Aunt Clare ended her story with a sigh, echoed by all the little girls. “I wish I had some diamonds now,” said Rose wistfully.
“Oh, so do I,—and rubies!” cried Mary.
“Is that all?” asked Kenneth and Charlie, in one breath.
“Is it true?” demanded Tom eagerly.
“’Course it is true,” cried Charlie. “Didn’t you ever hear of Captain Kidd?”
“I don’t know for certain that it is all true,” said Aunt Clare, “but it might be. There were pirates who buried their treasure in desert islands. Why, I’ve heard the fishermen of this very place tell that there was treasure buried around here somewhere. No one knows where.”
“It might be this very same treasure!” cried Kenneth, “mightn’t it, Aunt Clare?”
“I suppose it might,” she answered, laughing.
The boys exchanged eager looks. They did not say anything about it then, but they each knew that they were resolved to find that pirate treasure if it was anywhere near the Island.