“Good-by. And may the greatest blessings of life be yours. I shall always remember you with gratitude, and the story of your visit will be handed down from generation to generation by the amautas as part of the history of the nation.”
One of the officers gave a sharp command and the column of men, each carrying a pack containing one hundred pounds of gold and gems on his back, started forward. Ted and Stanley followed.
An hour later they were descending a green slope, their first glimpse of the outer world in many months. They were happy, for they were on the way home.
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Obvious typographical errors have been corrected.
Inconsistencies in hyphenation have been standardized.
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