They might have sent a spy on East, and he might
try to damage the aeroplane to be revenged for what Tom and Mr. Jenks
did to them."
"It's possible," agreed the engineer. "Well, we'll wait until Tom can
talk, and we'll go over it with him."
"Not until he is stronger, though," stipulated the physician as he went
away. "Don't excite Tom for a few days."
The young inventor was much better the following day, and when Dr.
Gladby called he said Tom could sit up for a little while. Two days
later Tom was well enough to be talked to, and his father and Mr.
Jackson went over all the details of the matter. Mr. Damon, who had
returned home, came to see his friend as soon as he heard of his plight,
and was also a member of the consulting party.
"Bless my dictionary!" exclaimed the eccentric man. "I wish I had been
here to take a hand in it. But, Tom, do you believe it was one of the
diamond-making gang?"
"I hardly think so," was the reply. "They would take some other means of
revenge than by destroying my new aeroplane.
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