Tom Swift and The Visitor from Planet X

ously as Tom staggered ba

harm done," Tom

ow came rushing in as Bud was brushing the fragments of debri

d. The chef had been bringing a tray of fruit juice t

ment was transistorized mostly with printed circuits. Otherwise," he added, "I

on the temple from a piece of the shattered housing. Bud swabbed Tom's injuries with

Bud asked as they pause

y, I don't know." But he was wonderin

elephoned the electronics department to bring another set

space-station frequency. Then he picked up the microphone and step

ng Outpost!... C

ther explosion! The new

stunned voice. "Don't tell m

that anything was wrong with the radio itself. Every se

that leave us?"

the reply was coming through from the space station. There is no possibility that their signal wa

d the message and sent some sort of ray th

had pinpointed the suspicion in the

pose I hop up to the space wheel and talk it over with yo

agreed. "The sooner

ngars to ready a helijet for the flight to Fearing Island. This was the Swifts' rocket base, just off the Atlantic coas

ed back to work on hi

ed in Hank Sterling and showed

he brain," Tom began apologetically, "but you'll

to action. Say, what do we

rose trellis and I ought to call it Fireplug Rose! But I've given it a more dig

t-sized cylinder to be inserted into the ground, with magnetic coils near the top. A smaller

m said. "We'll need fifty of 'em, so turn the job over to S

Newton, was the commercial division which mas

om went on, would be fed into an electronic c

aped casting with two large spheres mounted on top. F

work, Tom?"

ined, "will receive by radio signal the

would produce changes in the pressure of the hydraulic f

t drivers. When the unit was embedded in rock, underground, the huge pistons would

eer scope of the young scientist's newest inv

red by telephone with both Dr. Miles in the Bureau of Mines and Bernt Ahlgren in the

izor itself was on a certain government reservation in Colorad

le disaster," Tom explained. "And the Rocky Mountain structure will give us

hone hookup-with automatic scramblers to counter the danger of enemy monitors-laying plans to install

ok off in the Sky Queen. This was Tom's huge atomic-powered Flying Lab. The massive plane f

d the Sky Queen. In little more than an hour, the two craft touched down in

in charge. He introduced his own men and added, "Better roll

dollies. Then the group, armed with bull's-eye lanterns, flashligh

ut the spot for embeddi

und chamber when a fearsome growl rumbled through the cave.

he cave! The monster snarled and blinke

pped!" Han

huge head from side to side, as if dar

es and shotguns. But in spite of their peril,

d. "If help arrives before the

any minute, two rangers appeared and captured the bear with a net. One man of the government work crew knocked together

d other small living creatures. Then a site was marked out on the cave floor. Tom had brought along a m

the Quakelizor was assembled and lowered into place by a portable crane. A powe

u operate the setup," he told the government engineers after radio contact had be

ontinent. As Tom landed at Enterprises he was greeted

loding radio sets, Tom. He has no clues, but he's sure the scientists working for the Brungarian rebel setup

o boys discussed the problem as they drove

me way to cope with it," Tom said wea

y," Bud reported. "And he also said he'd be

reminds me," he said, "on Monday the

with worry through the young inventor's mind. W

d to the red light flashing on the control

ton announcer, app

tremor was just felt here in Washington. It centered