"We shall have plenty of guns and plenty of sails. By that time, perhaps, the revolutions about here will be over. In any case, we must bury this fortune so that if those wretches come here again they will not be able to find it. One of us had better hide them, and not tell the other; not tell any one until the time comes to——"
"I think I know a splendid place, sir, Mr. Jones, sir," said the Bo's'n eagerly.
"Very well, Bo's'n," said I.
"It is in——" The Bo's'n waited a moment and looked questioningly at me.
"Don't tell me, Bo's'n, now don't. At least for the present. You hide them and tell me later."
The Bo's'n bent over the mass and began to make separate piles of the different articles, putting those of a kind together.
"There's one thing I want to say right here, Bo's'n," said I. "When we do fit out that ship, Captain Schuyler is to command her. I shall not agree to anything else."
"That's right, sir," answered the Bo's'n. "I shall be glad to have him. And you'll take me along, sir? I mean on the expedition, Mr. Jones?"
"Certainly, Bo's'n. You are as much a part of it as I am myself. I'm sure you are much more a part of it, since I am letting you hide the jewels."
"What do you think of putting——" The Bo's'n waited again.