[The Boy Scouts of the Eagle Patrol by Howard Payson]@TWC D-Link bookThe Boy Scouts of the Eagle Patrol CHAPTER XIX 5/14
DIGBY: "Your son is safe and in good hands.
I alone know where the men who stole him have taken him.
But I am a poor man, and think that the information should be worth something to you.
Suppose you place two hundred dollars under the signpost at the Montauk crossroads to-night. I will call and get it if you will mark the spot at which you place it with a rock.
Look under the same rock in the morning and you will find directions how to get your boy back. CAPTAIN NEMO." "What do you think of that ?" inquired Jack complacently, as he concluded the reading of his epistle. "A bee-yoo-tiful piece of composition," said Hank approvingly, with one of his throaty chuckles; "the only thing is--who is Captain Nemo ?" "Why, so far as delivering the letter and getting the money is concerned, you are," said Jack decisively.
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