MAROONED!
"I should judge not," Tempest commented. "Did you ever get to Fanning Island?"
"Know um; not lived there," the Kanaka said.
"Ha! Ha! The plot thickens," said Tempest. "You know some of the other islands round about there perhaps, eh?"
"Some," said Jim. "Lived in Philippines since then. Lot of years ago."
"It seems to me that Jim would be a mighty useful man to take along with us if ever we go hunting for your treasure-ship, Dave," said Tempest. "He is n't a bad old sort, and he might be able to pilot us around a bit."
"That's a good idea," the boy agreed. "I suppose we are n't so very far off the place now, are we?"
"No-o," replied Tempest, "if you don't reckon two or three thousand miles far, and add to that that we 're marooned on an island for an extremely indefinite period. Outside of that, you can fairly count on the treasure being ours and
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