... expanse of scrubgrass and sand dunes. Now it was
the Swifts’ top‐secret rocket base, tightly guarded by drone planes
and radar.
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“Anearthquake!” Tom gasped.
Bud, ... replied as the boys
stared,mystified.
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CHAPTERII
THE MYSTERIOUSHITCH...
... an
Irishman: these tenants gave up their occupations, sublet their lands at a great
profit . . . and betook themselves to the race-course and the fox-covert. Their
genteel aspirations were aided by the ... shall be-
come a shell, and the shell a fish, and the fish a bird, and the bird a
beast; and then he shall become a man again, and see the glory of the
latter day...
... though they were
much alike in appearance, the Cimbri and the Teutones. They defeated the Roman
armies sent against them, and, turning to the south and west, went on their way along
the north ... is put into the dish comes from a master over whom
they have no control. If they upset the dish they are turned out as they were in 1878,
1887, 1893, and 1907, and when t...
... (1912)
• Tom Swift and His Undersea Search (1920)
• Tom Swift and His Photo Telephone (1914)
• Tom Swift and His Electric Locomotive (1922)
• Tom Swift in the Land of Wonders (1917)
• Tom Swift and ... something from the retort. It was
the tray which had held the white balls. But they were white no longer,
for they had been turned into diamonds. From th...
... (1914)
• Tom Swift and His Electric Locomotive (1922)
• Tom Swift in the Land of Wonders (1917)
• Tom Swift and His Submarine Boat (1910)
• Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle (1911)
• Tom Swift and ... Appleton:
• Tom Swift and His Motor-Cycle (1910)
• Tom Swift and His Airship (1910)
• Tom Swift in the City of Gold (1912)
• Tom Swift and Hi...
... (1920)
• Tom Swift and His Photo Telephone (1914)
• Tom Swift and His Electric Locomotive (1922)
• Tom Swift in the Land of Wonders (1917)
• Tom Swift and His Submarine Boat (1910)
• Tom Swift and ... fastened to the frame of the planes.
The rudders, one to control the elevation and depression of the craft, and
the other to direct its flight to t...
... (1912)
• Tom Swift and His Undersea Search (1920)
• Tom Swift and His Photo Telephone (1914)
• Tom Swift and His Electric Locomotive (1922)
• Tom Swift in the Land of Wonders (1917)
• Tom Swift and ... shed. They
could see each other's faces, and they looked pale and ghastly in the
queer glow. They could see the box, brought into bold relief, where N...
... (1912)
• Tom Swift and His Undersea Search (1920)
• Tom Swift and His Photo Telephone (1914)
• Tom Swift and His Electric Locomotive (1922)
• Tom Swift in the Land of Wonders (1917)
• Tom Swift and ... instant the black liquid was spattered all
over Andy, Sam and Pete. It could not have been done more effectively if
Tom had thrown it by hand. All over their...
... (1912)
• Tom Swift and His Undersea Search (1920)
• Tom Swift and His Photo Telephone (1914)
• Tom Swift and His Electric Locomotive (1922)
• Tom Swift in the Land of Wonders (1917)
• Tom Swift and ... officers, from the custom house."
Tom distinctly heard a gasp of surprise on the other side of the portal,
and then a bolt was drawn. The door w...
... (1912)
• Tom Swift and His Undersea Search (1920)
• Tom Swift and His Photo Telephone (1914)
• Tom Swift in the Land of Wonders (1917)
• Tom Swift and His Submarine Boat (1910)
• Tom Swift and His ... that those notes dealt with the subject under discussion
between the visitor from the West and the Swifts.
He had likewise seen Tom thrust the pap...