“I wonder how our old enemy Delby made out?” asked Mr. Poddington.  They heard later that he was driven from giant land, not even being allowed to take a boy as a specimen.  He had worked on the “tip” Andy Foger had given Mr. Waydell, but it failed.  When Tom escaped, the king confiscated all the things in the hut, and he was so taken up with the novelties that he paid no more attention to the circus agent, who had all his trouble, plotting and scheming against Tom for his pains.

“A giant in the house!” cried Mrs. Baggert, when Tom got home with August.  “I never heard of such a thing in all my life!  Where will he sleep?  Not a bed is big enough!”

“We’ll give him two beds then,” laughed Tom.

And so they did, and August was immensely pleased with his new life.  He proved to be very useful, and readily adapted himself to civilized ways.

Tola, the other giant, made a big sensation when exhibited, and Mr. Preston said he was well worth the fifteen thousand dollars he had cost.

“Well, Tom, what next?” asked Ned one day, when they had been home several weeks and had told their story over and over again.

“No where!” exclaimed Tom.  “I’m going to take a long rest.”

But Tom Swift wasn’t that kind of a young man, and he was soon active again.  If you care to learn more of his doings you may do so in the next volume of this series, to be called, “Tom Swift and His Electric Camera; Or Thrilling Adventures While Taking Moving Pictures.”

And now, for a time, we will take leave of the young inventor and his new giant servant, to meet them again a little later.

THE END

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