"
"I'll ride back with you, Tom, if you don't mind," put in
Ned. "I guess a little shaking up won't hurt me."
"All right--stick. We're going to start very soon."
"Well, I'm coming over to-morrow to have a look at it by
daylight," said Mr. Damon, as he started toward his car.
"So am I," added Mary. "Please call for me, Mr. Damon."
"I will," he promised.
Mr. Nestor, his daughter, and Mr. Damon went back to the
automobile, while Ned remained with Tom. In a little while
those in the car heard once more the rumbling and roaring
sound and felt the earth tremble. Then, with a flashing of
lights, the big, ungainly shape of the tank lifted herself
out of the little ditch in which she had come to a halt, and
began to climb back to the road.
Ned Newton stood beside Tom in the control tower of the
great tank as she started on her homeward way.
"Isn't it wonderful!" murmured Mary, as she saw Tank A
lumbering along toward the road. "Oh, and to think that
human beings made that To think that Tom should know how to
build such a wonderful machine!"
"And run it, too, Mary! That's the point! Make it run!"
cried her father.
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