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1、TOMSWIFTAMONGTHEFIREFIGHTERSTOMSWIFTAMONGTHEFIREFIGHTERS(ORBattlingwithFlamesfromtheAir)VICTORAPPLETON1TOMSWIFTAMONGTHEFIREFIGHTERSCHAPTERIABADPLACEFORAFIRE"IMPOSSIBLE,Ned!Itcan'tbeasmuchasthat!""Well,youcanprovetheadditionsyourself,Tom,ononeoftheaddingmachines.I'vebeenover'emtwice,andgetthesameresu
2、lteachtime.Therearethefigures.Theysayfiguresdon'tlie,thoughitdoesn'tfollowthattheoppositeistrue,forthosewhodonotstickcloselytothetruthdo,sometimes,figure.Butthereyouhaveit;yourfinancialstatementfortheyear,"andNedNewton,businessmanagerforTomSwift,thetalentedyounginventor,shovedamassofpapersacrossthet
3、abletohisfriendandchum,aswellasemployer."Itdoesn'tseempossible,Ned,thatwehavemadeasmuchasthatthispastyear.Andthis,asIunderstandit,doesn'tincludewhatwastakenfromthewreckofthePandora?"TomSwiftlookedquestioninglyatNedNewton,whoshookhisheadinanswer."Youreallydidn'tgetanythingtospeakofoutofyourundersease
4、arch,Tom,"repliedtheyoungfinancialmanager,"soIdidn'tincludeit.Butthere'senoughwithoutthat.""Ishouldsayso!"exclaimedTom."Whew!"hewhistled,"Ididn'tthinkIwasworththatmuch.""Well,you'veearnedit,everycent,withtheinventionsofyourselfandyourfather.""AndImightaddthatwewouldn'thavehalfweearnifitwasn'tforthes
5、hrewdwayyoulookafterus,Ned,"saidTom,withawarmsmileathisfriend."Iappreciatethewayyoumanageouraffairs;for,thoughIhavehadsomeprettygoodluckwithmysearchlight,wizardcamera,wartankandothercontraptions,Ineverwouldhavebeenabletosaveanyofthemoneytheybroughtinifithadn'tbeenforyou.""Well,that'swhatI'mherefor,"
6、remarkedNedmodestly."Iappreciatethat,"beganTomSwift."AndIwanttosay,Ned--"ButTomdidnotsaywhathehadstartedto.Hebrokeoffsuddenly,2TOMSWIFTAMONGTHEFIREFIGHTERSandseemedtobelisteningtosomesoundoutsidetheroomofhishomewhereheandhisfinancialandbusinessmanagerweregoingovertheyear'sstatementandaccounting.Ned,
7、too,inspiteofthefactthathehadbeenbusygoingoverfigures,addinguplongcolumns,checkingstatements,andgivingtheresultstoTom,hadbeenaware,inthelastfiveminutes,ofanever-growingtumultinthestreet.Atfirstithadbe
