[Pg 22]Anything new? Anything suspicious?Here comes the tug and floating crane, to salvage the seaplane, said Jeff. Youll have to stay in the tug deckhouse, till we get the straight of thisand for holding a gun on us. You can explain to the police, maybeas for us, we dont need to explain!
ONE:In the light of a flare, Mr. Everdail perused the pages.
Amazed, Dick challenged Jeffs statement.While the men sat at the long table, shovelling in with knife and three-pronged fork the food of the master their pride forbade them to serve, a horse came at a run, up to the quadrangle, and a cow-boy rushed into the open doorway. "Apaches!" he gasped, clutching at the lintel, wild-eyed, "Apaches!"The English company became suspicious, Dick went on. They sent a manweve called him the passengerto this side, suspecting that some effort was on foot to hide the gems or get rid of them till the insurance was paidits a trick that has been worked.