If Goosal can tell
where to begin excavating for the city he ought
to tell the professor, not us."
"That's right," agreed Ned. "We'll bring the
professor here as soon as we can."
Accordingly they stopped the somewhat difficult
task of listening to the translated story and
told Tal, as well as they could, that they would
bring the "man-with-no-hair-on-his-head" to
listen to the tale.
This seemed to suit the Indians, all of whom
in the small colony appeared to be very grateful
to Tom and Ned for having saved the life of
Tal.
"That was a good shot you made when you
bowled over the jaguar," said Ned, as the two
young explorers started back to their camp.
"Better than I realized, if it leads to the discovery
of Kurzon and the idol of gold," remarked Tom.
"And to think we should come across the oiled-
silk holding the poisoned arrows!" went on Ned.
"That's the strangest part of the whole affair.
If it hadn't been that you shot the jaguar this
never would have come about."
That Professor Bumper was astonished, and
Mr. Damon likewise, when they heard the story
of Tom and Ned, is stating it mildly.
"Come on!" exclaimed the scientist, as Tom
finished, "we must see this Goosal at once.
If my map is destroyed, and it seems to be,
this old Indian may be our only hope.
Where did he say the buried city was, Tom?"
"Oh, somewhere in this vicinity, as nearly as
I could make out. But you'd better talk with
him yourself. We didn't say anything about the
idol of gold.
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