While Tom and Ned Newton are reviewing financial records, a fire breaks out at the fireworks factory in town. Assisting the firemen, they rescue Josephus Baxter who is developing a new dye formula and has hired out laboratory space at the factory. During the mayhem created by the fire and the rescue, Mr. Baxter loses the formula, but he is positive that the owners of the factory have stolen it. Tom feels pity on the man, and allows him use of the labs at the Swift Construction Company.
Contents
Title; Contents; Chapter I A Bad Place for a Fire; Chapter II No Use of Living!; Chapter III Tom's New Idea; Chapter IV An Experiment; Chapter V The Explosion; Chapter VI Tom is Worried; Chapter VII A Forced Landing; Chapter VIII Strange Talk; Chapter IX Suspicions; Chapter X Another Attempt; Chapter XI The Blazing Tree; Chapter XII Tom is Lonesome; Chapter XIII A Successful Test; Chapter XIV Out of the Clouds; Chapter XV Coals of Fire; Chapter XVI Violent Threats; Chapter XVII A Town Blaze; Chapter XVIII Finishing Touches; Chapter XIX On the Trail; Chapter XX A Heavy Load.
Chapter XXI The Light in the SkyChapter XXII Trapped; Chapter XXIII To the Rescue; Chapter XXIV A Strange Discovery; Chapter XXV The Light of Day.