11. Phil Murray (shot on board), parents in a village in Sussex, England . . . 600,000 dollars
12. Walter Randolph (died in boat), possibly relatives in Wales or Cornwall, England . . . 300,000 dollars
"Total . . . 5,800,000 dollars"
Wallion and Tom looked up from the last page at one another. It had grown so dark that they could hardly decipher the final lines.
"What do you think of that?" whispered Tom.
"It is beyond my most sanguine expectations," replied Wallion.
He rolled the papers up again in the oilcloth.
"What do you intend to do?" inquired his friend.
"I intend to replace the packet in Dixon's coat pocket. If he were to miss it and give the alarm, that would be an end to our liberty."
Wallion wriggled out of the boat and restored the packet to its place, after which he returned to his hiding-place; without a word he lay down on his back with hands clasped under his head. Tom, who thought his friend must be turning over in his mind the amazing story they had just read, did not venture to break the silence for a time. At last one of the thousand questions with which his brain was teeming could no longer be restrained.