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"Ours is sure a great plant! " murmured Tom Swift to himself, with justifiable pride. "It would be a credit to anybody. No wonder dad loves it, and so do I. Yes, it sure is a great plant! We've had our troubles-our ups and downs-and our enemies have tried their hardest to wipe it out."
Darkness was slowly gathering over the landscape, shrouding in velvety black the trees which were faintly stirring in the summer breeze. Tom, following an old-time cowpath across the green meadow on his way home from town, topped a little rise and caught a glimpse of the high board fence surrounding the Swift Construction Company's plant which he and his father had built up after many years of hard work.