"I guess the captain took as much with him as he could when he
got into his boat," commented Tom.
"And the gold, too," added Ned, pointing to the empty safe.
"That wouldn't have held two million dollars in gold," Tom
retorted. "I believe the purser's cabin is the place to look."
Making sure they were not missing anything in the captain's
room, they came out, to find Koku and the others waiting for them
on deck.
"Nothing there," Tom reported. "Did any of you locate the
purser's strong room?" One of the men pointed to an open door to
the left.
"That's it!" exclaimed Tom. "Yes, and there's a safe here big
enough to hold gold for all the revolutions in South America," he
added. "I guess we're on the right track at last."
It needed but a look to show them that they had at last reached
the place of the treasure. The great safe stood open, and piled
inside were a number of small boxes, such as are generally used
to ship gold in. Ned, from his bank experience, recognized them
at once.
"There's the gold!" he exclaimed. "We've found the treasure!"
"They tried to take some of it with them," said one of the
submarine officers, pointing to some opened boxes which were
floating near the cabin ceiling.
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