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The aeroplane was low enough for all these
details to be seen by the moon's gleam, but the men in the car,
not hearing any noise, did not look up, so they were unconscious
of this aerial espionage.
"Look! Look!" exclaimed Tom in a low voice to his companions.
"Doesn't that seem suspicious?"

CHAPTER XXV
THE GOLD TOOTH

Eagerly Mr. Damon and the government agent leaned over and
looked down. In the moonlight they saw the same sight that had
attracted Tom Swift. The touring car, the two men in front, and
the huddled, bound figure in the back.
"Can you go down, Tom, without letting them hear you?" asked
Mr. Damon, using a low voice, as if fearful the men in the
automobile would hear him.
"I guess so," answered the young inventor. "I can land nearer
to the cabin than Jackson and I did, and then we can see what
these fellows are up to. It looks suspicious to me. That is,
unless they're some of the Secret Service men, and have made a
capture," he added to Mr. Terrill.
"Those aren't any of Uncle Sam's men," declared the agent.
"That is, unless the bound one is.


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