Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle; or, Daring Adventures in Elephant Land

Victor [Pseud.] Appleton

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Project Gutenberg's Tom Swift and his Electric Rifle, by Victor Appleton This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: Tom Swift and his Electric Rifle Author: Victor Appleton Posting Date: January 16, 2009 [EBook #3777] Release Date: February, 2003 Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK TOM SWIFT AND HIS ELECTRIC RIFLE *** Produced by This etext was produced by Charles Franks, Greg Weeks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. TOM SWIFT AND HIS ELECTRIC RIFLE OR Daring Adventures in Elephant Land by VICTOR APPLETON CONTENTS I. TOM WANTS EXCITEMENT II. TRYING THE NEW GUN III. A DIFFICULT TEST IV. BIG TUSKS WANTED V. RUSH WORK VI. NEWS FROM ANDY VII. THE BLACK HAWK FLIES VIII. OFF FOR AFRICA IX. ATTACKED BY A WHALE X. OFF IN THE AIRSHIP XI. ANCHORED TO EARTH XII. AMONG THE NATIVES XIII. ON THE ELEPHANT TRAIL XIV. A STAMPEDE XV. LIONS IN THE NIGHT XVI. SEEKING THE MISSIONARIES XVII. SHOTS FROM ABOVE XVIII. NEWS OF THE RED PYGMIES XIX. AN APPEAL FOR HELP XX. THE FIGHT XXI. DRIVEN BACK XXII. A NIGHT ATTACK XXIII. THE RESCUE XXIV. TWO OTHER CAPTIVES XXV. THE ROGUE ELEPHANT—CONCLUSION CHAPTER I TOM WANTS EXCITEMENT Return to Table of Contents “HAVE YOU ANYTHING SPECIAL TO DO TO-NIGHT, NED?

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Project Gutenberg's Tom Swift and his Electric Rifle, by Victor Appleton
This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with
almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or
re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included
with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net

Title: Tom Swift and his Electric Rifle
Author: Victor Appleton
Posting Date: January 16, 2009 [EBook #3777]
Release Date: February, 2003
Language: English
Character set encoding: ASCII
*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK TOM SWIFT AND HIS ELECTRIC RIFLE ***

Produced by This etext was produced by Charles Franks,
Greg Weeks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team.

TOM SWIFT AND HIS
ELECTRIC RIFLE
RODaring Adventures in Elephant Land
ybVICTOR APPLETON

CONTENTS
I.
TOM WANTS EXCITEMENT
II.
TRYING THE NEW GUN
III.
A DIFFICULT TEST
IV.
BIG TUSKS WANTED
V.
RUSH WORK
VI.
NEWS FROM ANDY
VII.
THE BLACK HAWK FLIES
VIII.
OFF FOR AFRICA

IXX..
AOTFTF AICN KTEHDE BAYI RAS WHIHPALE
XXIII..
AANMCOHNOG RTEHDE TNOA ETIAVRETSH
XIII.
ON THE ELEPHANT TRAIL
XIV.
A STAMPEDE
XXVVI..
SLIEOENKISN IGN TTHHEE MNIISGSHITONARIES
XXVVIIIII..
SNHEOWTSS OFFR TOHME ARBEOD VPEYGMIES
XIX.
AN APPEAL FOR HELP
XXXXI..
TDHRIEV FEING HBTACK
XXXXIIIII..
AT HNEI GRHETS CAUTETACK
XXXXIVV..
TTHWEO ROOTGHUEER ECLAEPPTHIAVNEST—CONCLUSION

CHAPTER I

TOM WANTS EXCITEMENT

Return to Table of Contents
“H
AVE

YOU

ANYTHING

SPECIAL

TO

DO

TO
-
NIGHT
, N
ED
?”
ASKED
T
OM
S
WIFT
,
THE

WELL
-
KNOWN

INVENTOR
,
AS

HE

PAUSED

IN

FRONT

OF

HIS
chum’s window, in the Shopton National Bank.
“N
O
,
NOTHING

IN

PARTICULAR
,”
REPLIED

THE

BANK

CLERK
,
AS

HE
stacked up some bundles of bills. “Why do you ask?”
“I wanted you to come over to the house for a while.”
“Going to have a surprise party, or something like that?”
“No, only I’ve got something I’d like to show you.”
“A new invention?”
“W
ELL
,
NOT

EXACTLY

NEW
. Y
OU
’
VE

SEEN

IT

BEFORE
,
BUT

NOT

SINCE
I’
VE

IMPROVED

IT
. I’
M

SPEAKING

OF

MY

NEW

ELECTRIC

RIFLE
. I’
VE
GOT

IT

READY

TO

TRY
,
NOW
,
AND
I’
D

LIKE

TO

SEE

WHAT

YOU

THINK

OF
IT
. T
HERE
’
S

A

RIFLE

RANGE

OVER

AT

THE

HOUSE
,
AND

WE

CAN
practice some shooting, if you haven’t anything else to do.”
“I
HAVEN
’
T
,
AND
I’
LL

