The next morning the ship was not seen.

I was picked up by a passing vessel the next day as a shipwrecked seaman._ _"And let me say here, I know that no one escaped alive from our vessel except myself and those that were taken by the man-of-war.

And those were all executed as pirates,--so I know that no other man knows of this treasure except myself and it must be and is where we buried it until to-day and unless you get it through this statement it will remain there always and do no one any good._ _"Therefore, it is your duty to trace it up and get it for your own benefit, as well as others, so delay not, but act as soon as possible._ _"I will now describe the places, locations, marks etc., etc., so plainly that it can be found, without any trouble._ _"The first is a sum of one million and a half dollars--( $1,500,000)--"_ At this point, John paused.

We all took a long breath, and Charlie Webster gave a soft whistle, and smacked his lips.
"A million and a half dollars.

What ho!" Then I, happening to cast my eye through the open door, caught sight of a face gazing through the ironwork of the outer office with a fixed and glittering expression, a face anything but prepossessing, the face of a half-breed, deeply pock-marked, with a coarse hook nose, and evil-looking eyes, unnaturally close together.