Three of you are hardly enough to cope with
them. You ought to have at least another member of your party. If
I was not busy on my invention of a new wireless motor I would go
along, but I can't leave. You might take Mr. Jackson."
"No, you need him here to help you, dad."
"How about Eradicate?"
Tom smiled.
"Rad would get homesick for his mule Boomerang, and I'd have to
bring him back just when we'd found the diamonds," replied the
young inventor. "No, we'll have to think of some one else. I'll
ask Mr. Damon, and then I'll consider matters further. I expect
to see Mr. Jenks to-night, and he may have some one in mind."
"Perhaps that will be a good plan. Well, Tom, I trust you will
take good care of yourself, and not run into unnecessary danger.
Is the Red Cloud in good shape for the voyage?"
"It needs looking over. I'm going to get right at it."
"It's a pretty indefinite sort of a quest you're going on, Tom,
my son. How do you expect to find Phantom Mountain?"
"Well, it's going to be quite a task. In the first place we'll
head for Leadville, Colorado, and then we'll go to Indian Ridge
and make some inquiries. We may get on the track of the place
that way. If we don't, why I'll take the airship up as high as is
necessary and sort of prospect until we see that big cliff that's
shaped like a head.
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