“Then that’s probably how it was left,” suggested Belle. “But what is so mysterious about it What does it say, Cora?”
Cora read:
“If you would have news of your sister come alone to Shark’s Tooth at nine to-night.”
CHAPTER XXIX
AT THE SHARK’S TOOTH
“What a strange note!”
“Isn’t it? And the odd way it was delivered!”
“What is the Shark’s Tooth, Mr. Haley?”
The boys and girls were all together in the bungalow of the latter–or, rather, were out on the broad porch, for, following the visit of the light keeper, with the strange letter, they had gathered to discuss the matter.
“The Shark’s Tooth,” said Mr. Haley, “is a long, low ledge of rock, jutting out in the water about a mile above the light. It looks somewhat like a big tooth–the end of it does, I mean.”