These two always worked together.
“What is it to be?” asked the pirate; “life or death? You find that your case is hopeless.”
“How much do you want for my release?” Young Jack inquired.
The pirate mentioned a sum in an Arabic currency which amounted to one hundred thousand dollars.
This to Jack was only a flea bite.
He could give a check for the amount and not miss it at all.
His credit at a bank in Mecca was good for ten times the amount.
The pirates knew that.
He had only to put his signature to a piece of printed paper, and the money required would be paid on sight to bearer.
These were the instructions he gave with his letters of credit.