_Colonel Henry French_, A RETIRED MERCHANT
_Mr. Kirby_, }
_Mrs. Jerviss_, } HIS FORMER PARTNERS
_Philip French_, THE COLONEL'S SON
_Peter French_, HIS OLD SERVANT
_Mrs. Treadwell_, AN OLD LADY
_Miss Laura Treadwell_, HER DAUGHTER
_Graciella Treadwell_, HER GRANDDAUGHTER
_Malcolm Dudley_, A TREASURE-SEEKER
_Ben Dudley_, HIS NEPHEW
_Viney_, HIS HOUSEKEEPER
_William Fetters_, A CONVICT LABOUR CONTRACTOR
_Barclay Fetters_, HIS SON
_Bud Johnson_, A CONVICT LABOURER
_Caroline_, HIS WIFE
_Henry Taylor_, A NEGRO SCHOOLMASTER
_William Nichols_, A MULATTO BARBER
_Haynes_, A CONSTABLE