A few days before we got here we found a wreck, and helped get it off, and brought it here to Key West.

Now we are waiting for a court to say how much it was worth to do it.

I shouldn't wonder if they allowed as much as a thousand dollars, for the wreck was a big ship, and it was real hard work.
"This is an awfully funny place, and I just wish you were here to walk round with Mark and me and see it.

It is on an island, and that is the reason it is named 'Key,' because all the islands down here are called keys.

The Spaniards call it 'Cayo Hueso,' which means bone key, or bone island; but I'm sure I don't know why, for I haven't seen any bones here.