But among all they found there was not an indication as to the name of the ship whence these articles had come originally.
They discovered no clew in this direction until, in looking over one of the books, Will came to a roughly written line.
It had been scrawled on a blank page by a piece of burned cinder and left unfinished.
It read:
“This day abandoned the ship and started on an exploring tour down Barnell’s Point.”
Old Jack looked up from tying one of the packages quite excitedly.
“What’s that, lad?”
“A line written in this book.”
“Read it again.”
Will did so.