEN 137 XVIII. AN EVENING DRIVE 144 XIX. LOST IN THE BLIZZARD 152 XX. “NEVER SAY DIE!” 161 XXI. THE CRY FOR HELP 169 XXII. THE BATTLE IN THE SNOW 174 XXIII. DUMMY “GETS IN GOOD” 181 XXIV. “IT’S A RINGER!” 190 XXV. BEATING THE “STREAK O’ LIGHT” 197

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  THE SPEEDWELL BOYS AND THEIR ICE RACER