“Appointment with Jordan on Saturday. My condition is worse. Doubt if I will be able to last out the year. Would appeal to J. but am afraid.”
“Wonder what he meant by that,” said Chet.
“Perhaps it means he was going to die,” Joe suggested.
The boys puzzled over the item for some time, then went on to the next page. It had a number of items concerning the stock market, of little interest. Other pages were filled with equally ambiguous and uninteresting notes. Then another page was filled with a crude drawing in the shape of an irregular oval, with a cross marked at one side.
“Looks like a warped egg,” commented Chet.
“Looks to me like a map of some kind,” Frank said. “Well, perhaps we’ll learn some more about it.” He turned the page.
There he found a number of other entries with dates.
“Nov. 3—hire of boat—$3.”
“Nov. 4—hire of boat—$3.”
“Nov. 6—boat—$5.”