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  UNDER THE PRESSURE OF BOTH WIND AND CLAW-WHEEL,
  SHE HIT ONLY THE HIGH PLACES.
  _Speedwell Boys and Their Ice Racer.    Page_ 199
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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




                               CHAPTER I

                       ON THE ROAD AND ON THE ICE


“Crickey! this is some snow, Dan. Never saw it come so fast in my life,”
declared Billy Speedwell earnestly, as his brother rolled the heavy cans
of milk out of the cooling room at Fifield’s.

Their new motor-truck, in which the boys picked up the milk from the
various dairies under contract to Mr. Speedwell, stood near. One at a
time the brothers lifted the heavy cans and tossed them into the wagon.

“You’ll likely see a lot more snow before _this_ winter’s over, Billy,”
grunted the older lad, as the last can was placed.

“If it gets deep in the roads we may have to go back to using Bob and
Betty and the old delivery wagons.”

“Not much!” exclaimed Dan, with confidence. “We’ve got seventy horses in
this old engine; that ought to push her through the drifts.”

“We’ll have to put the chains on her tires before we start out to-morrow
morning—unless I miss my guess. This is going to be some snow