Part 28 (2/2)

”Let go!” cried Touishers dropped from the bottom of the Lucifer into the very heart of the fla

There was a blast as fro for breath on the part of the occupants of the airshi+p, a shriveling, as it seemed, of the naked flesh, and then, when it appeared that all of thereat heat, the airshi+p passed out of the zone of fire

A rush of cool air followed, reviving the back, cried:

”Good work, To inventor ”She's half gone!” declared Mr Baxter ”Can you give her the rest of the load?”

”I' to try!” declared Tooing through that awful furnace again?”

”It will not be so bad this time,” observed Ned ”The fire is half out now Tom's stuff did the trick!”

Indeed it was evident, as Tom sent the Lucifer around in a sharp turn, that the fire had been largely sas that now lay over it like a wet blanket But there was still so up

”Give her all we have!” yelled Tom, as, once ht,” sang out Ned

OnceDown shot the re into the h the reports could not be heard because of the tumult in the streets below For the fire down of the fire, they had caught sight of a shadowy shape in the night, hovering over the blazing building, and they wondered what it all uided the craft back to get a view of his work

”That settles it!” answered Ned ”There isn't fire enough now to broil a beefsteak!”

This was not exactly true, for the blaze was not entirely subdued But the flaher parts of the Land, and what reround They proceeded to ration, the while wondering who had so effectively aided them from the clouds

”Well,” observed Toreat fire, ”it's of no use to go on now I haven't an ounce of cheive the deiven a better demonstration here than you ever could have in the other city,” declared Mr Baxter ”I fancy this will be all the test needed, Tom Swift!”

”Perhaps I hope so But we round the effect of our work I'd also like to inquire if any one was hurt

Let's go down”

It was rather ticklish work, ht But as it happened, there had been a nus razed in the vicinity of the Lande, vacant level space Also several of the city's fire depart structure, and when it becah as yet none guessed whose it was--the searchlights were turned on the vacant spot and Toht giving effective aid

”What did you do that put out the fire?” demanded the chief of the Newmarket department, as he rushed up with a crowd of others when Torenades down that chirenades! Say, you hted chief ”It doused the fire quicker than I ever saw one put out in all my life!”