Here it is." At a sign the alcalde unlocked the doors and threw them open.

They disclosed an irregular trench, in which, filled with sand, lay the half-excavated stern of a boat.
"It was the dingy of the Trinidad, gentlemen; you can still read her name.

I found hidden away, tucked under the stern sheets, moldy and water-worn, some clothes that I recognized to be the baby's.

I knew then that the child had been taken away alive for some purpose, and the clothes were left so that she should carry no trace with her.

I recognized the hand of an Indian.