“In some way Pete and Jim learned that Uncle Peter had made a will and left the most of his property to me. This made my cousins very angry.
“They became determined that I should not have the money. So they planned to get me out with them upon my uncle’s yacht, the Desdemona. Then they set upon me and threw me overboard. This is how I happen to be here just now!”
Frank Reade, Jr., listened to this thrilling narrative with the deepest interest.
“Then they meant to murder you?” he said.
“Certainly they did!”
“That is past belief!”
“But it is true nevertheless!”
“Your cousins are scoundrels!”
“That is what they are!”
“They will probably tell your uncle that you accidentally fell overboard.”