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TOM SWIFT felt that he was on the verge of several important discoveries, now that he had located the scoundrels in the blue machine. The knowledge that Renwick Fawn was among them was startling. So was the information that Blodgett and Barsky were one and the same person.
"I guess this whole thing was engineered when the men who were associated with Blythe found I wouldn't do business with them," whispered Tom. "I don't believe Blythe had anything to do with the plot. He just saw a good chance to make money, and he would have dealt honestly, I'm sure. But the others aren't of that type."