“Yes, I mean that,” replied the other. “You are acquainted with Mr. Berkeley, I suppose?”
“Oh, yes,” said Chap, “I know him very well. He’s a tip-top fellow.”
“He is of a free and generous disposition, isn’t he?” asked the man.
“Yes, indeed!” replied Chap; “our folks say too much so.”
“He must possess a handsome property,” said the other.
“I expect he’s as rich as blazes,” replied Chap. “At any rate, he buys everything he wants.”
“And yet I suppose he’d like to make more money,” said the man.
“Oh, yes,” said Chap; “I know he’s all the time trying to make more money with improved stock and lots of other things which a good many people laugh at. And I can tell you this, if he knew there was treasure belonging to him in that old wreck, he’d just spend any amount of money to get it out.”
“Now, then, Mr. Webster,” said the man, rising, “we know each other. Do not reveal what I have told you, and when the proper moment arrives, count on me. In the mean time, I have one thing to ask of you. As soon as Mr. Berkeley arrives, let me know of it. Here is a postal-card with my name and address on it. All you have to do is to write on the other side the words, ‘He has come,’ and then mail it. Will you do this?”
“Certainly I will,” said Chap, putting the card in his pocket.