CONCLUSION.
After the final capitulation of the Oligarchy, Mr. Hampton and the
members of his party went to live in quarters assigned them in one of
the palaces of the Inner City. It was an age-worn stone structure of
immensely thick walls, two stories in height, and covering five acres of
ground. In it were hundreds of rooms and apartments, sumptuously
appointed with many luxuries.
“It’s all right, this business of living in a palace,” said Bob, one
day. “Just the same I for one can never accustom myself to living in a
tomb. And that’s what this seems like, with its old stone walls and
courts and secret passages, and what not.”
With this opinion, Jack and Frank were in hearty agreement. Likewise Roy
Stone, who after repairing his airplane had flown it to the plain
outside Athensi where it rested now with just sufficient fuel to carry
him out of the desert when the time came to depart. Departure, however,
he kept putting off from time to time at the insistence of his friends.
Ali and his Arabs continued to stay with Mr. Hampton, the wounded
members of the party now fully restored to health.
In the Great Library of Athensi, the biggest building in extent within
the Inner City, were found as the revolutionists had predicted many
thousands of manuscripts or papyrus rolls written in the ancient mother
tongue of Atlantis of which Athensian was a corruption. Few of the young
nobles among the revolutionists ever had been within the library before,
as the ancients of the Oligarchs had guarded it jealously. They were
even more eager than Mr. Hampton to browse, if that word can properly be
employed in this connection. But when they came to examining the rolls,
they found that it was only with difficulty they could here and there
decipher a word.
However, the similarity of languages was such that in time the mother
tongue could be learned and the treasured knowledge of this most ancient
of libraries in the oldest living city on earth, could be unlocked and
given to the world. To the task of learning the language and of putting
the library in order, Captain Amanassar who had been elected President
of the new republican government, assigned Amonasis, Amrath and two
dozen assistants, comprising the best educated of the young
revolutionists. Eagerly, they began their task.
At length, with a story that later was to astound not only the
scientific world but all civilization, Mr. Hampton, finding his advice
no longer was required, decided to depart. They had been absent from
home five months. Bob and Frank were overdue for their Senior year at
Yale. Mr. Hampton was to be the unofficial representative of the
Athensian government to the United States, and was to pave the way for
official representatives to be sent to the various world capitals by
making public his account of events.
In addition, he was to interest capitalists in developing the resources
of the country, and in building a railroad linking up Athensi with the
Cape-to-Cairo Railroad.
He promised to return the following year, estimating it would require
that length of time at least to perform his various commissions. On his
return, the boys planned to accompany him and to build a great radio
station at Athensi, which would put the mountain people in touch with
all the world.
True to his promise, they did return the following year, carrying to
Athensi a great caravan of supplies for the erection of a completely
equipped radio sending and receiving station. These supplies were taken
up the Niger by boat and finally across the desert by camel.
But after finishing the erection of the station, the three Radio Boys
set out on an exploring expedition through the heart of Africa in the
interests of a new motion picture producing corporation among the
backers of which were both Mr. Temple and Mr. Hampton. And the
adventures which befell them upon this 5,000 mile journey through jungle
wilds and in coming into contact with savage men and beasts, were
numerous and varied.
All will be duly chronicled in “The Radio Boys in Darkest Africa.” Until
then, let us bid them good-bye.
THE END.
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