قراءة كتاب Tom Swift and His Wizard Camera; Or, Thrilling Adventures While Taking Moving Pictures
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Tom Swift and His Wizard Camera; Or, Thrilling Adventures While Taking Moving Pictures
TOM SWIFT AND HIS WIZARD CAMERA
or
Thrilling Adventures While Taking Moving Pictures
by
VICTOR APPLETON
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | |
| I | A STRANGE OFFER |
| II | A MAN IN THE SNOW BANK |
| III | TOM MAKES UP HIS MIND |
| IV | HELD FAST |
| V | TOM GETS A WARNING |
| VI | TRYING THE CAMERA |
| VII | WHAT THE CAMERA CAUGHT |
| VIII | PHOTOS FROM THE AIRSHIP |
| IX | OFF FOR INDIA |
| X | UNEXPECTED EXCITEMENT |
| XI | AN ELEPHANT STAMPEDE |
| XII | THE LION FIGHT |
| XIII | A SHOT IN TIME |
| XIV | IN A GREAT GALE |
| XV | SNAPPING AN AVALANCHE |
| XVI | TELEGRAPH ORDERS |
| XVII | SUSPICIOUS STRANGERS |
| XVIII | THE NATIVE BATTLE |
| XIX | A HEAVY LOSS |
| XX | AFTER THE ENGLISHMEN |
| XXI | THE JUNGLE FIRE |
| XXII | A DANGEROUS COMMISSION |
| XXIII | AT THE VOLCANO |
| XXIV | THE MOLTEN RIM |
| XXV | THE EARTHQUAKE—CONCLUSION |
TOM SWIFT AND HIS WIZARD CAMERA
CHAPTER I
A STRANGE OFFER
"Some one to see you, Mr. Tom."
It was Koku, or August, as he was sometimes called, the new giant servant of Tom Swift, who made this announcement to the young inventor.
"Who is it, Koku?" inquired Tom, looking up from his work-bench in the machine shop, where he was busy over a part of the motor for his new noiseless airship. "Any one I know? Is it the 'Blessing Man?'" for so Koku had come to call Mr. Damon, an eccentric friend of Tom's.
"No, not him. A strange man. I never see before. He say he got quick business."
"Quick business; eh? I guess you mean important, Koku," for this gigantic man, one of a pair that Tom had brought with him after his captivity in "Giant Land," as he called it, could not speak English very well, as yet. "Important business; eh, Koku? Did he send in his card?"
"No, Mr. Tom. Him say he have no card. You not know him, but he very much what you call—recited."
"Excited I guess you mean, Koku. Well, tell him to wait a few minutes, and I'll see him. You can show him in then. But I say, Koku," and Tom paused as he looked at the big