As ye know me ye must be aware av me business an' can also
tell phat Oi'm here fur."
"Yes, Captain, I know both and the yellow curse you are after lays in a
little bay in sufficient quantities to satisfy you on the most southern
island in a group of three that bear the same name."
The captain pondered for a while, then said, "It must be the Caicos, for
they're the only three islands in a group that bear the same name
that Oi know of."
She then went on in a mysterious way to describe to the captain a rock-
locked bay, giving him points and descriptions by which he easily
recognized the island of East Caicos. She ended the conversation
abruptly and ordered them out. Before leaving the captain placed a
sovereign in her hand and came away deeply impressed with what the
fortune-teller had revealed to him. For quite a distance he
remained profoundly silent, then turning to Paul he said: "Oi know the
exact place the old devil manes. Though she didn't name the island she
described it so closely that it is impossible to mishtake it. It is
East Caicos, Oi know the bay well an' it has a great reputation of
bein' a resort fur pirates in olden days; an' mark me wurrd, b'y, the
visit to that old black will be the means av makin' our fortune.
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