"If we find any platinum we'll stay here all
night, and longer if necessary to get a good supply. This is better than
the city of gold, for we're in the open."
"I should say we were," observed Mr. Damon, as he bent to the blast,
which was strong, sheltered even as they were.
"Will it be safe to remain all night?" asked Mr. Borious, with a glance
about the desolate country.
"We have plenty of food," replied Tom, "and a good place to stay, in the
car of the glider. I don't believe we'll be attacked."
"No, not here," said the elder Petrofsky. "But we still have to go back
across Siberia to escape."
"We'll do it!" cried Tom. "Now for the platinum treasure!"
They went forward, and it was no easy work. For the wind still New with
tremendous force though nothing like what it did higher up. And the
ground was uneven. They had to cling to each other and it was very
evident that no airship, not even the powerful Falcon, could have
reached the place. Only an air glider would answer.
It took them half an hour to get to the opening of the ancient mine, and
by that time it was nearly dark. But Tom had thought to bring electric
torches, such as he had used in the underground city of gold, and they
dispelled the gloom of the small cavern.
"Will you go in?" asked Ivan Petrofsky, when they had come to the place.
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