Tom Swift in Captivity, Or, A Daring Escape By Airship

bubbling over with questions. But the talk of the odd man, and his strange request to Tom to go off and capture a giant had so startled the you

n the journey to the house I will introduce my new

well looked after by Mrs. Baggert their housekeeper. Eradicate Sampson, as I have said, was the man of all work about the place. Ned Newton who had a position in a Shopton bank, was Tom's particular chu

On this machine Tom had many adventures, incidentally saving some of his father's valuable patents from a gang of conspirators. Later Tom got a motor boat, and had many races with his rivals on L

st car on the road. By means of a wireless message, later, Tom was able to save himself and the castaways of Earthquake Island, and, as a direct outcome of

p was wrecked, and he endured many hardships in getting home with

quickest trip on record. After that, with his electric rifle, he went after elephants in the in

located this mysterious place after much trouble, as told in the book entitled, "Tom Swift in the City of Gold." The gold did not prov

I told how Tom went to Siberia, and after rescuing some Russian political exiles, found a valuable deposit of platinum, whic

hero sighed for more activity, and fresh adventures. And with the advent of Mr.

to the house, no one speaking, until finally, whe

o me now, and have me explain what I

't I better call dad? And are you sure you don't want to l

d heartily. "I know what you think, Tom, and you, too, Ned," he went on, still chuckling. "You think I don't know what I'm saying, but I'll soon prove that I do. I'm fully in my sen

, I--er--t

red and lo

ot word about the buried city of gold in Mexico you didn't hes

I did

a strain on your imagination th

don't k

t I know what I'm talking about, and we'll get along better. I don't blame you for being a bit

nce, seven feet high. They c

ng after a race of giants, the smallest one of which is probably eight feet high, and from that they go

ted Tom. "I spoke to her as we came in, and asked her to h

with your cups of tea. I'm more quiet than you, b

ght, go

one or two specimens of the big men there. I at once thought of you, and I said I believed you would

s very much in earnest, and Tom and Ned looked a

en't heard of such a place since I read the accounts of the early travelers,

I'll have him her

our sleeve, or under some of the chairs? Is he a dwarf?" and Tom

d come on ahead, and see how you took the proposition. Don't tell him you th

f the low library windows, opened it, gave a shrill whistle and waved h

announced the

fessor who wants a giant to examine, or is he

tely heard of a land where the tallest man is nearly ten feet high, and very big, and he'll pay ten thousand dollars for a giant alive and in good condition, as the animal men say. I believe we can get one for him, and--Ah, here he is now," and Mr. D

is strange-appearing

lied the odd gentle

He landed lightly on his feet, quickly turned two hand springs in rapid succession, and then, without breat

obat and now a circus proprietor," said Mr. Damon. "Mr. Preston,

giant for me?" asked

e difficulty in making the matter clear to them, and t

s is a new one on me--going after giants.

posed after his sensational entrance into the room. "I am very glad to meet you, Tom Swift, and I hope we ca