The Chinaman laughed softly.
"Allee light," he said. "Dlen you dlive again and again and again till you gettee blox, see?"
"It's no use," declared Ed. "There is no box, I tell you. I've looked and I can't find it."
They did not mention Tom Quee. They never asked him how he came to be there.
All they seemed interested in was the box. "You dive again," ordered Dock Hing. "Come now, you be good boy and we give you money so we find money in blox, see?"
He ordered Ed to take off his shirt and make another dive.
There was no help for it.
"This time I'll give them the slip," thought Ed, and as he dove he swam away under the pier, coming up on the other side.
But the wily Chinks were too many for the boy.
As he rose to the surface a voice called, and looking up he saw Dock Hing grinning down over the stringpiece.