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Title: Tom Swift and his Motor-cycle

Author: Victor Appleton

Posting Date: January 16, 2009 [EBook #4230]
Release Date: July, 2003

Language: English

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Tom Swift and his Motor-Cycle
or
Fun and Adventures on the Road

by Victor Appleton

CONTENTS

I. A NARROW ESCAPE
II. TOM OVERHEARS SOMETHING
III. IN A SMASH-UP
IV. TOM AND A MOTOR-CYCLE
V. MR. SWIFT IS ALARMED
VI. AN INTERVIEW IN THE DARK
VII. OFF ON A SPIN
VIII. SUSPICIOUS ACTIONS
IX. A FRUITLESS PURSUIT
X. OFF TO ALBANY
XI. A VINDICTIVE TRAMP
XII. THE MEN IN THE AUTO
XIII. CAUGHT IN A STORM
XIV. ATTACKED FROM BEHIND
XV. A VAIN SEARCH.
XVI. BACK HOME.
XVII. MR. SWIFT IN DESPAIR
XVIII. HAPPY HARRY AGAIN
XIX. TOM ON A HUNT
XX. ERADICATE SAWS WOOD
XXI. ERADICATE GIVES A CLUE
XXII. THE STRANGE MANSION
XXIII. TOM IS PURSUED
XXIV. UNEXPECTED HELP
XXV. THE CAPTURE--GOOD-BY

CHAPTER I.

A NARROW ESCAPE

"That's the way to do it! Whoop her up, Andy! Shove the spark lever
over, and turn on more gasolene! We'll make a record this trip."

Two lads in the tonneau of a touring car, that was whirling along a
country road, leaned forward to speak to the one at the steering
wheel. The latter was a red-haired youth, with somewhat squinty
eyes, and not a very pleasant face, but his companions seemed to
regard him with much favor. Perhaps it was because they were riding
in his automobile.

"Whoop her up, Andy!" added the lad on the seat beside the driver.
"This is immense!"

"I rather thought you'd like it," remarked Andy Foger, as he turned
the car to avoid a stone in the road. "I'll make things hum around
Shopton!"

"You have made them hum already, Andy," commented the lad beside
him. "My ears are ringing. Wow! There goes my cap!"

As the boy spoke, the breeze, created by the speed at which the car
was traveling, lifted off his cap, and sent it