"
And, sure enough, the Arrow was being worked toward the
open sea, slowly, through the harbor's entrance.
"They promised to leave us firearms and ammunition,"
said Clayton. "The merciless beasts!"
"It is the work of that fellow they call Snipes, I am sure,"
said Jane. "King was a scoundrel, but he had a little sense of
humanity. If they had not killed him I know that he would
have seen that we were properly provided for before they left
us to our fate."
"I regret that they did not visit us before sailing," said
Professor Porter. "I had proposed requesting them to leave the
treasure with us, as I shall be a ruined man if that is lost."
Jane looked at her father sadly.
"Never mind, dear," she said. "It wouldn't have done any
good, because it is solely for the treasure that they killed
their officers and landed us upon this awful shore."
"Tut, tut, child, tut, tut!" replied Professor Porter. "You
are a good child, but inexperienced in practical matters," and
Professor Porter turned and walked slowly away toward the
jungle, his hands clasped beneath his long coat tails and his
eyes bent upon the ground.
His daughter watched him with a pathetic smile upon her
lips, and then turning to Mr. Philander, she whispered:
"Please don't let him wander off again as he did yesterday.
We depend upon you, you know, to keep a close watch upon him.
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