Tom Swift and His Wireless Message

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TOM SWIFT AND HIS WIRELESS MESSAGE OR THE
CASTAWAYS OF EARTHQUAKE ISLAND
BY VICTOR APPLETON
AUTHOR OF "TOM SWIFT AND HIS MOTOR-CYCLE," "TOM
SWIFT AND HIS MOTOR BOAT," "TOM SWIFT AND HIS
AIRSHIP," "TOM SWIFT AND HIS SUBMARINE BOAT," "TOM
SWIFT AND HIS ELECTRIC RUNABOUT," ETC.
ILLUSTRATED

BOOKS BY VICTOR APPLETON
THE TOM SWIFT SERIES
TOM SWIFT AND HIS MOTOR-CYCLE Or Fun and Adventures on
the Road
TOM SWIFT AND HIS MOTOR-BOAT Or the Rivals of Lake

Carlopa
TOM SWIFT AND HIS AIRSHIP Or the Stirring Cruise of the Red
Cloud
TOM SWIFT AND HIS SUBMARINE BOAT Or Under the Ocean for
Sunken Treasure
TOM SWIFT AND HIS ELECTRIC RUNABOUT Or the Speediest
Car on the Road
TOM SWIFT AND HIS WIRELESS MESSAGE Or the Castaways of
Earthquake Island
TOM SWIFT AMONG THE DIAMOND MAKERS Or the Secret of
Phantom Mountain
TOM SWIFT IN THE CAVES OF ICE Or the Wreck of the Airship
TOM SWIFT AND HIS SKY RACER Or the Quickest Flight on
Record
TOM SWIFT AND HIS ELECTRIC RIFLE Or Daring Adventures in
Elephant Land
(Other Volumes in Preparation)

TOM SWIFT AND HIS WIRELESS MESSAGE

CONTENTS
I. AN APPEAL FOR AID II. MISS NESTOR'S NEWS III. TOM
KNOCKS OUT ANDY IV. MR. DAMOM WILL GO ALONG V.
VOL-PLANING TO EARTH VI. THE NEW AIRSHIP VII. MAKING
SOME CHANGES VIII. ANDY FOGER'S REVENGE IX. THE
WHIZZER FLIES X. OVER THE OCEAN XI. A NIGHT OF

TERROR XII. A DOWNWARD GLIDE XIII. ON EARTHQUAKE
ISLAND XIV. A NIGHT IN CAMP XV. THE OTHER CASTAWAY
XVI. AN ALARMING THEORY XVII. A MIGHTY SHOCK XVIII.
MR. JENKS HAS DIAMONDS XIX. SECRET OPERATIONS XX.
THE WIRELESS PLANT XXI. MESSAGES INTO SPACE XXII.
ANXIOUS DAYS XXIII. A REPLY IN THE DARK XXIV. "WE
ARE LOST!" XXV. THE RESCUE-CONCLUSION
CHAPTER I
AN APPEAL FOR AID
Tom Swift stepped from the door of the machine shop, where he was at
work making some adjustments to the motor of his airship, and glanced
down the road. He saw a cloud of dust, which effectually concealed
whatever was causing it.
"Some one must be in a hurry this morning," the lad remarked, "Looks
like a motor speeding along. MY! but we certainly do need rain," he
added, as he looked up toward the sky. "It's very dusty. Well, I may as
well get back to work. I'll take the airship out for a flight this afternoon,
if the wind dies down a bit."
The young inventor, for Tom Swift himself had built the airship, as
well as several other crafts for swift locomotion, turned to re- enter the
shop.
Something about the approaching cloud of dust, however, held his
attention. He glanced more intently at it.
"If it's an automobile coming along," he murmured, "it's moving very
slowly, to make so much fuss. And I never saw a motor-cycle that
would kick up as much sand, and not speed along more. It ought to be
here by now. I wonder what it can be?"
The cloud of highway dirt rolled along, making some progress toward
Tom's house and the group of shops and other buildings surrounding it.
But, as the lad had said, the dust did not move at all quickly in

comparison to any of the speedy machines that might be causing it.
And the cloud seemed momentarily to grow thicker and thicker.
"I wonder if it could be a miniature tornado, or a cyclone or
whirlwind?" and Tom spoke aloud,