“All right,” cried Clifford. “I find no fault. Only bring Frank back with you.”
“Golly! we done do dat if we can, yo’ bet,” cried the darky.
In a few moments they had donned their diving suits and left the Dolphin. They crossed the intervening distance to the deck of the galleon.
The sand had been excavated, and the hatch was open.
One moment the two explorers paused at the head of the cabin stairs.
Then Hartley said:
“Follow me, Pomp!”
“A’right, sah!”
Down the stairs they went. The sight which they met appalled them.
The floating corpses was more than Pomp could stand.