I imagine you know she carried some valuable gums, ivory and a quantity of gold ?" Cartwright smiled.

"I do know the goods were on the ship's manifest.

How much gold did the salvage company get ?" "Six boxes; but this was not all that was shipped." "I imagine it's all that will be recovered!" Cartwright remarked.
The other looked hard at him, but his face was inscrutable and he went on: "Well, I don't want the cargo, and may be forced to heave much of it overboard in order to lighten the hull.

However, if we find stuff worth saving, we'll put it on the beach and I'll take a third-part of the value, and you can send out an agent to tally the goods." "Very well," said the other, who approved the latter plan, although he imagined Cartwright knew something he did not.

"Let's be frank," he resumed.