“I wish we could remember it,” Nicky said. “Then we could go and get the treasure.”
“Maybe,” Cliff hesitated. “Maybe not. It would be like stealing to take any treasure by using the part of the map we don’t own.”
“But Sam doesn’t own it by right!” Nicky urged. “It was sent to the Governor of Jamaica and stolen from him. Then Sam found it.”
“But there must be part of the Governor’s family still alive,” Tom said, agreeing with Cliff’s attitude, “and if Captain Kidd sent the map in two parts so that both his friends would be sure to share in his treasure, we have no right to take the other fellow’s share!”
“That’s so,” Nicky agreed. “Anyhow, Sam has no right to it either.”
“But he has part of the map!” Tom reminded Nicky.
“What ought we to do?” Nicky questioned.
“I guess it’s a case for older heads to decide,” Tom suggested. “Cliff’s father——”
“Yes, we can ask him,” Nicky agreed. “How about letting Mr. Neale know about it?”
“I like him,” Cliff asserted. “He’s honest and he knows a whole lot about these islands. And he could help us a lot. My father could advise us but he wouldn’t want to go on any adventure; he had enough of that with the Incas.”