"Yes, sir, I know, sir, that Mr. Francis Morgan is a wealthy gentleman of renown. But how wealthy is he? Is he as wealthy as I modestly am? I own the Angelique, free of all debt. I own two town lots, unimproved, in Colon. And I own four water-front lots in Belen that will make me very wealthy when the Union Fruit Company begins the building of the warehouses-"
"How much, Francis, did your father leave you?" Henry quipped teasingly. "Or, rather, how many?"
Francis shrugged his shoulders as he answered vaguely: "More than I have fingers and toes."
"Dollars, sir?" queried the captain.
Henry shook his head sharplv.
"Thousands, sir?"
Again Henry shook his head.
"Millions, sir?"
"Now you're talking," Henry answered. "Mr. Francis Morgan is rich enough to buy almost all of the Eepublic of Panama, with the Canal cut out of the deal."
The negro — Indian mariner looked his unbelief to Enrico Solano, who replied: