forgotten the exact location of the island where the treasure was hidden. Bahama Jack was a happy-go-lucky sort of a sailor and he came to this country and worked for a while on a lumber schooner running from Florida to Boston. Doranez also came to this country, but where he kept himself at first I do not know."
"Go on, dad, this is getting exciting," broke in Tom, as his parent paused in his recital.
"Not long ago Mrs. Stanhope came to me for advice concerning this mattei. Mr. Laning had told her everything, and she wanted to know if it would be worth while to organize an expedition to hunt for the treasure. I said I would look into the matter and ask her to give me what papers Mr. Stanhope had left in reference to the affair. I started to hunt up Bahama Jack and Doranez. After a good deal of work I found the former and had several long talks with him."
"Did you get any news from him?" asked Dick.
"A little. He does not remember exactly where the island was located, but told much about its general appearance and what other islands were in that vicinity. But he also told me some thing else, which worried me a good deal. It was that Sid Merrick, as the heir of Silas Merrick, was also after the treasure."
