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1、TOMSWIFTANDHISELECTRICLOCOMOTIVETOMSWIFTANDHISELECTRICLOCOMOTIVE(orTwoMilesaMinuteontheRails)VICTORAPPLETON1TOMSWIFTANDHISELECTRICLOCOMOTIVECHAPTERIATemptingOffer"Anelectriclocomotivethatcanmaketwomilesaminuteoveraproperlyballastedroadbedmightnotbean
2、impossibility,"saidMr.BartonSwiftruminatively."Itisoneofthosethingsthatarecoming,"andheflashedhisson,TomSwift,aknowingsmile.IthadbeenatopicofconversationbetweenthembeforethevisitorfromtheWesthadbeenseatedbeforethelibraryfireandhadsampledoneoftheelder
3、Swift'sgoodcigars."Itisnotonlyafuturepossibility,"saidthelattergentleman,shrugginghisshoulders."AsfarastheHendricktonandPasAlosRailroadCompanygoes,atwomileaminutegait--notaloneonaleveltrackbutthroughthePasAlosRange--isanimmediatenecessity.It'sgottobe
4、donenow,orourstockwillbesellingonthecurbforabouttwocentsashare.""Youdonotmeanjustthat,doyou,Mr.Bartholomew?"askedTomSwiftearnestly,andstaringatthebig-littlemanbeforethefire.Mr.RichardBartholomewwasjustthat--a"big-littleman."Intherailroadworld,bothinc
5、onstructionandmanagement,hehadmadeanenviablenameforhimself.HehadactuallybuiltuptheHendricktonandPasAlosfromanarrow-gauge,"jerkwater"roadintoapartofagreatcross-continentsystemthattappedawonderfullyrichterritoryonbothsidesofthePasAlosRange.Forsomeyears
6、theH.&P.A.hadamonopolyofthatterritory.Now,asMr.Bartholomewintimated,itwasthreatenedwithsuchrivalryfromanotherrailroadandothercapitalists,thattheH.&P.A.wasbeinglookeduponinthefinancialmarketasashakyinvestment.ButTomSwiftrepeated:"Youdonotmeanjustthat,
7、doyou,Mr.Bartholomew?"Mr.Bartholomew,whowasalittlemanphysically,rolledaroundinhischairtofacetheyoungfellowmoredirectly.Hisowneyessparkledinthefirelight.Hisolivefacewasflushed."Thatismuchnearerthetruth,youngman,"hesaid,somewhatharshly2TOMSWIFTANDHISEL
8、ECTRICLOCOMOTIVEbecauseofhissuppressedemotion,"thanIwantpeopleatlargetosuspect.AsIhavetoldyourfather,Icameheretoputallmycardsonthetable;butIexpecttheSwiftConstructionCompanytotakeanythingImaysayassaidinconfidence.""Wequiteunderstandthat,Mr.Bartholome
