Damon.
What time it was, save that it must be near midnight, Tom could
not tell, but he was suddenly awakened by hearing yells from
Eradicate:
"Massa Tom! Massa Tom!" yelled the excited colored man. "Git
up! Git up! Suffin' turrible am happenin' in de balloon shop.
Hurry! An' yo' stan' still, Boomerang, or I'll twist yo' tail,
dat's what I will! Hurry, Massa Tom!"
Tom leaped out of bed.
CHAPTER XIII
THE CAPTURE
Tom Swift was something like a fireman. He had lived so long in
an atmosphere of constant alarms and danger, that he was always
ready for almost any emergency. His room was equipped with the
end in view that he could act promptly and effectively.
So, when he heard Eradicate's alarm, though he wondered what
the old colored man was doing out of bed at that hour, Tom did
not stop to reason out that puzzle. He acted quickly.
His first care was to throw on the main switch, connected with
a big storage battery, and to which were attached the wires of
the lighting system. This at once illuminated every shop in the
plant, and also the grounds themselves. Tom wanted to see what
was going on. The use of a storage battery eliminated the running
of the dynamo all night.
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