Tom Swift and His War Tank; Or, Doing His Bit for Uncle Sam

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d in the patch of woods, which were in deeper darkness th

ked Ned, who was thinking

the Swift factory. I wouldn't

ed Ned, "so I'll walk that way. You can come if you lik

ry quickly. "I just happened to

ed. "If there's anything the

but it was to observe whence Harry had made his observation, and be in a pos

Harry had run so rapidly a little while before, N

"You know Tom Swift brought back a big giant from one of his trips,

n't been on any trip, of late, except to Washington,

?" aske

nyhow, Tom hasn't any giant elephants co

asked Harry. "It moved j

another," went on the young bank clerk. "Most likely he had it covered

seen so that Ned could recognize it. They kept on until they reached the hill, at the bo

ht into the yard with the high fence around i

t see a

he indicated a stunted and gnarled pine, the green branches of which would

d Ned. "It can't do Tom any harm, and it

nd stiff, and Ned tore his coat in the effort. But he finally got a position where, to his surpris

ght down in it!

returned Harry. "

he had the advantage of having the last glow of the sunset at his back. Even with that it was d

nything?" ask

Ned answered. "The pla

," insisted Harry. "Maybe you ar

Ned, as he got down, a task no more to h

re used to climbing trees, a luxury Ned had, perfo

with a sigh that had in it som

g there now. But I

sure?"

" asserted

I fancy-Tom has taken it in now," remarked Ned. "Better not

I w

but if you'll wait I'll ask Tom, as soon as it's ready, to let you have a

it was-if it really was a giant elephant Say! if a fellow had a

ly conscious of what h

nst the Germans. Think of a regiment of elephants, wearin' armor plates like a battleship, carryin' on t

laugh. "There's nothing the matter w

hat's what T

do you

the war. You know he made an aerial warship, so why

ss he isn't doing that. Don't get to going too fast in high speed,

t tell him I

dvise him to have that tree cut down,

ll toward the house of his chum. The young bond salesman was thinking of many thi

. When he reached the house he found that Tom had go

tell him to-mor

me to visit Tom again. On this occasion, as before, he took the

the tree stands and make sure, by daylight, what I only partially surmised in

f the day to himself, Ned approached the hill where the tree stood from which H

Ned, "and fine for seeing. I wonde

h the holdings of Tom and his father were some distance beyond the eminence. The tree from which Ned and Harry

, as he prepared to climb. "But I'll be more careful. First,

the hill. Nothing could be seen of the big enclosed fi

thing," mused Ned. "It's up a

surprise, that he was not the only person who knew about the observation spot. For Ned saw, a yard above his he

there must be legs, and where there are legs, most likely a body.

e person up the tree ahead of him moved quickly a

go his hold of the limb, he dropped to the ground, while there came