Tom Swift in the Caves of Ice, or, the Wreck of the Airship

pite of the fact that he was sure Andy had a copy of the map, that

he'll go far in that, though it does sail better than when he made his first attempt. Well,

ans for a few minutes, turned

hers when Tom told his news. There was alarm, for there was a fe

n we do?" as

ther, too! Dat's what I would! Fust I'd let mah mule Boomerang kick him a bit, an' den, when he was all mussed up, I'd whitewa

from all sides, it was decided that

ever find the valley of gold. I fancy I threw a

y, "they cannot take away the caves of ice, and it is in them tha

" said Tom, in a low v

do, Tom," answer

ade some inquiries in the next few days regarding the Fogers, but only learned that

arose one morning. "In two weeks, at most,

ve got the map put aw

g. Are you

es

dventurers had arranged to take a local train from Shopton, a

thers started for the depot. Miss Mary Nestor had bidden our hero farewell the previous night-it being a sort of second goo

the station, who had gathered th

nuggets, Tom," ple

if you can shoot o

ained Eskimo for min

romised to do th

old nuggets by wirele

to arrive. In the crowd on the

out Andy," observed the

hat he's hanging

r, for they saw Pete going

ortant for him to wire

e clicks of the telegraph instrument, as the operator sent Pete's message. Tom was familiar with the Morse code. Wh

s party lea

ver the wire. "Why should Andy want to be informed when we leave? That's why Pete was hanging around here!

atter when their train roiled in

're off!"

o himself he added: "No telling what w

n the lookout for Andy or his father, but he did not see them. He made private inquiri

occurred a few nights later, when they were speeding across th

serving each member of the party of gold-hunters. He was a man with a black mustache, a mustache so black, in fact, that Tom at once conclud

he said to his chum, one afternoon, as they were speeding

k like one,"

th any of his invitations to play cards

a good thing to speak to Abe Abercrombie about him. If that man's a sharper perhaps

er, when his attention was called to the

Abe, "but as long as he doesn't approach us w

watching the scenery, as this trip was a new one to him, and he was continually blessing something he saw or thou

to his father and one to Miss Nestor, and, when he turned in he saw the "gambler," as he had come to call him, going into the smoking compartment of the coach. Though Tom t

. At first he thought it was caused by the swaying of the train, and he was about to go to sleep agai

under his pillow, in a little leather case he had made for

He felt a hand being hurriedly withdrawn. Tom made

ed Tom, endeavoring to p

t-mistake," mu

the young inventor caught sight of a man hurrying away, and he felt sure the fellow who had put his hand under his pillow was the man with

my map!" thought

cused him. There might also be a scene, and the man might get very indignant. Then, too, Tom and his friends did not wa

ned it and saw, in the gleam

I won't say anything until morning, though he did come

hung in the little berth-hammock, and a hasty s

Mr. Damon in the morning about what's best to do. That's why the fellow h

r thought c

d him. I'll wager Andy or his father put this man up to steal the map. Andy's afraid he hasn't got a copy of the right one.

train, and on inquiring of the conductor, Tom learned that the myste