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256 "Humph! You're a fine Dick to run away and steal jewels!" muttered the sailor, and turned his back on the youth.

"Where are Roger and Captain Sanders and the others?" questioned Dave.

"Gone after you, and after Jasniff and those three rascally Englishmen," answered Phil. "I said I'd stay here and try that trick with a column of smoke. I thought you might remember and look for it."

"It was a good thing to do, Phil," answered our hero, "for it brought us straight to this spot."