Tom Swift in the Caves of Ice, or, the Wreck of the Airship

news?" asked Ned Newton, of the

ip the RED CLOUD to Seattle that I haven't been over to town. What's going on

out Andy Fog

eh? Is he still

as telling me last night, and to-d

on't m

et's go over a

e as he did when we looked

hine out to fly it, and anybody that wants to can loo

s the trial flight

meadow. Co

getting some boxes and crates made in which to pa

going to hunt for

spoke to dad about it, and he said he'd s

I could take a vacation any time I wanted it. In fact that's w

you're

ake very much to the notion of me going off in an airship, but I told them how often you'd gone

ks. Did I tell you ab

ck has he bee

e bully, and also hinted to Ned of a certain ruse

ally fly," suggested Ned, after a while. "I'm doubtful myself, and I'd just

bad luck, but I certainly hope he doesn't use his airship

think he

d about that now. Come on, we

some communication he had had with Mr. Damon, in which letters the ecce

s going?"

thout some of Mr. Damon's blessings. But I

ho

alph P

s always predicting such terr

nts to do some scientific studying in the far north, so I've already counted on

g open field. They saw quite a crowd ga

asn't arrived

t something is wrong with his machi

er, something big and white, with many wing-shaped stretches of canvas sticking out from all

he is!"

s he hastened his steps. "It's a queer-looking ae

he is in front, giving orders like a major-general,

al other sets of planes, some stationary and some capable of being moved. There was no gas-bag feature, but amidships was a small, enclosed cabin, which evidently held the machinery, and was

it will go u

s seem too small," answered Tom. "He's got to have

the airship, for the news that Andy was

a show of anger. "If any one damages my airship I'll

g he won't play if he can't have

dy, give u

bove the

you comi

own a sn

that you d

t Andy, for he had few friends among th

e a flight soon," he added proudly. "Sam, you come over here and hold this end. Pete, you go back to the re

dy had engaged to help him, and the bully gave himse

appliances for which the young inventor could not exactly fathom a use. He did not think the machine would fly far, if at all. But And

him about stealing a copy

chance," answered T

ter. Andy, hurrying here and there, cam

ood-naturedly. "So you're g

around to see if you could get any

ugh. "My airship doesn't fly, you know, An

crowd, at this, for Tom

" suddenly asked Tom, in

t know what you mean?" stamm

do you think," he went on, "that Abe would carry the real map around with him that way? It's easy to make a copy look like a

's face turned firs

he stammered. "

f the map you took from Mr.

o talk to you!" blustered Andy. "Get out

what he wanted to know. Andy had made a copy of the map. From now on there would

th the help of his two cronies, and the machinists, the machine was gone over

d the whole machine vibrated

well enough braced

y!" yelled Andy. "Keep away or

s position at the steering-wheel. The speed of the

y to those who were

s the ground, gathered speed, and, then, under the impuls

ere he goes

" proudly added Pete Bailey,

h," said Tom grimly, for a little, sluggish stream c

ugh, Andy tilted his elevation plane. The clum

goes!" c

yelled t

ut ten feet, and was

y one in Shopton who can build a

elled Ned. "He'

lane, like some clumsy bird, down into the ditch, settling on one side, and then coming to rest, tilted over at a sharp angle. Andy was pitched out, b

little way," obse

hine is too big and clumsy. I've seen enough. Come on, Ned. We'll get r

o find out how muc