Damon. "That's the way to
talk! And so we're to go cruising about in the air, looking for a
mountain shaped like a man's head."
"That's it," a greed Mr. Jenks, "and when we find it we will be
near Phantom Mountain, and the diamond makers."
The final details were completed that night. The last of the
supplies had been put aboard, the larder was well stocked, the
diamond testing apparatus was stored safely away, and all that
remained was for the adventurers to board the Red Cloud in the
morning, and soar away.
That night Tom was uneasy. Several times he got up, and looked
toward the shed where the airship was stored. He could not rid
himself of the idea that the men to whose interest it was that
the diamond-making secret remain undiscovered, might attempt to
wreck the airship before the start. Consequently both Eradicate
Sampson and Engineer Jackson were on guard. Tom looked from his
window, to the shed where the Red Cloud was housed. He saw
nothing to cause him any uneasiness.
"I guess I'm just nervous," he mused. "But, all the same, I'll
be glad when we've started."
They were all up early the next morning, Mr. Damon beginning
the day by blessing the sunrise, and many other things that
struck his fancy. The airship was wheeled out of the shed, and
Tom gave her a final inspection.
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