Tom Swift and His Photo Telephone or the Picture That Saved a Fortune

le and the paper cutter on Mr. Damon's desk had ceased rattling

, Tom?" aske

thing at last--the firs

ngs lately--that's a fact. I haven't had the heart for it. There are

y motor boat would not

do tha

nd then he accused m

st like him. Tell

ory of the collision Mr. Damon sat sile

ket. But I allowed myself to be deceived by his talk about big profits. At first he seemed like a smart business man,

, Mr. Damon?" asked To

y short, he got me to invest nearly all my fortune in some enterprises that

e to-day. Father told me to offer you all the ready money you nee

s old self. "Bless my shoes, a man never knows who his real friends are until trouble comes.

f him, Mr. Damon. He has money lying i

here's no use in throwing good money after bad. If I took yours now th

nger myself. Then, if I do go down I won't drag anybody else with me. I'll hang on to the wre

got you in his

ve been suspicious of him. And now, Tom, let me give you a furthe

going to make him pay for dama

ricky man. And one thing more. I have heard that this man Peters m

" asked Tom,

ers gets the invention, and the man, ou

ords, he sw

r. He cheats them out of the profits of their inve

I think he will try it, but it's just as well to be warned. I didn't like him from the moment he ran int

y so, Tom. I wish he'd g

let my father help you,

to hold on to my fortune. If I find I can't do it alone, then I'll call

saw that his friend was in a better st

king to Mr. Damon, and then took his

ounced Eradicate, as he helped Tom w

o, Rad? Wh

y. Yo' father am out,

Rad. Who is h

ore does use a pow'ful nice perfume

ck to the day he had had the trouble with M

om. He's a white-

t to get back what it cost me to have the Kilo fixed. I'll see him at once. Oh, by the way, it isn't

assa Tom. '

"togs," and started for the house. For Mr. Halling had called for his repaired airship some

ary a little later. The man, as Eradicate had said, was

" said the man, rising a

I don't believe I

great inventors like you," and, somehow, Tom liked the man less than before, for he detected an unde

ss," went on the man. "My name is Harrison

ntative of the man against whom Mr. Damon had warned him onl

r boat and that of Mr. Peters collided, a bri

hoto telephone were lying on a desk in plain sight. They were within easy reach of the man, and Tom thought the sheets l

tion." Then he calmed himself, as he realized that he, himself, had not yet perfe

unate," went on Mr. Boylan, "and Mr

t in Tom. "I don't want to be impolite, but I have my own opinion of the affair. A

instructed me to say that he realizes the accident was entirely his own fault, and he is very willing--nay, anxious, to pay all damages. In fact, that is w

let from his pocket. Tom felt a litt

"the repair bill is only about t

ot another word. Mr. Peters did not know who you were that day he so unfortunately ran into you. If he had, he would not

who you were, he at once authorized me to make a

asive smile, "the bill came to three hundred forty-seven dollars. Here is the receipted bill.

d off some bills. "There you are, and I regret that you and Mr. Peters had su

oney. I take it merely as a matter of justice, for I assure you that Mr.

he caller. "And now that I have this disagreeable bu

call would be made plain--that the matter of paying the damag

lan, smiling at Tom, "that Mr. Peters

hing like that," sa

ises, and is, therefore, a benefactor of the human race. Where persons have no cash with which t

" thought

th too many interests, Mr. Peters takes hold of one of his ideas, a

ard of you, and he woul

uld like to do me--and do me good and brown.

e will form a large stock company, put one of your inventions on the market, and make you a rich man. Now what do you say?" and he loo

opening the library door, to indicate that the interv

hat I have nothing for him to exploit, o

Do you mean to say you will not take

mean to say," replie

with Mr. Peters? You wo

id Tom,

osterous thing I ever heard of!" protested Mr.

me, and excuse the slang, if you like,