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If I die, Captain Nelson, the next in command, takes charge, and the original orders will be carried out. If it is possible to get the gold for you it will be done. Now let me alone. I've got work to do!" "Bless my apple cart, Tom, that's the way to talk!" exclaimed Mr. Damon, and he, too, for the first time, seemed ready to break with Hardley.
The young inventor insisted, before making any preparations for the trip, that all the cards be laid on the table. That is, he wanted to be sure there had been such a ship as the Pandora, that she was laden with gold, and that she had sunk where Mr. Hardley said she had.
"Do you think he was in on the change?" asked one of the officers. "No," replied Tom. "I guess it was like a good many of these filibustering plots. Somebody put up good money to be used to gain control of a country perhaps for the country's good. But somebody else made the substitution, and the patriots were left. I don't believe Hardley knew this."
"And not only in submarine, but in aeroplane! but you don't need any aeroplanes, my dear Mr. Hardley. It's the submarine end of it that you are interested in, as far as Tom Swift is concerned. Now go ahead and tell him what you told me, and how many millions there are in it." "Very well," assented the visitor.
"I suppose we'll get off early this morning," he added. "We'll go to the dock in the auto, as usual, shall we not?" he asked. "We aren't going to start this morning," said Tom, as he sat down to breakfast. "Not going to start this morning!" exclaimed Mr. Hardley. "Why why " "Bless my alarm clock!" voiced Mr. Damon, "has anything happened, Tom? No accident to the M. N. 1 is there?
"Well, I think you'll find Mr. Hardley all right," said Mr. Damon, who seemed to have taken a strong liking to his new friend. Certainly the latter showed no signs of nervousness as the craft slowly settled to the proper depth. He asked numberless questions, showing his interest in the operation of the M. N. 1, but he showed not the least sign of fear. However, as Tom said, that might come later.
"And I hope everything turns out the way I want it to," he added meaningly. "We'll find the treasure on the ship all right, if we can find the ship," said Mr. Hardley. "That part is your job, Mr. Swift." "And I'll find her if she's where you say she went down," answered Tom. "Now then, as soon as Ned comes we'll start."
"The men are working hard to get the submarine in shape, and I should say that in another week, or two weeks at the most, we could set off!" "Good!" exclaimed Mr. Hardley. "I have received additional information," he went on, "to the effect that the amount of gold on board the Pandora was even greater than we at first thought." "That sounds encouraging," replied Tom.
Hardley repeated his story about having overheard the exact location of the ship a few minutes before she sank, and he also told of the captain and several members of the ship's company having been drowned. This, too, was confirmed. "Then," went on Mr. Hardley, "all that remains for me to do is to deposit at some bank my half of the expenses and await your word to go aboard the submarine."
"At least not until just before we start. Then she can't object in time. I'll have a wonderful experience, I know. This will be good news to Dixwell Hardley!" And as Mr. Damon hastened away to acquaint his new friend with Tom's decision, the young inventor remarked to Ned: "I'll go; but, somehow, I have a feeling that something will happen." "Something bad?" asked the financial manager.
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