than that, Mr. Stoodles," answered Dave. "You have been one of our good loyal friends, and my father has often planned starting you in a nice paying business, had we reached San Francisco with the treasure." "Hear that, now!" cried Stoodles. "Didn't I write that same thing to my brother in New York? Didn't I tell him I'd be home, loaded down with gold? I sent the letter from Mercury Island. And now I must write him again, telling him it was all a poor foolish old fellow's dream. All I've got is my losht dignity as king of the Windjammers." "Hear that, now!" cried Stoodles. "Didn't I write that same thing to my brother in New York? Didn't I tell him I'd be home, loaded down with gold? I sent the letter from Mercury Island. And now I must write him again, telling him it was all a poor foolish old fellow's dream. All I've got is my losht dignity as king of the Windjammers." Poor Stoodles tore his sparse hair and looked the picture of gloom and discontent. Poor Stoodles tore his sparse hair and looked the picture of gloom and discontent. "I'll write to my brother at once," he resumed. "Have you a postage stamp to spare, Dave?" "I'll write to my brother at once," he resumed. "Have you a postage stamp to spare, Dave?" "They use the Chilian stamps here, I believe," replied Dave. "You will have to go to the town to get one, Mr. Stoodles." "They use the Chilian stamps here, I believe," replied Dave. "You will have to go to the town to get one, Mr. Stoodles." "I can accommodate you," spoke a brisk, pleasant voice promptly. "I can accommodate you," spoke a brisk, pleasant voice promptly. All hands turned sharply to view the speaker. Dave, in some surprise, saw a bronzed bright-faced young man coming up a rope ladder swung over the side of the Swallow. All hands turned sharply to view the speaker. Dave, in some surprise, saw a bronzed bright-faced young man coming up a rope ladder swung over the side of the . Dave had never seen him before. The newcomer had rowed up the creek in a skiff. Looking down into this, Dave saw an artist's sketching outfit, also a camera. Dave had never seen
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