"They came near succeeding," said Hodge.
"It looks as if they have succeeded."
"Eh? How?"
"You remember the story of the Boston man who was landed on the island and never seen afterward."
"The cock-eyed man told that story."
"Yes."
"Perhaps that was a part of his plan to scare us away from the island—to keep us from going there."
"Perhaps so; but you remember he told us there was a grave on the island and the headstone was marked, 'Sacred to the memory of Rawson Denning.'"
"Yes. More of his plan to scare us away."
"The grave is there."