But at
length he grasped the idea that he was a wealthy man again, and
he exclaimed:
"Tom Swift, I'm going to share half with you!"
"Oh, no," retorted the young inventor. "I couldn't think of
that. If you want to pay part of the expenses of the trip I
shan't object to that, as I intend giving the gold I recovered to
Mr. Damon. But as for taking any of the oil shares--"
"Then, Mary, you shall take half!" exclaimed Mr. Keith. "I have
more money now than I'll ever spend. Mary, half of it is yours,
and if you don't let Tom Swift have a say in the spending of it--
Say, Mary, have you thanked him yet?" he asked with a twinkle of
his eyes. "Well, Uncle Barton, I--I don't know--"
"Then do it now!" cried her uncle. "Tom, if you could have any
reward you wanted, what would it be?"
Tom took Mary in his arms and--But I refuse to betray any
secrets. Anyhow, some time later when Ned asked his chum if he
felt entirely satisfied with the result of his undersea search,
the young inventor replied: "I certainly do!"
Tom admitted to his father that a mistake had been made in not
installing the gyroscope rudder.
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