“This is the letter Dr. Weber mentioned; the letter he received from Jim Huntington. It tells of a find Jim made in New Zealand—a fabulous mining discovery.”
“And that’s why he was coming here to meet you and Dr. Weber?” Biff asked.
“That’s right, son.”
“Then whoever it was attacked me tonight, or kidnaped Dr. Weber, would know where the find was, too?”
“Not exactly, Biff. They’d know of it, but not where it was. Huntington was bringing samples of the ore, and details of its location, with him.”
“That information, then, must still be in his sunken sloop,” Biff said.
Tom Brewster nodded his head.
“We’ll have to find it, won’t we, Dad?” the boy asked eagerly.
“We’re surely going to try.”
There was silence for several minutes. Everyone’s mind was filled with thoughts.