"You haven't told her what you did?"
"Not a word."
"You'll have to tell her now," he said at last, thinking that perhaps she might throw some light on the problem.
"I intend to."
Maynard reached for the telephone. He called up the house, got his daughter on the wire, and asked her to take her car and come to the office immediately. He brushed away questions and objections by assuring her that it was a matter of life and death. Having thus aroused her curiosity and greatly alarmed her, he disconnected.
"Now," he said, turning to Harnash, who had waited, "what have you to suggest?"
"Cable our agent at Honolulu to send the survivors to San Francisco by the first steamer."
"Good so far."
"I'll go out there in time to meet them and ascertain the facts. If Beekman is there I'll tell him the truth and bring him home, if he doesn't kill me."
"If he is not?"