“How do you mean?”
“Why, I mean that perhaps somebody has boarded the brig already and secured the diamonds.”
“Who?” asked the girl doubtfully. “Who knows about it excepting your Mr. Wetherbee and that Leroyd and his friend Weeks?”
“Nobody that I know of.”
“And nobody else knew where the jewels were hidden?”
“Probably not.”
“Then do you suppose the steamer has been here first?”
LONG AND EARNESTLY DID HE EXAMINE THE LETTERING
UPON IT THEN CLOSED THE GLASS WITH A SNAP
“Oh, no; Caleb would have towed the old Swan to a place of safety if he had found her—especially if she is as seaworthy as she appears to be from this distance.”