Chapter I: Front Matter

TOM SWIFT AND HIS
CHEST OF SECRETS
OR
Tracing the Stolen Inventions

BY
VICTOR APPLETON
AUTHOR OF
“TOM SWIFT AND HIS MOTOR CYCLE”
“TOM SWIFT AMONG THE DIAMOND MAKERS”
“TOM SWIFT AND HIS GREAT OIL GUSHER”
“THE DON STURDY SERIES”
ETC.

ILLUSTRATED

NEW YORK
GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS

‾Made in the United States of America‾

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=B O O K S F O R B O Y S=

=By VICTOR APPLETON=

_12mo._ _Cloth._ _Illustrated_
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=THE TOM SWIFT SERIES=
TOM SWIFT AND HIS MOTOR CYCLE
TOM SWIFT AND HIS MOTOR BOAT
TOM SWIFT AND HIS AIRSHIP
TOM SWIFT AND HIS SUBMARINE BOAT
TOM SWIFT AND HIS ELECTRIC RUNABOUT
TOM SWIFT AND HIS WIRELESS MESSAGE
TOM SWIFT AMONG THE DIAMOND MAKERS
TOM SWIFT IN THE CAVES OF ICE
TOM SWIFT AND HIS SKY RACER
TOM SWIFT AND HIS ELECTRIC RIFLE
TOM SWIFT IN THE CITY OF GOLD
TOM SWIFT AND HIS AIR GLIDER
TOM SWIFT IN CAPTIVITY
TOM SWIFT AND HIS WIZARD CAMERA
TOM SWIFT AND HIS GREAT SEARCHLIGHT
TOM SWIFT AND HIS GIANT CANNON
TOM SWIFT AND HIS PHOTO TELEPHONE
TOM SWIFT AND HIS AERIAL WARSHIP
TOM SWIFT AND HIS BIG TUNNEL
TOM SWIFT IN THE LAND OF WONDERS
TOM SWIFT AND HIS WAR TANK
TOM SWIFT AND HIS AIR SCOUT
TOM SWIFT AND HIS UNDERSEA SEARCH
TOM SWIFT AMONG THE FIRE FIGHTERS
TOM SWIFT AND HIS ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE
TOM SWIFT AND HIS FLYING BOAT
TOM SWIFT AND HIS GREAT OIL GUSHER
TOM SWIFT AND HIS CHEST OF SECRETS
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=THE DON STURDY SERIES=
DON STURDY ON THE DESERT OF MYSTERY
DON STURDY WITH THE BIG SNAKE HUNTERS
DON STURDY IN THE TOMBS OF GOLD
DON STURDY ACROSS THE NORTH POLE
DON STURDY IN THE LAND OF VOLCANOES
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GROSSET & DUNLAP, Publishers, New York

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COPYRIGHT, 1925, BY
GROSSET & DUNLAP
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Tom Swift and His Chest of Secrets

CONTENTS

I. A CRASH ON THE ROOF
II. BIG OFFERS
III. DIRTY WORK
IV. LIBERTY BONDS
V. IVAN BARSKY
VI. FIRE
VII. A HURRIED EXIT
VIII. A SECRET LISTENER
IX. MARY’S MESSAGE
X. A QUEER STORY
XI. A DOUBLE PERIL
XII. A RING OF FIRE
XIII. JUST IN TIME
XIV. A QUEER ATTACK
XV. THE TRAP
XVI. BOUND IN DARKNESS
XVII. OUT OF THE CISTERN
XVIII. TWO DISAPPEARANCES
XIX. KOKU IS FOUND
XX. MANY STRANGE CLEWS
XXI. SCOUTING AROUND
XXII. A STRANGE MESSAGE
XXIII. THE BLUE MACHINE
XXIV. A NIGHT WATCH
XXV. THE ROUND-UP

TOM SWIFT AND HIS
CHEST OF SECRETS