Chapter I: Front Matter

TOM SWIFT AND HIS
GREAT OIL GUSHER

OR

The Treasure of Goby Farm

BY
VICTOR APPLETON
Author of “Tom Swift and His Motor Cycle,”
“Tom Swift Among the Diamond Makers,”
”Tom Swift and His Flying Boat,”
“The Moving Picture Boys Series,” etc.

ILLUSTRATED

NEW YORK
GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS

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BOOKS FOR BOYS
By VICTOR APPLETON

_12mo._ _Cloth._ _Illustrated._

=THE TOM SWIFT SERIES=

TOM SWIFT AND HIS MOTOR CYCLE
TOM SWIFT AND HIS MOTOR BOAT
TOM SWIFT AND HIS AIRSHIP
TOM SWIFT AND HIS SUBMARINE BOAT
TOM SWIFT AND HIS ELECTRIC RUNABOUT
TOM SWIFT AND HIS WIRELESS MESSAGE
TOM SWIFT AMONG THE DIAMOND MAKERS
TOM SWIFT IN THE CAVES OF ICE
TOM SWIFT AND HIS SKY RACER
TOM SWIFT AND HIS ELECTRIC RIFLE
TOM SWIFT IN THE CITY OF GOLD
TOM SWIFT AND HIS AIR GLIDER
TOM SWIFT IN CAPTIVITY
TOM SWIFT AND HIS WIZARD CAMERA
TOM SWIFT AND HIS GREAT SEARCHLIGHT
TOM SWIFT AND HIS GIANT CANNON
TOM SWIFT AND HIS PHOTO TELEPHONE
TOM SWIFT AND HIS AERIAL WARSHIP
TOM SWIFT AND HIS BIG TUNNEL
TOM SWIFT IN THE LAND OF WONDERS
TOM SWIFT AND HIS WAR TANK
TOM SWIFT AND HIS AIR SCOUT
TOM SWIFT AND HIS UNDERSEA SEARCH
TOM SWIFT AMONG THE FIRE FIGHTERS
TOM SWIFT AND HIS ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE
TOM SWIFT AND HIS FLYING BOAT
TOM SWIFT AND HIS GREAT OIL GUSHER

=THE MOVING PICTURE BOYS SERIES=

THE MOVING PICTURE BOYS
THE MOVING PICTURE BOYS IN THE WEST
THE MOVING PICTURE BOYS ON THE COAST
THE MOVING PICTURE BOYS IN THE JUNGLE
THE MOVING PICTURE BOYS IN EARTHQUAKE LAND
THE MOVING PICTURE BOYS AND THE FLOOD
THE MOVING PICTURE BOYS AT PANAMA
THE MOVING PICTURE BOYS UNDER THE SEA
THE MOVING PICTURE BOYS ON THE WAR FRONT
THE MOVING PICTURE BOYS ON FRENCH BATTLEFIELDS
THE MOVING PICTURE BOYS’ FIRST SHOW HOUSE
THE MOVING PICTURE BOYS AT SEASIDE PARK
THE MOVING PICTURE BOYS ON BROADWAY

GROSSET & DUNLAP, Publishers, New York

COPYRIGHT, 1924, BY
GROSSET & DUNLAP

_Tom Swift and His Great Oil Gusher._

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I THE FALLING AIRPLANE.................... 1
II ALMOST A TRAGEDY........................ 11
III AN ATTRACTIVE OFFER..................... 21
IV RECKLESS DRIVING........................ 30
V A CLOSE SHAVE........................... 39
VI SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES................ 49
VII TROUBLE BREWING......................... 60
VIII THROUGH THE WINDOW...................... 71
IX THE MIDNIGHT PROWLER.................... 80
X CAUGHT IN THE ACT....................... 88
XI A RASCAL FOILED......................... 95
XII THE NEW DRILL........................... 102
XIII A NIGHT OF TRIUMPH...................... 108
XIV KICKED FOR A GOAL....................... 114
XV OFF FOR THE OIL FIELDS.................. 121
XVI ON THE TRAIL OF FORTUNE................. 129
XVII CLOSING THE DEAL........................ 136
XVIII A TEST OF COURAGE....................... 146
XIX ON THE VERGE............................ 153
XX CAPPING THE GUSHER...................... 164
XXI THE INQUISITIVE STRANGER................ 171
XXII RAD TURNS UP............................ 177
XXIII A DASTARDLY PLOT........................ 184
XXIV FIGHTING THE FIRE....................... 193
XXV VICTORY................................. 201

TOM SWIFT AND HIS GREAT
OIL GUSHER