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"That's all right, Tom, that's all right!" said Mr. Damon
genially. "Ladies first every time. But I do want to see you, and
it's about something important."
"No trouble, I hope?" queried Tom, for the manner of the
eccentric man was rather grave.
"Trouble? Oh, no! Bless my frying pan, no trouble, Tom! In
fact, it may be the other way about. Tom, I have an idea, and
there may be millions in it! That's it--millions!"
"Good!" cried the young inventor. "Might as well bite off a big
lump while you're at it. So you have a new idea! Well, I have
myself, but I'll listen to yours first. What is it, Mr. Damon?"
"It's a new kind of airship, Tom. I haven't got it all worked
out yet, but I can give you a rough outline. On my way over I got
to thinking about balloons, aeroplanes and the like, and it
occurred to me that the present principles are all wrong."
"So I evolved a new type of machine. I'm going to call it the
Damon Whizzer. Maybe Demon Whizzer would be more appropriate, but
we won't decide on that now. Anyhow, it's going to be a whizzer,
and I want to talk to you about it.


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