He then informed a Chinese boarding-house keeper that he was going to make his fortune by accompanying some deep-sea fishermen, and he bought some stores and tools from a marine-store dealer.

No one knew when or where he went, but from that date all trace of him disappeared.

The only persons who mourned his loss were his mother and sister.

The last letter they received from him was posted in Shanghai.

Though the evidence connecting him with the recluse of Rainbow Island was slight, and purely circumstantial, Colonel Anstruther provided for the future of his relatives in a manner that secured their lasting gratitude.
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