Chapter 1. The New Project
_ CHAPTER I. THE NEW PROJECT
Tom Swift appeared to be calm, although in reality he was about as excited over his latest invention as he ever had been about anything in his life.
"I‘m sure it‘s going to work, Ned!" he said eagerly to his chum as they neared Tom‘s private laboratory. "With my new device I hope to learn more about the planets. I want to start soon--"
"Listen here!" broke in Ned Newton. "If you‘re thinking of going to Mars or the moon, just count me out! I‘ve gone with you to many strange places and have never kicked. But this--"
"Hold on, young fellow!" interrupted the youthful inventor with an amused chuckle. "I‘ve nothing like that in mind YET! All I want to do is show you my new ‘space eye.‘"
[Illustration: Ned Newton, Tom‘s Chum]
"Can‘t say as I like that word ‘yet,‘" Ned muttered darkly. "But I‘ll take a look at your new jigger if you‘ll promise not to shoot me through space in a rocket or cannon-ball!"
"Word of honor I

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