“Too bad that there is no good news from Wall Street,” said Jack, after all had read the telegrams. Then the boys turned to the letters which had been written by Mary and Martha and the mother of the twins.
Mrs. Tom Rover and the girls had little of importance to tell except that all of the men were greatly worried because the banks were not inclined to renew some of the loans made to the Company. Dick Rover had said something about sacrificing some of his interests in the oil fields, and both Tom and Sam had mentioned that they might sell their interest in one of the gold mines.
“Looks to me as if matters were blacker than we thought,” mused Randy. “It’s too bad, isn’t it?”
“If only we could locate that treasure and help them out!” murmured his brother.
After reading their letters carefully the boys had a little further conversation with Harry Ditson and were then on the point of leaving when a telegraph messenger came in.
“Hello! here’s another telegram for you,” exclaimed Harry Ditson, and turned it over to Jack.
The telegram was from Sam Rover and ran as follows:
“Have located Josiah Crabtree and made him confess. Look for important developments in the near future.”