Then there was Ned Newton, a boyhood chum of Tom's,
who worked in the Shopton bank. I will just mention Mary Nestor,
a young lady of Shopton, in whom Tom was more than ordinarily
interested. I have spoken of Koku, the giant. He really was a
giant of a man, of enormous strength, and was one of two whom Tom
had brought with him from a strange land where Tom was held
captive for a time. You may read about it in a book devoted to
those adventures.
Tom took Koku into his service, somewhat to the dismay of
Eradicate, who was desperately jealous. But poor Eradicate was
getting old, and could not do as much as he thought he could. So,
in a great measure, Koku replaced him, and Tom found much use for
the giant's strength.
Tom had begun his inventive work when, some years before this
story opens, he had bargained for Mr. Damon's motorcycle, after
that machine had shot its owner into a tree. Mr. Damon was,
naturally, perhaps, much disgusted, and sold the affair cheap.
Tom repaired it, made some improvements, and, in the first
volume of this series, entitled "Tom Swift and His Motorcycles,"
you may read of his rather thrilling adventures on his speedy
road-steed.
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