Once he awakened with a start, and
put his hand under his pillow to feel if the two stones Mr. Jenks
had given him, were still there. They had not been disturbed.
Tom made up his mind to find out if the stones were really
diamonds, before saying anything to his father about the chance
of going to seek Phantom Mountain. And the young inventor wished
to get the opinion of some other jeweler than Mr. Track--at
least, at first.
"Though if this one proves to be a good gem, I'll have Mr.
Track set it in a brooch, and give it to Mary for her birthday,"
decided the young inventor. "Guess I'll take a run over to
Chester in the Butterfly, and see what one of the jewelers there
has to say."
In addition to his big airship, Red Cloud, Tom owned a small,
swift monoplane, which he called Butterfly. This had been damaged
by Andy Foger just before Tom left on the trip that ended at
Earthquake Island, but the monoplane had been repaired, and Andy
had left town, not having returned since.
Telling his father that he was going off on a little business
trip, which he often did in his aeroplane, Tom, with the aid of
Mr. Jackson, the engineer, wheeled the Butterfly out of its shed.
Adjusting the mechanism, and seeing that it was in good shape,
Tom took his place in one of the two seats, for the monoplane
would carry two.
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