"
"Oh, it isn't anything like that," Tom answered with a laugh.
"I might as well give you a few hints, so you'll know what I'm
driving at. Then I'll take you out and show it to you."
"What is it--air, earth or water?" asked Ned Newton, for he
knew his chum's activities led along all three lines.
"This happens to be air."
"A new balloon?"
"Something like that. I call it my aerial warship, though."
"Aerial warship, Tom! That sounds rather dangerous!"
"It will be dangerous, too, if I can get it to work. That's
what it's intended for."
"But a warship of the air!" cried Ned. "You can't mean it. A
warship carries guns, mortars, bombs, and--"
"Yes, I know," interrupted Tom, "and I appreciate all that when
I called my newest craft an aerial warship."
"But," objected Ned, "an aircraft that will carry big guns will
be so large that--"
"Oh, mine is large enough," Tom broke in.
"Then it's finished!" cried Ned eagerly, for he was much
interested in his chum's inventions.
"Well, not exactly," Tom said. "But what I was going to tell
you was that all guns are not necessarily large. You can get big
results with small guns and projectiles now, for high-powered
explosives come in small packages.
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