Tom Swift and His Big Tunnel, or, the Hidden City of the Andes

Project Gutenberg's Tom Swift and his Big Tunnel, by Victor Appleton This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: Tom Swift and his Big Tunnel or, The Hidden City of the Andes Author: Victor Appleton Posting Date: July 13, 2008 [EBook #953] Release Date: June, 1997 Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK TOM SWIFT AND HIS BIG TUNNEL *** Produced by Anthony Matonac. TOM SWIFT AND HIS BIG TUNNEL or The Hidden City of the Andes by Victor Appleton CONTENTS I An Appeal for Aid II Explanations III A Face at the Window IV Tom's Experiments V Mary's Present VI Mr. Nestor's Letter VII Off for Peru VIII The Bearded Man IX The Bomb X Professor Bumper XI In the Andes XII The Tunnel XIII Tom's Explosive XIV Mysterious Disappearances XV Frightened Indians XVI On the Watch XVII The Condor XVIII The Indian Strike XIX A Woman Tells XX Despair XXI A New Explosive XXII The Fight XXIII A Great Blast XXIV The Hidden City XXV Success TOM SWIFT AND HIS BIG TUNNEL Chapter I An Appeal for Aid Tom Swift, seated in his laboratory engaged in trying to solve a puzzling question that had arisen over one of his inventions, was startled by a loud knock on the door.