CHAPTER XXV
HOMEWARD BOUND—CONCLUSION
"All right!" yelled Ned, as soon as he heard Tom's cry. "I've got her under control. We'll volplane down."
"Is it dangerous? Are we in danger?" asked Peter Patrofsky of his brother, in Russian.
"I guess there's no danger, where Tom Swift is concerned," was the answer. "I have not volplaned much, but it will be all right I think."
And it was, for with Ned Newton to guide the craft, while Tom did his best to stop the leak, the craft came gently to earth on the outskirts of a fairly large Siberian city. Almost instantly the Falcon was surrounded by a curious throng.
"You had better keep inside," said Ivan Petrofsky to his brother and Mr. Borious. "Descriptions of you are probably out broadcast by now, but I am still sufficiently disguised, I think."
"But what is to be done?" demanded the younger Russian brother. "If the gasolene is gone, how can we leave here?"
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