Tom hung up and then he came in here, quite
excited, and began to get ready to go out."
"What was he excited about?" asked Mr. Damon. "Bless my
unlucky stars, but a person ought to keep calm under such
circumstances! That's the only way to do! Keep calm! Great
Scott! But if I had my way, all those German spies would be--Oh,
pshaw! Nothing is too bad for them! It makes my blood
boil when I think of what they've done! Tom should have kept
cool!"
"Go on. What was Tom excited about?" Ned turned to the
housekeeper.
"Well, he said you had called him to tell him to meet you
over at that farmer's place," went on Mrs. Baggert. "He said
you had some news for him about the men who had tried to get
hold of some of his tank secrets, and he was quite worked up
over the chance of catching the rascals."
"Whew!" whistled Ned. "This is getting more complicated
every minute. There's something deep here, Mr. Damon."
"I agree with you, Ned. And the sooner we find Tom Swift
the better. What next, Mrs. Baggert?"
"Well, Tom got ready and went away in his small
automobile.
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