Tom Swift in the Land of Wonders; Or, The Underground Search for the Idol of Gold

merous blessings on the part of Mr. Damon, the little party gathered in

tion, and it seemed to be shared by Mr. Damon, who seemed eager to burst in

curious. The story of the big idol of gol

got here all right, I see, Professor Bumper. But I di

ity of Pelone, as well as books on other antiquities. "I had no expectat

sort of train, not given even to hesitating at our humble little town. There were some passengers to get

did," vo

seats ahead of me," went on Mr. Damon, "and, bl

oubly glad,"

ift. You must go with us!" and Mr. Damon, in his enthusiasm, banged his fis

he hall, opened the door and

knock for hi

"I didn't knock or call you, Ko

dat's what he done!" broke in t

m said. "Though you might make a pit

away!" cried the old colored

e punch de lemons!" and away he hurried after Eradi

. "But now, Tom, while they're making the lemonade, let'

ore from habit than b

onderful story I ever heard of! You've read Professor Bumper's article, of course. He told me you had.

de down raging torrents on a raft, fall over a cliff maybe and be rescued. Why, it makes

ill in his chair listening to Mr. Damon. But now that the latter had

icle in the magazine, about the possibility of loca

ch read it. It was

etails in that article. I will tell you some of them. I have brought copies of the documen

met me on the train, and he was so taken by the story of the i

on!" put in the

any conditions while we were

I'd go if T

ition, for of course Tom Swift will go. Now let me tell

een at a time when you had just finished my magazine article. Soon after that, as I w

ed Newton, that you

there," exp

we could not look after the inventing and experimental end, and money matters, too, and as Ned had

r as the Swift Company is

now, Professor Bumper, let's hear from you. Is there any

end of the story. But a lot of it would be scientific detail th

ggert, the housekeeper, told Tom afterward that the two had a quarrel in the kitchen as to wh

on the professor, "I'll just give you a brie

days of weary sailing and had sought in vain for shallow water in which they might come to an anchorage. Finally they reached the point now known as Cape Gracias-a-Dios, and w

as)' that being the Spanish word for unfathomable dept

ack farther than some in the far East. On the sculptured stones in the Copan valley there are character

h there are stretches of tropical forest, but it is not so tropical a country as many suppose it to be. T

ul, so much, so that the natives made idols of it. And it is one of

where it is

where it is, except that it is somewhere in an ancient and buried city known as Kurzon. If I knew exactly where it wa

he track of this idol. Enough now to show you an old map I found, or, rather, a copy of it, and some of the papers that tell of the idol," and he

elp in this matter. I want you to aid me in organizing an ex

and submarines, even my giant cannon if you think you can take it with you. And as for the money part, Ned will