Tom Swift in the City of Gold

Tom Swift in the City of Gold

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Title: Tom Swift in the City of Gold
Author: Victor Appleton
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Tom Swift In The City Of Gold

or
Marvelous Adventures Underground
by Victor Appleton
AUTHOR OF "TOM SWIFT AND HIS MOTOR-CYCLE," "TOM
SWIFT AND HIS AIRSHIP," "TOM SWIFT AND HIS WIRELESS
MESSAGE," "TOM SWIFT AND HIS ELECTRIC RIFLE," ETC.

ILLUSTRATED

CONTENTS
CHAPTER
I
WONDERFUL NEWS II AN UNSUSPECTED LISTENER III ANDY
IS WHITEWASHED IV A PERILOUS FLIGHT V NEWS FROM
AFRICA VI "BEWARE THE HEAD-HUNTERS!" VII TOM MAKES
A PROMISE VIII ERADICATE WILL GO IX "THAT LOOKED
LIKE ANDY!" X MYSTERIOUS PASSENGERS XI THE
MIDNIGHT ALARM XII INTO THE UNKNOWN XIII FOLLOWED
XIV A WEARY SEARCH XV THE GOLDEN IMAGE XVI THE
MAP ON THE GOLD XVII THE RUINED TEMPLE XVIII
FINDING THE TUNNEL XIX THE UNDERGROUND RIVER XX
THE CITY OF GOLD XXI THE BIG IMAGE XXII TRAPPED XXIII
"IS IT A RESCUE?" XXIV THE FIGHT XXV THE
ESCAPE--CONCLUSION

TOM SWIFT IN THE CITY OF GOLD
CHAPTER I

WONDERFUL NEWS
"Letter for you, Tom Swift."
"Ah, thanks, Mr. Wilson. This is the first mail I've had this week.
You've been neglecting me," and the young inventor took the missive
which the Shopton postman handed to him over the gate, against which
Tom was leaning one fine, warm Spring day.
"Well, I get around as often as I can, Tom. You're not home a great
deal, you know. When you're not off in your sky racer seeing how
much you can beat the birds, you're either hunting elephants in Africa,
or diving down under the ocean, or out in a diamond mine, or some
such out-of-the-way place as that. No wonder you don't get many
letters. But that one looks as if it had come quite a distance."
"So it does," agreed Tom, looking closely at the stamp and postmark.
"What do you make out of it, Mr. Wilson?" and then, just as many
other persons do when getting a strange letter, instead of opening it to
see from whom it has come, Tom tried to guess by looking at the
handwriting, and trying to decipher the faint postmark. "What does that
say?" and the young inventor pointed to the black stamp.
"Hum, looks like Jube--no, that first letter's a 'K' I guess," and Mr.
Wilson turned it upside down, thinking that would help.
"I made it out a 'G'," said Tom.
"So it is. A 'G'--you're right. Gumbo--Twamba--that's what it is--
Gumba Twamba. I