sand-shubble

Updated: June 13, 2025

"Oh, mah golly!" cried Eradicate. "Git some watah, somebody, an' put out dat fire!" "No no water!" yelled Tom, who heard him. "Water will only make it worse it'll scatter the blazing gasoline. The feed pipe from the tank must have burst. Throw on sand sand is the only thing to use!" "I'll git a shubble!" cried Eradicate. "I'll git a sand-shubble!" and he tottered off.

Victor [pseud.] Appleton - Tom Swift and His Giant Cannon, or, the Longest Shots on Record