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You must not suppose I am unaccustomed to the water," he hastened to add, as if to retreat from an unpleasant subject. "At Sangoa I have bathed in the sea ever since I can remember anything; but I am not in good health. I suffer from indigestion, a chronic condition, which is my incubus. Yesterday my strength suddenly deserted me and I became helpless."
It was after he had purchased the island, but he recognized the value of the pearls and brought a colony of people from America to settle at Sangoa and devote their time to pearl fishing.
The notebook was again brought into requisition and she penciled on its pages the following words: "What was the exact date that Jack Andrews landed in America? What was the exact date that Ajo landed from Sangoa? The first question may be easily answered, for doubtless the police have the record. But the other?" Then she replaced the book, put out the light and went to sleep very easily.
Yet it all seems like a fairy tale to me, for I've never been in any other country than the United States since I made my first voyage here from Sangoa the island where my eyes first opened to the world." "It isn't a fairy tale," said Beth with a shudder. "It's more like a horrible nightmare." "I can't bear to read about it any more," he returned, musingly.
If I remember aright, you were considering whether you dared board it to return to that mysterious island home of yours at at " "Sangoa," said Patsy. "Thank you for giving me a starting-point," returned the boy, with a smile. "You may remember that when I landed in your country from Sangoa I was a miserable invalid. The voyage had ruined my stomach and wrecked my constitution.
Sangoa must have wonderful pearl fisheries don't you remember, girls, that he told us his people were fishermen? for each of these specimens is worth a small fortune. Mine, especially, is the largest and finest pearl I have ever seen." "I beg your pardon!" sternly exclaimed Uncle John, as he whirled swiftly around. "Can I do anything for you, sir?" For Mr.
"Direct from Sangoa." "And what brought you from Sangoa to San Francisco?" "A boat." "A sailing-ship?" "No, a large yacht. Two thousand tons burden." "Whose yacht was it?" "Mine." "Then where is it now?" He reflected a moment. "I think Captain Carg must be anchored at San Pedro, by now. Or perhaps he is at Long Beach, or Santa Monica," he said quietly. "On this coast!" exclaimed Maud. "Yes."
"But we find much better ones there, I assure you," replied the boy. "I have many in my room of much greater value, but did not dare ask you to accept them as gifts." "Do many pearls come from Sangoa, then?" asked Arthur. "That is our one industry," answered the young man. "Many years ago my father discovered the pearl fisheries.
They all confessed that it did. "However," said Patsy Doyle, "I'm glad he recovered, and I'm sure Maud will be when she hears the news. The boy has a perfect right to keep his own counsel, but he might have had the grace to tell us what that initial 'A. stands for, and where on earth Sangoa is."
"I've been inquiring about Sangoa," announced Arthur, just then joining the group, "and no one seems wiser than we are. There's no record of such a town or state in Mexico, or in the United States so far as I can discover. The clerk has sent for a map of Alaska, and perhaps we'll find Sangoa there." "What does it matter?" inquired Louise.
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