"Then," went on Bangs, coolly appropriating the charm, "I'll just take it myself and see if some of Motor Matt's luck won't come my way."
"I thought you didn't believe in such things?"
"No more I don't, but I'm going to test this amulet and see what it will do for me."
"Take efervt'ing else vat I got," begged Carl, "only gif me pack dot charm!"
"Not on your life!" said Bangs. "If it's so valuable to Motor Matt it ought to be worth just as much to me."
Carl, it is needless to say, was delighted to have the trouble maker in Bangs' possession. It was the first bright spot in his experiences since leaving the docks with Bangs and the expressman.
"Get a cold chisel and a hammer, Proctor," said Jurgens, briskly; "it's high time we got the chest opened and pulled out with the treasure."
"You leaf dot chest alone!" fumed Carl.
"Yes?" laughed Jurgens. "Well, hardly. Just lie there, Dutchy, and see us dig out more treasure than you ever set eyes on in your life before. When you leave here, you can tell Townsend how we got away with the loot. Inform him, for me that Lat Jurgens wasn't born yesterday, and that it will take a better man than Nemo, Jr., to get the best of him."
At that moment, Bangs came up with a cold chisel and a hammer and fell to work on the treasure box.