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    TOM SWIFT AND HIS ELECTRIC RUNABOUT or The Speediest Car on the Road 



      TOM SWIFT AND HIS 

ELECTRIC RUNABOUT 

   or The Speediest Car on 

                         the Road 



                        VICTOR APPLETON 



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                                CHAPTER I 



                             TOM HOPES FOR A PRIZE 



       ;Father�察─  �exclaimed   Tom   Swift�察  �looking   up   from   a   paper   he   was 

reading�察 �I think I can win that prize� ─�

     ;What prize is that�拭─�inquired the aged inventor�察�gazing away from a 

drawing   of   a   complicated   machine�察  �and   pausing   in   his   task   of   making 

some intricate calculations。 ;You don't mean to say�察�Tom�察�that you're going 

to have a try for a government prize for a submarine�察�after all。; 

     ;No�察─  �not   a   submarine   prize�察  �dad�察─  �and   the   youth   laughed。   ;Though 

our Advance would take the prize away from almost any other under´water 

boat�察�I imagine。 No�察�it's another prize I'm thinking about。; 

     ;What do you mean�拭─�

     ;Well�察�I see by this paper that the Touring Club of America has offered 

three thousand dollars for the speediest electric car。 The tests are to come 

off this fall�察�on a new and specially built track on Long Island�察�and it's to 

be an endurance contest for twenty´four hours�察�or a race for distance�察�they 

haven't yet decided。 But I'm going to have a try for it�察�dad�察�and�察�besides 

winning the prize�察�I think I'll take Andy Foger down a peg。 

     ;What's Andy been doing now�拭─�

     ;Oh�察  �nothing   more   than   usual。   He's   always   mean�察  �and   looking   for   a 

chance to make trouble for me�察�but I didn't refer to anything special He has 

a new auto�察�you know�察�and he boasts that it's the fastest one in this country。 

I'll show him that it isn't�察�for I'm going to win this prize with the speediest 

car on the road。; 

     ;But�察  �Tom�察  �you   haven't   any   automobile�察  �you   know�察─  �and   Mr。   Swift 

looked anxiously at his son�察�who was smiling confidently。 ;You can't be 

going to make your motor´cycle into an auto�察�are you�拭─�

     ;No�察�dad。; 

     ;Then   how   are   you   going   to   take   part   in   the  prize   contest�拭  �Besides�察�

electric cars�察�as far as I know�察�aren't specially speedy。; 

     ;I know it�察�and one reason why this club has arranged the contest is to 

improve the quality of electric automobiles。 I'm going to build an electric 



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runabout�察�dad。; 

     ;An electric runabout�拭        �But it will have to be operated with a storage 

battery�察�Tom�察�and you haven't; 

     ;I   guess   you're    going   to  say   I  haven't   any   storage    battery�察  �dad�察─�

interrupted Mr。 Swift's son。 ;Well�察�I haven't yet�察�but I'm going to have one。 

I've been working on; 

     ;Oh�察�ho� ─  �exclaimed the  aged   inventor with   a  laugh。 ;So that's   what 

you've been tinkering over these last few weeks�察�eh�察�Tom�拭                 �I suspected it 

was some new invention�察�but I didn't suppose it was that。 Well�察�how are 

you coming on with it�拭─�

     ;Pretty good�察�I think。 I've got a new idea for a battery�察�and I made an 

experimental one。 I gave it some pretty severe tests�察�and it worked fine。; 

     ;But you haven't tried it out in a car yet�察�over rough roads�察�and under 

severe conditions have you�拭─�

     ;No�察�I haven't had a chance。 In fact�察�when I invented the battery I had 

no   idea   of   using   it   on   a   car   I   thought   it   might   answer   for   commercial 

purposes�察�or for storing a current generated by windmills。 But when I read 

that account in the papers of the Touring Club�察�offering a prize for the best 

electric car�察�it occurred to me that I might put my battery into an auto�察�and 

win。; 

     ;Hum�察─  �remarked   Mr。   Swift   musingly。   ;I   don't   take   much   stock   in 

electric   autos�察  �Tom。   Gasolene   seems   to   be   the   best�察  �or   perhaps   steam�察�

generated   by  gasolene。  I'm  afraid   you'll be   disappointed。 All the   electric 

runabouts I ever saw�察�while they were very nice cars�察�didn't seem able to 

go so very fast�察�or very far。; 

     ;That's true�察�but it's because they didn't have the right kind of a battery。 

You know an electric locomotive can make pretty good speed�察�Dad。 Over 

a hundred miles an hour in tests。; 

