Tom Swift and His Great Searchlight

Tom Swift and His Great Searchlight

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Title: Tom Swift and his Great Searchlight
Author: Victor Appleton
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Language: English
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Tom Swift and His Great Searchlight
or
On the Border for Uncle Sam
by Victor Appleton
AUTHOR OF "TOM SWIFT AND HIS MOTOR-CYCLE," "TOM SWIFT AND HIS SUBMARINE BOAT," "TOM SWIFT AND HIS WIRELESS MESSAGE," "TOM SWIFT IN CAPTIVITY," ETC.
ILLUSTRATED

CONTENTS
I A SCRAP OF PAPER II A SPY IN TOWN III QUEER REPAIRS IV SEARCHING FOR SMUGGLERS V THE RAID VI THE APPEAL TO TOM VII A SEARCHLIGHT IS NEEDED VIII TOM'S NEWEST INVENTION IX "BEWARE OF THE COMET!" X OFF FOR THE BORDER XI ANDY'S NEW AIRSHIP XII WARNED AWAY XIII KOKU SAVES THE LIGHT XIV A FALSE CLEW XV THE RESCUE ON THE LAKE XVI KOKU'S PRISONER XVII WHAT THE INDIAN SAW XVIII THE PURSUIT XIX IN DIRE PERIL XX SUSPICIOUS ACTIONS XXI MR. PERIOD ARRIVES XXII HOVERING O'ER THE BORDER XXIII NED IS MISSING XXIV THE NIGHT RACE XXV THE CAPTURE--CONCLUSION

TOM SWIFT AND HIS GREAT SEARCHLIGHT
CHAPTER I
A SCRAP OF PAPER
"Tom, did you know Andy Foger was back in town?"
"Great Scott, no, I didn't Ned! Not to stay, I hope."
"I guess not. The old Foger homestead is closed up, though I did see a man working around it to-day as I came past. But he was a carpenter, making some repairs I think. No, I don't believe Andy is here to stay."
"But if some one is fixing up the house, it looks as if the family would come back," remarked Tom, as he thought of the lad who had so long been his enemy, and who had done him many mean turns before leaving Shopton, where our hero lived.
"I don't think so," was the opinion of Ned Newton, who was Tom Swift's particular chum. "You know when Mr. Foger lost all his money, the house was supposed to be sold. But I heard later that there was some flaw in the title, and the sale fell through. It is because he couldn't sell the place that Mr. Foger couldn't get money to pay some of his debts. He has some claim on the house, I believe, but I don't believe he'd come back to live in it."
"Why not?"
"Because it's too expensive a place for a poor man to keep up, and Mr. Foger is now poor."
"Yes, he didn't get any of the gold, as we did when we went to the underground city," remarked Tom. "Well, I don't wish anybody bad luck but I certainly hope the Fogers keep poor enough to stay away from Shopton. They bothered me enough. But where did you see Andy?"
"Oh, he was with his crony, Sam