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CHAPTER XXV
HOME AGAIN—CONCLUSION
Mr. Sharp pushed his way through the crowd.
"The committee has the certified check ready for you, Tom," called the balloonist. "Will you come and get it?"
"Send it to me, please," answered the young inventor. "I must go to my father."
"Huh! I'd have beaten him in another round," boasted Andy Foger. No one paid any attention to him.
"Monsieur ezz plucky!" said the Frenchman, Perique. "I am honaired to shake his hand! He has broken all ze records!"
"Dot's der best machine I effer saw," spoke the Dutchman, De Tromp, ponderously. "Shake hands!"
"Ver' fine, ver' good!" came from the little Japanese, and all the contestants congratulated Tom warmly. Never before had a hundred miles been covered so speedily.
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