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"I'd be able to harness the sun and stars, and put a surcingle around the moon if I came up to my friends' opinion of my ability. "Nevertheless, two-miles-a-minute is my objective point, and I do not believe it is visionary. Consider the motor-cycle. Ninety miles an hour has long been possible with that, and some tests have shown a speed of over a hundred and ten. That is not far from my mark.
Why shouldn't I find the right combination to bring about a two-miles-a-minute drive?" "Oh, Tom!" cried Mary, with clasped hands, "I hope you do." "I hope I do, too," said Tom, grimly. "At least, if trying will bring it, success is going to come my way." Speed More than four months had passed since the contract had been signed, when Tom made his first yard-test of the Hercules 0001.
"Two-miles-a-minute is the target I have aimed for. Whether I have hit it or not, well, time will show. I have got to try the locomotive out on the tracks of the H. & P. A. in any case. The Hercules Three-Oughts-One has been dragged a long distance, and has been through at least one wreck. I want to see if she is all right before I test her officially." "I'll arrange that for you," said Mr.
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