Will looked at him in surprise.
“That’s what Captain Morris said.”
“He said what was false, lad. I happened to overhear him talking on the Golden Moose with the mate one day, and it verified a suspicion I had formed when I noticed how familiar he was with Donald Parker, his business manager, at Watertown. I knew there was some mystery about the loss of the Albatross.”
“I never believed Captain Morris’ story,” cried Will.
“I determined to watch and wait. When you heard me in the cabin of the Golden Moose accuse him of evil work with the Albatross, you know how guilty he acted.”
“Then you think my brother was not killed?”
“I do.”
“How did Morris get the men who rescued him to believe it?”
“That’s as much a mystery as where his sudden wealth came from. There was some wicked work done, for I believe the men who built this hut were of the crew of the Albatross. I theorize that they abandoned the ship for some reason, and this was a station they made in the search for some native settlement.”
For a long time the castaways discussed the matter of the crew of the Albatross.