It is better to consider what he may do."
"That's right," agreed Ned. "He may get up in
the night, dig up this city and skip with that
golden image before we know it."
"Hardly," grinned Tom.
"No," said Professor Bumper. "Excavating
buried cities in the jungle of Honduras is not
as simple as that. There is much work to be
done. But accidents may happen, and in case
one should occur to me, and I be unable to prosecute
the search, I want one of you to do it. For
that reason I am going to show you the maps
and ancient documents and point out to you
where I believe the lost city lies. Now, if you
will give me your attention, I'll proceed."
The professor went over in detail the story
of how he had found the old documents relating
to the lost city of Kurzon, and of how, after
much labor and research, he had located the
city in the Copan valley. The great idol of
gold was one of the chief possessions of Kurzon,
and it was often referred to in the old
papers; copies and translations of which the
professor had with him.
"But this is the most valuable of all," he said,
as he opened an oiled-silk packet. "And before
I show it to you, suppose you two young men
take a look outside the tent."
"What for?" asked Mr. Damon.
"To make sure that no emissaries from the
Beecher crowd are sneaking around to overhear
what we say," was the somewhat bitter answer
of the scientist. "I do not trust him, in spite
of his attempted denial.
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