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TOM SWIFT AND HIS PHOTO TELEPHONE
enough to cause the likeness to be transmitted over the wire.
The same thing was done to a number of the public telephones in that vicinity, each one being fitted up so that the picture of whoever talked would be transmitted over the wire when Tom turned the switch. To help the plan further the telephone manager marked a number of other 'phones, "Out of Order," for the time being.
"Now, I think we're done!" exclaimed the young inventor, with a sigh, late that night. He and Ned and the line manager had worked hard.
"Yes," answered the young banker, "the traps are set. The question is: Will our rat be caught?"
