Chapter 60

"Obvious, old man," returned the other in a low voice. "He thought your bodies would be washed ashore; he had no means of telling when. He knew they would be identified; he further knew, that I would at once say what had happened. From that moment he would be in deadly danger; wireless would put every ship at sea wise. And to do a little stunt of this sort, if he was to escape it was imperative he should be near land. So, as Peterson would do, he didn't hesitate for a moment, but put the job through at once." D…