Tom Swift and His Sky Racer; Or, The Quickest Flight on Record

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n intruder in the garden or shrubbery, Tom sprinted on at top speed. Now and then he paused to l

of me-no, not even half a minute-and yet they've disappeared as completely as though the groun

careful search. He saw no one, until, turning a

s around here just now, have y

Massa Tom. What fo' kind

ibrary just now and took some of my plans while my father dozed off.

f away on yo' airship, de time yo' all went a

anybody, it was Andy Foger, or some of his

ah mule, Boomerang, loose on him, an' he won'

eep your eyes open, Rad, and if you see Andy Foger, or any one el

Massa Tom, ef I see

an Mr.

essin' ob hisself or his shoelaces, or suffi

h I don't fancy he'll call. He's off on a little trip, and won't be back for a week. But watch out, R

his father eagerly as the youn

answer. "There wasn

her examination of the ground under the window disclosed nothing. There was gravel beneath the casem

om. "Are you sure you didn't hear a

o sleep like that, but I suppose it's because of my illness. B

anaged to get in here and take my plans for the new sky racer. I don't see how the

creen open?" a

the mesh, caught it under the hook, and pulled it up from

of us seeing them," spoke the older inventor. "More likely, Tom, it w

ask Mrs. Baggert if t

in on that point, and so that part of

Mr. Swift. "It's my fault,

isn't!" declar

?" asked his father. "Have

eted drawings, and I can easily make another set. But

it, the

I have worked it out on a new principle, and it is not yet patented. Whoever stole my plans can make the same kind of a s

Tom. I never thought of th

e'd have the nerve. However, I'll see if I can learn anything about him. He may have been sneak

exclaimed Mr. Swift "I-

think any more about it, dad. I'll get back those plans. Come, now. It's time for your

e Tom called up Dr. Gladby, to have him come and see Mr. Swift. The doctor said his patie

r was no worse, Tom set

o himself. "I don't want to make a speedy aeroplane, and find out at

ough the young inventor did not actually accuse him of taking the plans, he hinted at it. Andy muttered many indignant negatives, a

ieve the red-haired lad's denial, there was n

ke the plans, wh

away after cross-questionin

in that ten tho

about that?" dem

ger and better aeroplanes in that meet than

fair by sneaking around under our

now it, but I do,"

it won't be healthy for you. Look out for live wires, if you try to do the l

ans, Andy?" asked Pete Bai

his place," declared Sam Snedecker, "and that we

ed Pete, and Andy

s in and about the grounds where they would show best. But the wires carried no current, and were

d take Tom could not get back his plans, and he spent many anxious days seeking them. They seemed to have com

the missing plans. He sought this information by stealth, and was aided by his chu