"Well, some one's been payin' out money here," the boy went on. "See what I found!"
What he had found was a gold piece of the denomination of twenty dollars. And it bore the stamp of the American eagle!
CHAPTER XVII
BOY SCOUTS IN A LIVELY MIXUP
Ned took the gold piece into his hand and examined it.
"It is American money, sure enough," he observed, "and was made at the
San Francisco mint."
Frank and Jack now joined the little group in the library and regarded the piece with interest.
"What does it mean?" Frank asked.
"Why," Jack volunteered, "it means that some American man is mixed up in this dirty affair."
"Perhaps that gold came out of the wreck," Jimmie suggested. "Say, are we ever goin' back after that gold?" he added.