Then, on account of my
illness, just as I once before forgot something, and thought the
minister had called, I lost all recollection of them. I hid those
plans."
Tom leaped to his feet. He rushed to the place named by his father. Soon
his triumphant shout told of his success. He came hurrying back into the
house with a roll of papers in his hands.
And there were the long-missing plans! damp and stained by the weather,
but all there. No enemy had them, and Tom's secret was safe.
"Now I can accept the Government offer!" he cried. And a few weeks later
he made a most advantageous deal with the United States officials for
his patents.
Dr. Gladby explained that Mr. Swift's queer action was due to his
illness. He became liable to lapses of memory, and one happened just
after he hid away the plans. Even the hiding of them was caused by the
peculiar condition of his brain. He had opened the library window,
slipped oat with the papers, and hastened in again, to fall asleep in
his chair, during the short time Tom was gone.
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