The Sargasso Sea will soon be robbed of half its terrors. The Seashark
Wrecking Company, with Howard at its head, and all his party as
share-holders, has been formed to recover the great wealth still
existing on the derelicts in the sea. It has opened communication with
the wreck-pack by a paddle-wheel steamer that is expected to maintain a
reasonably clear channel through the weed. The company is projecting a
series of relief stations, and will keep up a constant patrol all round
the wreck-pack. The expense, of course, will be enormous, but there
is no doubt that the enterprise will meet it and will pay an enormous
profit besides, even if not a single other treasure-ship is found.
A message just received by wireless from the sea says that the first
steamer of the company is about to start back to New York with a
tremendously valuable cargo of salvage. It adds that Forbes and all
his men have begged for passage, and that it will be granted them.
The money left on the galleon, which Forbes was forced to divide, has
made them all comparatively rich, and they are anxious to get back to
civilization to spend their money. Their departure leaves Howard and
his friends with an undisputed title to the salvage of the Isle of Dead
Ships.