“It meant a lot of money, didn’t it?”
“I should say so,” answered Mr. Browning. “More than either of you ever saw.”
“That,” says I, “wouldn’t have to be such a lot.”
“Maybe,” says Catty, “the pirates won’t find it.”
“That’s our only hope,” says Mr. Browning. “But they’ll have a long time to try without interference.”
“Mr. Browning,” says Catty, “this is a kind of an emergency. Why don’t you tell Wee-wee and me where to dig, and let us go after this treasure. It would be another chance to win, and it couldn’t do any harm.”
“Why,” says Mr. Browning, “that’s so, but you might get into trouble. I don’t imagine those men will be over gentle. It means thousands upon thousands of dollars to them.”
“They’re not so bad,” says Catty. “You know we were aboard their yacht last night.”
“Tell me about it,” says Mr. Browning, and we told him, and he listened careful. “You threw a document bag aboard?” says he. “Huh. We didn’t see anything of one.”
“I saw it strike aboard this yacht, and I believe it stayed,” says Catty.