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Tom started to trace them, and incidentally he raced and beat Andy Foger, a rich bully. On their way down the lake, after the robbery, Tom, his father and Ned Newton, Tom's chum, saw a man hanging from the trapeze of a blazing balloon over Lake Carlopa. The balloonist was Mr. John Sharp and he was rescued by Tom in a thrilling fashion.
Just now you dislodged the jammed needle when you struck the instrument board with your fist." "Then we're in a pretty bad way, eh, Tom?" asked Captain Britten calmly. "I'll say," replied young Swift grimly. "We can't hope to reach Carlopa and there is nothing beneath us now but thick woodland. No question about it. A crack-up is the next thing on the program!"
Swift," remarked the proprietor, coming up, "but I would not advise you to start to-night. There is a bad storm in the west, and it will reach here in a few minutes. Storms on Lake Carlopa, especially at this open and exposed end, are not to be despised, I assure you." "But I must get home!" insisted Tom's father.
"But your face is familiar, somehow, and yet it isn't." "I've shaved off my mustache," went on the other. "That makes a difference. But you haven't forgotten John Sharp, the balloonist, whom you rescued from Lake Carlopa, and who helped you build the Red Cloud? You haven't forgotten John Sharp, have you, Tom?" "Well, I should say not!" cried the lad heartily. "I'm real glad to see you.
Hastings in his new CARLOPA. I wonder if he wants a race?" "Guess he'd have it all his own way," suggested Ned. "Oh, I don't know. I can get a little more speed out of my boat." Tom waited until the former owner of the ARROW was up to him. "Want a race?" asked Mr. Hastings good-naturedly. "Sure!" agreed Tom, and he shoved the timer ahead to produce quicker explosions.
Our hero, with the aid of Mr. Damon, and some friends of the latter, raided the old house, but the men escaped. In the second book of the series, called "Tom Swift and His Motor-Boat," there was related the doings of the lad, his father and his chum, Ned Newton, on Lake Carlopa.
Tom looked low, through one of several plate glass windows in the floor of the car. He gave a gasp of astonishment. "Why! We're right over Lake Carlopa!" he gasped. "Of course," admitted Mr. Sharp with a laugh.
"Lad, you've got what it takes!" rumbled Captain Britten, shaking Tom's hand approvingly. "You're a mighty brave young fellow!" "You mean YOU had what it takes," laughed the inventor, taking over the controls preparatory to landing on Carlopa. "Without that extra bit of gas we'd be piled up in a tree by now!"
I expect to do considerable hunting this fall, and so I'm getting ready for it." "Do you live near here?" "Well, about ten miles away, on the other side of Lake Carlopa, but I am fond of long walks in the woods. If you ever get to Waterford I wish you'd come and see me, Mr. Swift. I have heard of your father." "I will, Mr.
For a week the three led an ideal existence, going about as they pleased, Ned taking a number of photographs with his new camera. The ARROW proved herself a fine boat, and Tom and Ned, when Mr. Swift did not accompany them, explored the seldom visited parts of Lake Carlopa. The three had been out one day and were discussing the necessity of returning home soon when Ned spoke.
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