Tom Swift And His Big Tunnel, Or, the Hidden City of the Andes
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"Another matter, too, makes me suspicious. We have tried to raise moneyin New York to tide us over while the government is holding up ourfunds here. But our New York office is meeting with difficulties. Theyreport there is a story current to the effect that we are going tofail, and while that isn't so, you know how hard it is to borrow moneyin the face of such rumors. We are doing all we can to fight them, ofcourse, and maybe we'll beat out our rivals yet. "But that isn't all. I'm sure some one... is on the ground here trying tomake trouble among our workers. I never knew so many men to leave, oneafter another. It's keeping the employment agency in Lima busysupplying us with new workers. And so many of them are unskilled. Theyaren't able to do half the work of the old men, and poor Tim Sullivanis in despair. " "You think some one here is causing dissensions and desertions amongyour men?" "I'm sure of it! I've tried to ferret out who it is, but the spy, forsuch he must be, keeps his identity well hidden.
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