It's going
to be a bit awkward for the men to operate the controls, but
we won't be this way long. Before I start to right her,
though, I want to make sure nothing is broken."
Tom signaled to the engine room, and, as the power was off
and the speaking tube could be used, he called through it:
"How are you down there?"
"Right-o!" came back the answer from a little Englishman
Tom had hired because he knew something about the British
tanks. "'Twas a bit of nastiness for a while, but it won't
take us long to get up ag'in."
"That's good!" commented Tom. "I'll come down and have a
look at you."
It was no easy matter, with the tank capsized, to get to
the main engine room, but Tom Swift managed it. To his
delight, aside from a small break in one of the minor
machines, which would not interfere with the operation or
motive force of the monster war engine, everything was in
good shape. There was no leak from the gasolene tanks, which
was one of the contingencies Tom feared, and, as he had
said, the motors would work upside down as well as right
side up, a fact he had proved more than once in his Hawk.
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