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arm and leaned his head against his fist as if bored with the whole proceedings.
“She put a lipstick case in the envelope,” he informed Phyl.
Tom’s statement proved to be correct!
“How did you guess?” Phyl exclaimed, wide-eyed.
Tom merely smiled. “And she wants to know if she’ll be going to the June Prom with her favorite date.”
Again Tom was right! Lunario assured the girl she would attend the prom with the boy of her choice.
“Tom Swift, you tell us right this minute how you guessed!” Sandy demanded in a loud whisper.
“Lunario’s assistant can see the object being placed in the envelope,” Tom replied. “And when she opens the envelope to show the object to the audience, she can peek at what’s written on the card. All she has to do is signal her boss.”
“How does she do that?” Bud queried.
“By tapping Morse code with the toe of her shoe. It evidently contains a tiny transmitter and Lunario has an earphone inside his turban.”
“But how on earth could you hear?” Phyl asked.
Tom grinned and opened his fist. Inside was his pocket pencil radio. “All I had to do was find the right frequency,” he explained.
As the young woman worked her way up the aisle, she paused opposite Tom’s seat.
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“Ah! I believe the famous young inventor, Tom Swift, is in our audience!”
Lunario exclaimed.
There was a burst of applause and Tom had to take a bow. Then Lunario offered to read his mind. Tom good-naturedly wrote a question and enclosed it in an envelope with his wristwatch.
Lunario identified the watch and went on, “You wish to know if your next space flight will be successful. As I peer into the future, I see-”