Page:Barbour--Lost island.djvu/192

 old sailor does n't appear to have known, or remembered, that there was anything of value on the Hatteras, but as soon as Dave told his father about it Captain Hallard remembered the story, though he did n't think there would be anything of value left on the wreck after all this time. Whether that is so or not, however, nobody can say, really, as nothing has ever been heard of any one finding the platinum."

"But did n't the sailor give Dave any idea where he saw the wreck!" Captain Grummitt asked.

"Somewhere near Christmas Island," Dave put in.

"Now we 're getting on," said the skipper. "How near?"

"Some distance away, I guess," replied Dave. "They were running toward Christmas Island from another place when they came across it."

"Did he mention the name of the other place?"

"Yes, but I don't remember what it was now."