"Yes, so I supposed. They don't know anything about it. They never know anything about things that happen to me, and generally you cannot prove it on them."
"We can't now, but I am satisfied that they were in it just the same."
"Well, we got out of it all right, so there is no need of accusing them. The next time we go there we will be on the watch."
"I suppose they saw the boat, and then came up to see what we were doing, saw the rope and knew we were down in the hole, and closed it upon us."
"They might have drawn up the rope, but they don't think of everything, fellows like that."
"No, they do not, and that's how you can catch them."
Later Dick and Jack saw the captain and Dr. Wise in the cabin, and told about the wrecked schooner, as she probably was, and of the visit to the cabin under water, and the finding of the gold.
Dick exhibited the bag Jack had given him, and showed the letters found on the floor, the captain being able to read them.
"There were money and supplies shipped to the Mexican rebel leader," he said, "and probably the vessel may have been chased, and put in among the islands of the Caribbean to get away, and was wrecked here. There is quite a lot of money in this bag, about a thousand dollars, and if there are many of the bags and they are all as full as this, you will have a pretty good sum to dispose of."
"The money belongs to Jack," said Percival. "He discovered the wreck and it should be his. He needs the money, and I do not."