     ;Yes�察�but they don't run by storage batteries。 They have a third rail�察�and 

powerful motors�察─�and Mr。 Swift looked quizzically at his son。 He loved to 

argue with him�察�for he said it made Tom think�察�and often the two would 

thus thresh out some knotty point of an invention�察�to the interests of both。 

     ;Of course�察�Dad�察�there is a good deal of theory in what I'm thinking 

of�察─�the lad admitted。 ;But it does seem to me that if you put the right kind 



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of   a   battery  into   an   automobile�察  �it   could   scoot   along   pretty  lively。   Look 

what speed a trolley car can make。; 

     ;Yes�察  �Tom�察  �but   there   again   they   get   their   power   from   an   overhead 

wire。; 

     ;Some of them don't。 There's a new storage battery been invented by a 

New Jersey man�察�which does as well as the third rail or the overhead wire。 

It was after reading about his battery that I thought of a plan for mine。 It 

isn't anything like his�察�perhaps not as good in some ways�察�but�察�for what I 

want�察    �it  is  better  in  some     respects�察  �I  think。   For   one    thing   it  can   be 

recharged very quickly。; 

     ;Now      Tom�察   �look    here�察─  �said   Mr。   Swift    earnestly�察  �laying    aside   his 

papers�察�and coming over to where his son sat。 ;You know I never interfere 

with your inventions。 In fact�察�the more you think of the better I like it。 The 

airship you helped build certainly did all that could be desired�察�and; 

     ;That   reminds   me。   Mr。   Sharp   and   Mr。   Damon   are   out   in   it   now�察─�

interrupted Tom。 ;They ought to be back soon。 Yes�察�Dad�察�the airship Red 

Cloud certainly scooted along。; 

     ;And   the   submarine�察  �too�察─  �continued   the   aged   inventor。   ;Your   ideas 

regarding that were of service to me�察�and helped in our task of recovering 

the treasure�察�but I'm afraid you're going to be disappointed in the storage 

battery。   You   may   get   it   to   work�察  �but   I   don't   believe   you   can   make   it 

powerful enough to attain any great speed。 Why don't you confine yourself 

to making a battery for stationary work�拭─�

     ;Because�察�Dad�察�I believe I can build a speedy car�察�and I'm going to try 

it。 Besides I want to race Andy Foger�察�and beat him�察�even if I don't win the 

prize。 I'm going to build that car�察�and it will make fast time。; 

     ;Well�察�go ahead�察�Tom�察─�responded his father�察�after a pause。 ;Of course 

you   can   use   the   shops   here   as   much   as   you   want�察  �and   Mr。   Sharp�察  �Mr。 

Jackson�察�and I will help you all we can。 Only don't be disappointed�察�that's 

all。; 

     ;I won't�察�Dad。 Suppose you come out to my shop and I'll show you a 

sample   battery   I've   been   testing   for   the   last   week。   I   have   it   geared   to   a 

small   motor�察 �and it's   been   running steadily  for   some   time。  I   want   to  see 

what sort of a record it's made。; 



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     Father   and   son   crossed   the   yard�察  �and   entered   a   shop   which   the   lad 

considered exclusively his own。 There he had made many machines�察�and 

pieces of apparatus�察�and had invented a number of articles which had been 

patented�察�and yielded him considerable of an income。 

     ;There's     the   battery�察  �Dad�察─   �he   said�察  �pointing    to   a  complicated 

mechanism in one corner 

     ;What's that buzzing noise�拭─�asked Mr。 Swift。 ;That's the little motor I 

run from the new cells。 Look here�察─�and Tom switched on an electric light 

above     the   experimental      battery�察  �from   which     he   hoped    so   much。    It 

consisted of a steel can�察�about the size of the square gallon tin in which 

maple syrup comes�察�and from it ran two wires which were attached to a 

small motor that was industriously whirring away。 

     Tom looked at a registering gauge connected with it。 

     ;That's    pretty   good�察─   �remarked     the  young    inventor。    ;What      is  it�察�

Tom�拭─�and his father peered about the shop。 

     ;Why this motor has run an equivalent of two hundred miles on one 

charging of the battery� �That's much better than I expected。 I thought if I 

got a hundred out of it I'd be doing well。 Dad�察�I believe�察�after I improve 

my battery a bit�察�that I'll have the very thing I want�              �I'll install a set of 

them   in   a   car�察  �and   it   will   go   like   the   wind。   I'll   ;   Tom's   enthusiastic 

remarks were suddenly interrupted by a low�察�rumbling sound。 

     ;Thunder� ─�exclaimed Mr。 Swift。 ;The storm is coming�察�and Mr。 Sharp 

and Mr。 Damon in the airship; 

     Hardly  had he spoken than there  sounded   a  crash   on   the  roof  of the 

Swift house�察�not far away。 At the same time there came cries of distress�察�

and the crash was repeated。 

     ;Come   on�察    �Dad�    �Something       has  happened� ─     �yelled   Tom�察   �dashing 

from the shop�察�followed by his parent。 They found themselves in the midst 

of a rain storm�察�as they raced toward the house�察�on the roof of which the 

smashing noise was again heard。 



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