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This was after
Gale had, by accident, heard Tom speaking of it to Mr. Damon.
But, thanks to Tom's vigilance, Bower was discovered. The man
tripped into the mud hole lost in the muck the plans Bower passed
to him. They were never recovered. Then Lydane tried again. He
managed, through bribery, to gain access to the hangar where the
new silent machine was kept, and, unable to get the silencer
apart, tried to file it. In doing so he weakened it so that it
burst.
The attempt to waylay Tom, and so get the plans from him, had
been tried before this, only a mistake had been made, and Mr.
Nestor was caught instead. Finding out their error, Lydane and
his companions did not tell the Universal people of their
mistake, though Gale and Ware knew the attempt was to be made
against Tom Swift.
Later, hearing that the young inventor was still at work on his
invention, Gale was much surprised, and paid his queer visit, in
an attempt to repudiate the actions of Lydane. At this time it
was assumed that Gale and his partner did not know that it was
Mr.


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