Parker stood a moment the personification of rage and hatred. Then he shook his fist at Frank’s retreating form, and hissed:
“We shall see! Gilbert Parker never fails. Beware!”
With which he turned and stepped into his own boat. He was rowed back to the Aurelian.
Frank, in the pilot-house, closed the doors, and then pressed the lever which caused the Dolphin to sink.
Down she settled rapidly until finally she rested upon the sandy bottom of the sea.
“Now,” he said, “we will proceed to search for the Donna Veneta.”
“If it is our good fortune to find the galleon’s gold, is there not danger that we may have trouble with Parker?” asked Clifford.
“I don’t see how he can trouble us!” said Frank. “We are out of his way and can keep so. If I were so inclined I could sink his ship now.”
“It would be a mercy!” declared Hartley. “I have no grudge against the ship. It is only the owner!”
“Wait!” said Frank decidedly. “You will see that his fate will yet overtake him. I have never seen it fail. Rascality is bound to meet its just reward!”