CONTENTS

I.[BLASTING FIRE]
II.[NED DISAPPEARS]
III.[SUSPICIONS]
IV.[A STRANGE MESSAGE]
V.[ON A MYSTERIOUS TRAIL]
VI.[TOO LATE]
VII.[A WILD CHASE]
VIII.[TWO CAPTIVES]
IX.[ON THE ISLAND]
X.[THE ESCAPE]
XI.[RESCUED]
XII.[GREENBAUM THREATENS]
XIII.[MR. DAMON DANCES]
XIV.[KOKU IS DRUGGED]
XV.[A SINISTER WARNING]
XVI.[A STARTLING DISCOVERY]
XVII.[USELESS PLEADINGS]
XVIII.[AN ANONYMOUS ADVERTISEMENT]
XIX.[THE MEETING]
XX.[MASKED MEN]
XXI.[A TEMPTING OFFER]
XXII.[FLASHING LIGHTS]
XXIII.[TOM ACCEPTS]
XXIV.[A FINAL TEST]
XXV.[A BRIGHT FUTURE]

TOM SWIFT AND HIS TALKING PICTURES

CHAPTER I

BLASTING FIRE

Entering Tom Swift’s private laboratory from a room farther down the hall, Ned Newton, who seemed somewhat out of breath, glanced at the young inventor and asked:

“Do you seem to be getting anywhere with it, Tom?”