human
That's a mighty powerful extinguisher you have there, young man, said Melling.
gpt
May I ask the make of it? We ought to carry one like it on our car,
human
It is the Swift Aerial Fire Extinguisher,
gpt
The Swift--Tom Swift? exclaimed Melling.
human
Do you mean--
gpt
I am Tom Swift, put in the young inventor quickly.
human
And this is one of my inventions. I might add, he said slowly, looking first Melling and then Field full in the face,
gpt
Baxter!
human
Is he associated with you?
gpt
Not officially, Tom answered, delighted at the chance to
human
as he expressed it later.
gpt
I have been helping him, and he has been helping me since he lost his dye formulae in--in your fire!
human
Does he say he lost them in the fire of our factory?
gpt
He believes he did, asserted Tom.
human
I helped carry him out of the laboratory of your place when he was almost dead from suffocation. He remembers that he had the formulae then, but since has been unable to find them.
gpt
He'd better be careful how he accuses us!
human
We could have the law on him for that!
gpt
He hasn't accused you, said Tom easily.
human
He only says the formulae disappeared during the fire in your place, and he is just wondering, that is all--just wondering!
gpt
Well, he--we, I--that is, we haven't anything from Baxter that we didn't pay for, declared Field.
human
And if he goes about saying such things he'd better be careful. I am going--
gpt
We're much obliged to you, Mr. Swift, for putting out the fire in our car. But for you it would have been destroyed. And if you ever want to sell the extinguisher process of yours, you'll find us in the market. We are going into the dye business on a large scale, and we can always use new chemical combinations.
human
My extinguisher is not for sale, said Tom dryly.
gpt
Come on, Mr. Damon. We can take you into town, I suppose, Tom went on, looking at his eccentric friend for confirmation, and finding it in a nod.
human
But I doubt if we could tow you, as we are in a hurry, and--
gpt
Oh, thank you, we'll look over our machine before we leave it, said Melling.
human
It may be that we can get it to go.