Chapter I: Front Matter

TOM SWIFT AND HIS
TALKING PICTURES
OR
The Greatest Invention on Record

BY
VICTOR APPLETON
AUTHOR OF
“TOM SWIFT AND HIS MOTORCYCLE,”
“TOM SWIFT AMONG THE DIAMOND MAKERS,”
“TOM SWIFT CIRCLING THE GLOBE,”
“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.

THE TOM SWIFT SERIES
TOM SWIFT AND HIS MOTORCYCLE
TOM SWIFT AND HIS MOTORBOAT
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
TOM SWIFT AND HIS AIRLINE EXPRESS
TOM SWIFT CIRCLING THE GLOBE
TOM SWIFT AND HIS TALKING PICTURES

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
DON STURDY IN THE PORT OF LOST SHIPS
DON STURDY AMONG THE GORILLAS
DON STURDY CAPTURED BY HEAD HUNTERS

Grosset & Dunlap, Publishers, New York.

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Copyright, 1928, by
GROSSET & DUNLAP, Inc.

Tom Swift and His Talking Pictures

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. BLASTING FIRE........................... 1
II. NED DISAPPEARS.......................... 12
III. SUSPICIONS.............................. 24
IV. A STRANGE MESSAGE....................... 33
V. ON A MYSTERIOUS TRAIL................... 45
VI. TOO LATE................................ 55
VII. A WILD CHASE............................ 64
VIII. TWO CAPTIVES............................ 72
IX. ON THE ISLAND........................... 78
X. THE ESCAPE.............................. 90
XI. RESCUED................................. 100
XII. GREENBAUM THREATENS..................... 109
XIII. MR. DAMON DANCES........................ 115
XIV. KOKU IS DRUGGED......................... 125
XV. A SINISTER WARNING...................... 133
XVI. A STARTLING DISCOVERY................... 143
XVII. USELESS PLEADINGS....................... 151
XVIII. AN ANONYMOUS ADVERTISEMENT.............. 159
XIX. THE MEETING............................. 166
XX. MASKED MEN.............................. 171
XXI. A TEMPTING OFFER........................ 179
XXII. FLASHING LIGHTS......................... 186
XXIII. TOM ACCEPTS............................. 194
XXIV. A FINAL TEST............................ 201
XXV. A BRIGHT FUTURE......................... 209

TOM SWIFT AND HIS
TALKING PICTURES