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Title: Tom Swift in the City of Gold, or, Marvelous Adventures Underground

Author: Victor Appleton

Posting Date: January 16, 2009 [EBook #4711]
Release Date: December, 2003

Language: English

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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 yo