BE

GLAD

TO

COME
. W
HAT

ARE

YOU

DOING

IN
the bank, anyhow; putting away more of your wealth, Tom?”
“Y
ES
, I
JUST

MADE

A

LITTLE

DEPOSIT
. I
T
’
S

SOME

MONEY
I
GOT

FROM
THE

GOVERNMENT

FOR

THE

PATENTS

ON

MY

SKY

RACER
,
AND
I’
M
SALTING

IT

DOWN

HERE

UNTIL
D
AD

AND
I
CAN

THINK

OF

A

BETTER
investment.”
“G
OOD

IDEA
. B
RING

US

ALL

THE

MONEY

YOU

CAN
,”
AND

THE

BANK
CLERK
,
WHO

HELD

A

SMALL

AMOUNT

OF

STOCK

IN

THE

FINANCIAL
institution, laughed, his chum joining in with him.

“W
ELL
,
THEN
. I’
LL

EXPECT

YOU

OVER

THIS

EVENING
,”
WENT

ON

THE
youthful inventor, as he turned to leave the bank.
“Y
ES
, I’
LL

BE

THERE
. S
AY
, T
OM
,
HAVE

YOU

HEARD

THE

LATEST

ABOUT
Andy Foger?”
“N
O
, I
HAVEN
’
T

HEARD

MUCH

SINCE

HE

LEFT

TOWN

RIGHT

AFTER
I
beat him in the aeroplane race at Eagle Park.”
“W
ELL
,
HE
’
S

OUT

OF

TOWN

ALL

RIGHT
,
AND
I
GUESS

FOR

A

LONG

TIME
this trip. He’s gone to Europe.”
“T
O
E
UROPE
,
EH
? W
ELL
,
HE

THREATENED

TO

GO

THERE

AFTER

HE
FAILED

TO

BEAT

ME

IN

THE

RACE
,
BUT
I
THOUGHT

HE

WAS

ONLY
bluffing.”
“No, he’s really gone this time.”
“W
ELL
, I,
FOR

ONE
,
AM

GLAD

OF

IT
. D
ID

HE

TAKE

HIS

AEROPLANE
along?”
“Y
ES
,
THAT
’
S

WHAT

HE

WENT

FOR
. I
T

SEEMS

THAT

THIS
M
R
.
L
ANDBACHER
,
THE
G
ERMAN

WHO

REALLY

INVENTED

IT
,
AND

BUILT

IT
WITH

MONEY

WHICH
M
R
. F
OGER

SUPPLIED
,
HAS

AN

IDEA

HE

CAN
INTEREST

THE
G
ERMAN

OR

SOME

OTHER
E
UROPEAN

GOVERNMENT

IN
THE

MACHINE
. A
NDY

WANTED

TO

GO

ALONG

WITH

HIM
,
AND

AS
M
R
.
F
OGER

FINANCED

THE

SCHEME
, I
GUESS

HE

THOUGHT

IT

WOULD

BE

A
GOOD

THING

TO

HAVE

SOME

ONE

REPRESENT

HIM
. S
O
A
NDY
’
S
gone.”
“T
HEN

HE

WON
’
T

BOTHER

ME
. W
ELL
, I
MUST

GET

ALONG
. I’
LL

EXPECT
YOU

OVER

TO
-
NIGHT
,”
AND

WITH

A

WAVE

OF

HIS

HAND
T
OM
S
WIFT
hurried from the bank.
T
HE

YOUNG

INVENTOR

JUMPED

INTO

HIS

ELECTRIC

RUNABOUT

WHICH
STOOD

OUTSIDE

THE

INSTITUTION
,
AND

WAS

ABOUT

TO

START

OFF

WHEN
HE

SAW

A

NEWSBOY

SELLING

PAPERS

WHICH

HAD

JUST

COME

IN
from New York, on the morning train.
“H
ERE
, J
ACK
,
GIVE

ME

A
TIMES,”
CALLED
T
OM

TO

THE

LAD
,
AND

HE
TOSSED

THE

NEWSBOY

A

NICKEL
. T
HEN
,
AFTER

GLANCING

AT

THE
FRONT

PAGE
,
AND

NOTING

THE

HEADINGS
, T
OM

STARTED

OFF

HIS
SPEEDY

CAR
,
IN

WHICH
,
ON

ONE

OCCASION
,
HE

HAD

MADE

A

GREAT
run, against time. He was soon at home.
“W