"Ahoy, 'Panther'!"
"Ahoy! Then you've found the 'Victor'?"
"Aye, and captured her."
"Did you find Rollings!"
"He's a prisoner, under close guard."
"And the money?"
"That's what we all want to know," Jed admitted, sadly.
"You can't find it?"
"Not even a dollar bill!"
There was a pause, during which those on board the steam yacht knew that their friends on the motor yacht were discussing this chilling news.