"The other is a sum of one million dollars ($1,000,000). It is buried on what was known as Short Shrift Island; on the highest point of this Short Shrift Island is a large cabbage wood stump and twenty feet (20 ft.) south of that stump is the treasure, buried five feet (5 ft.) deep and can be found without difficulty. Short Shrift Island is a place where passing vessels stop to get fresh water. No great distance from Nassau, so it can be easily found.
"The first pod was taken from a Spanish merchant and it is in Spanish silver dollars.
"The other on Short Shrift Island is in different kinds of money, taken from different ships of different nations—it is all good money.
"Now friends, I have told you all that is necessary for you to know, to recover these treasures and I leave it in your hands and it is my request that when you read this, you will at once take steps to recover it, and when you get it, it is my wish that you use it in a way most good for yourself and others. This is all I ask.
"Now thanking you for your kindness and care and with my best wishes for your prosperity and happiness, I will close, as I am so weak I can hardly hold the pen.
"I am, truly your friend,
Henry P. Tobias.
"Henry P. Tobias?" said Charlie Webster. "Never heard of him. Did you, John?"
"Never!"
And then there was a stir in the outer office. Some one was asking for the Secretary of the Treasury. So John rose.