Table of

, and listened with pride to the words of praise

done wonders along the inve

e, Dad," interrupted the lad

sky racer," went o

sked Mr. Durban. "Is it ano

e-an airship," ex

ephant hunter. "Say, you don't mea

an aeroplane was, for Mr. Durban, having been in the wilds of the jungle so mu

s," went on Tom, "for they ca

it's an airship. The travel through the jungle is something fierce, and that, more than anything else, interferes with my work. I can't cover gro

nothing can stop them. An airship would be the very thing to hunt elephants with in Afric

young inventor, "and that's why I a

nt to go?" demanded

rtain

d to have you a member of my hunting party, and, though I don't like to boast, still if you'll

irable companion, should he go to Africa, and he was very glad o

lectric gun and your airship? Will you come to Africa to

" exclai

e. There's no need of de

aid the young inventor. The face of the

give up the scheme

had it in mind for some time, and I have done some work on it. I stopped it to perfect my electr

repeated Mr. Dur

RED CLOUD was destroyed, and so I thought I'd

ter. "When do you think y

ps sooner, and then we will go

n the hall just outside the library. "Bless my fin

er in surprise, but the young inventor la

n't hear you ring. There is s

to spend a few weeks, and so I thought I'd come over here and see if you had anything new on the program. The firs

ith another laugh. "

saw the grizzled elephant hunter sitting between Tom and

ere. I'm stopping with my sister, Mrs. Douglass, but I can't stand it to be in the house much, so I'm out of d

Damon. "Bless my diamond mines! b

oing to rush work on the Black Hawk, my newest airship, and we'll leave for elep

ll go!" he suddenly exclaimed. "I'll go! Hurrah for the elephants!" and he jumped up and shook ha

e youth, "and now I'll call in Mr. Jackson, and we'l

an, and with the advent of the engineer the talk turned to things mechanical among Tom and Mr. Jackson

week rush work began on the new Black Hawk. Meanwhile Mr. Durban was a frequent visitor at Tom's home,

s you shall soon learn, and it also was the means of s