'Robbed'-- 'maltreated'-- 'them as ought to have fallen in humble gratitude at his feet'-- 'vengeance'-- 'revenge'-- 'Marconi telegrams'-- 'ungrateful devils'-- ah, I see it! Chatfield had associates on the _Pike_--probably the impostor himself and Andrius--probably, too, he had property of his own, as you suggested to him, Copplestone.

The whole gang was doubtless off with their loot to far quarters of the globe.

Very good--the other members have shelved Chatfield.

They've done with him.

But--not if he knows it! That man will hunt the _Pike_ and her people--whoever they are--relentlessly when he gets off this." "I wish we knew what it is that we're on!" said Copplestone.
"Impossible till daybreak," replied Vickers.