Paul followed after and found all on deck solemn and silent, while the captain's good-natured wife was in the cabin wrapping the corpse in a sheet.

That night a rude coffin was made in which the remains were placed and the schooner headed for Sisal, where she sailed in with her flag at half-mast.

The father faithfully paid the promised reward and the schooner under charter, returned to resume her work at the wreck.

Out of this job the captain and Paul made about nine hundred dollars each.
A cruise was then made around the Gulf of Campechie which was most successful.

The catch was landed at Vera Cruz whence it was shipped to New York.