"You're a Manila man, aren't you?" asked Wilkins. "I don't place your name but your face is familiar."
"I'm Captain Jarrow, head of the Inter-Island Wreckin' Company. I got a big business, in a way. Everybody knows me in my line. I'm the man who done the divin' for the gover'ment."
"Oh, yes," said Wilkins.
"I'd like for you to say a good word for me, if it falls your way, to this Mr. Locke—and Trask."
"Sure," said Wilkins.
"Who does this Mr. Trask happen to be?" asked Jarrow.
"Mining man," said Wilkins.
"Oh."
"Yes, he was talking with Looney Dinshaw. Seems he came out here from China to look after the island. I knew him down in Colombo, when I managed a hotel."
"Lookin' for the island!" exclaimed Jarrow. "That's news to me."