She has a knack of keeping so. Yet she's at least twenty-eight or
thirty. Good-bye, for the present!"
Graham turned, losing himself from their sight amid the ruins. Hennessy
walked with Jack back to where Hal and the woman awaited them.
Jack's mind was rapidly revolving plans for teaching some one a lesson
that would not be forgotten.
CHAPTER VIII
EVEN UP FOR MR. KAMANAKO
"This is Mr. Hennessy, one of the newspaper men who visited our boat
yesterday afternoon," said Jack, on rejoining his companions. "Mr.
Hennessy has been returning good for evil. While I am unable to tell
him any of the things he wants most to know about our boat, he, on the
other hand, has been telling me much of interest about these ruins."
"There are a lot of legends about this old wreck of a castle," laughed
Hennessy. "Most of them are too silly to consider for a moment. One
of the old stories has to do with a secret passage. Some of the guides
hereabouts show what they solemnly explain was one of the outlets of
the secret passage in bygone days. Do you care to devote five minutes
to looking at the ridiculous thing?"
Mlle. Nadiboff smilingly accepted the suggestion, so Hal and Jack also
agreed. The reporter led the way across a field, pausing at last before
a fringe of weeds and low bushes.
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