The foreign spies were tried and found guilty, receiving merited punishment.  Of course the governments to which they belonged disclaimed any part in the seizure of Tom’s aerial warship.

It came out at the trial that one of Tom’s most trusted employees had proved a traitor, and had the night before the test, allowed the foreign spies to secrete themselves on board, to rush out at an opportune time to overpower our hero and his friends.  But luck was with Tom at the end.

“Well, what are you going to tackle next, Tom?” asked Ned, one day about a month after these exciting experiences.

“I don’t know,” was the slow answer.  “I think a self-swinging hammock, under an apple tree, with a never-emptying pitcher of ice-cold lemonade would be about the thing.”

“Good, Tom!  And, if you’ll invent that, I’ll share it with you.”

“Well, come on, let’s begin now,” laughed Tom.  “I need a vacation, anyhow.”

But it is very much to be doubted if Tom Swift, even on a vacation, could refrain from trying to invent something, either in the line of airships, water, or land craft.  And so, until he again comes to the front with something flew, we will take leave of him.