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Title: Tom Swift and his Motor-boat
or, The Rivals of Lake Carlopa

Author: Victor Appleton

Posting Date: July 13, 2008 [EBook #2273]
Release Date: August, 2000
[This file last updated on August 13, 2010]

Language: English

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TOM SWIFT AND HIS MOTOR-BOAT

Or

The Rivals of Lake Carlopa

By

VICTOR APPLETON

CONTENTS

I A Motor-boat Auction
II Some Lively Bidding
III A Timely Warning
IV Tom And Andy Clash
V A Test Of Speed
VI Towing Some Girls
VII A Brush With Andy
VIII Off On A Trip
IX Mr. Swift Is Alarmed
X A Cry For Help
XI A Quick Run
XII Suspicious Characters
XIII Tom In Danger
XIV The ARROW Disappears
XV A Damaging Statement
XVI Still On The Search
XVII "There She Is!"
XVIII The Pursuit
XIX A Quiet Cruise
XX News Of A Robbery
XXI The Balloon On Fire
XXII The Rescue
XXIII Plans For An Airship
XXIV The Mystery Solved
XXV Winning A Race

CHAPTER I

A MOTOR-BOAT AUCTION

"Where are you going, Tom?" asked Mr. Barton Swift of his son as the
young man was slowly pushing his motor-cycle out of the yard toward the
country road. "You look as though you had some object in view."

"So I have, dad. I'm going over to Lanton."

"To Lanton? What for?"

"I want to have a look at that motor-boat."

"Which boat is that, Tom? I don't recall your speaking about a boat
over at Lanton. What do you want to look at it for?"

"It's the motor-boat those fellows had who tried to get away with your
turbine model invention, dad. The one they used at the old General
Harkness mansion, in the woods near the lake, and the same boat that
fellow used when he got away from me the day I was chasing him here."

"Oh, yes, I remember now. But what is the boat doing over at Lanton?"

"That's where it belongs. It's the property of Mr. Bently Hastings.
The thieves stol