There is no doubt about you going in the
race, is there?"
"I fully expect to," replied Tom. "The only thing that will prevent me
will be--"
"Don't say you're worried on account of what Andy Foger may do,"
interrupted Mr. Sharp.
"I'm not. I'll attend to Andy, all right. I was going to say that my
father's illness might interfere. He's not well at all. I'm quite
worried about him."
"Oh, I sincerely hope he'll be all right," remarked the balloonist. "We
want you in this race. In fact, we're going to feature you, as they say
about the actors and story-writers. The committee is planning to do
considerable advertising on the strength of Tom Swift, the well-known
young inventor, being a contestant for the ten-thousand-dollar prize."
"That's very nice, I'm sure," replied Tom, "and I'm going to do my best.
Perhaps dad will take a turn for the better. He wants me to win as much
as I want to myself. Well, we'll not worry about it, anyhow, until the
time comes. I want to show you some new features of my latest
aeroplane.
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