Tom Swift and His Big Tunnel; Or, The Hidden City of the Andes

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ead and out of sight of any one who might look out from the stateroom whence ha

in there!" insisted Mr.

s I have seen the bearded man going in there, and it's onl

be disguised with

the man who just now l

per part of his face. But those were W

don't you suppose you would

the same that would account for it. But I haven't noticed

f it," Tom admitted. "However, there is

ow

on the door

he won'

led for. Come, you know Waddington b

r. "I have only seen him a few times, but I am sure that wa

Even if you have only a momentary glance at him in close quarters you ought to be able

red for a moment,

Waddington in there, perhaps in the person of the bearded man, disguised. Or else they are using a single stateroom as a double one." And while Tom we

y be a row. Well, I can't help it. The success of my brother and myself depends on finishing

door, and a fai

me

, and saw the bearded

close over the man. He wanted to see if the beard were false. Some

me-Oh, you're not the stewar

tractor. "He has gone for the steward, who will be he

if conscious that he had acted rudely, "but I am suffering very much. The steward knows just what I want. I have had t

r. Titus. "But if there

dor, and as the door of the bearded man's stateroom was ope

ward said "He's been this way befor

ought Tom. As Mr. Titus came out and the door

was i

ctor shook

at man's beard is real, and while he has a look like Waddington about the eyes and upper part of his face, the man i

" Tom i

is head. "Whew! That was a bad one!" he exclaimed, as

. "I hope none of the cargo shifts and comes banging up against my new e

ct of the explosives on bo

frightened enough as it is. But I watched the

o die away. Meanwhile, nothing was seen, on de

m learned that he was down on the passenger list as Senor Pinto, from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was tr

ked Tom of Mr. Titus, as they were discu

o have dropped out of si

rinder have given up

good luck. But I'm willing to fight them, now tha

n Father Neptune came aboard to hold court. Those who had never before been below the equator were made to undergo mo

tunnel and try the effect of the new explosive. Mr. Damon found an elderly gentleman as fond of playing chess as was the eccentric man himself, and his days we

ickness, the steward told Tom and Mr. T

of Callao that a wireless message was received for

k office that rivals are after

that mean?"

s know we have a supply of your new powder on

Tom d

l get the secret of it to use for themselves, when the contract goes

an't get at it any more than we can, until the ship unloads. I guess it's safe eno

y did this as usual the morning after the wireless warning was received, and they were standing near the port rail, talking about this, when they heard a thud on the deck behind th

e. Then, as a slow motion of the ship rolle

a bo

it, but Mr. Titus

lled the

ure of an elderly gentleman stepped partly from behi

crouching low. "That's an expl