Dick went after him and called upon Mr. Grey to do the same, and soon the entire party of newcomers were in the chase.
More alarmed than ever, Joseph Farvel turned from the jungle toward a high bank overlooking the valley.
He was not careful of his footsteps, and of a sudden he plunged into a rocky gully all of fifty feet deep.
He turned over twice in his fall and then landed on his chest and shoulder. When the party got to where he was lying, they found him unconscious.
The newcomers were all Americans, out sight-seeing, and one of them was a well-known physician of Philadelphia.
"What do you think of this case, Doctor Carey?" asked Mr. Grey, while Dick looked on with interest.
"He has his shoulder broken and also several ribs," replied the physician, after a thorough examination. "Luckily for him, I doubt if there are any internal injuries."
While the physician set to work to make Joseph Farvel as easy as circumstances permitted, the others turned to Dick and made him relate his tale, the boy only omitting the interesting detail that the treasure had been found.
"I've heard of these treasures, in Ponce," said the coffee trader. "They will belong to anybody who finds them. The smuggler who placed them there left no heirs."
Dick thought Joseph Farvel had suffered enough for his misdeeds, and decided to let the man go his own way—which was not saving much, as he had to be conveyed by litter to a wretched little hospital at Caguas.