XXI THE DESERTED CABIN
XXII CLEWS AT LAST
XXIII THE GOVERNMENT TEST
XXIV IN THE MOONLIGHT
XXV THE GOLD TOOTH




TOM SWIFT AND HIS AIR SCOUT




CHAPTER I
A SKY RIDE


"Oh Tom, is it really safe?"

A young lady--an exceedingly pretty young lady, she could be
called--stood with one small, gloved hand on the outstretched
wing of an aeroplane, and looked up at a young man, attired in a
leather, fur-lined suit, who sat in the cockpit of the machine
just above her.

"Safe, Mary?" repeated the pilot, as he reached in under the
hood of the craft to make sure about one of the controls. "Why,
you ought to know by this time that I wouldn't go up if it wasn't
safe!"