“Well, I don’t see much here to help us,” remarked Bob.
“No, not much that tells anything definite,” agreed Jerry.
“Except parts of what seem to be a journal, or diary,” added Ned.
“But those same leaves from the journal tell a sad story,” spoke Professor Snodgrass.
The three boys and the scientist were in the hut on Snake Island. It was the day after they had taken Noddy and his cronies off, and they were seeking for traces of the person who, according to the bully, had been in the hut before they arrived. They found some preserved food, older than any Noddy could have brought, and scattered pages of a diary.
“It is evident that someone—most likely a man—lived here for a time,” went on the professor, “and that up to recently, he kept an account of his day’s doings, for here is the last entry we can find, dated about a month ago.”
“What does it say?” asked Bob.
“The same thing as for many days before. ‘Searched for it, but could not find it.’”
“What do you suppose ‘it’ can be?” asked Ned.