"I'm going to my father in the Humming-Bird," said Tom. "It's the only way I can see him alive," and he began to click off a message to Mr. Jackson, stating that he had won the race and was going to fly to Shopton, while Mr. Damon and several others replenished the fuel and oil of the aeroplane.
Tom Swift had won one race. Could he win the other?
Chapter Twenty-Five
Home Again—Conclusion
Mr. Sharp pushed his way through the crowd.
"The committee has the certified check ready for you, Tom," called the balloonist. "Will you come and get it?"
"Send it to me, please," answered the young inventor. "I must go to my father."
"Huh! I'd have beaten him in another round," boasted Andy Foger. No one paid any attention to him.
"Monsieur ezz plucky!" said the Frenchman, Perique. "I am honaired to shake his hand! He has broken all ze records!"