"And you remember that little pearl that Nellie found on the beach?
Well, I'm having it set in a ring for her. It is a real pearl, but
not very valuable, yet I thought it would be a souvenir of her visit
at the Cliffs," said Mr. Minturn.

"That will be very nice," declared Mrs. Bobbsey. "I am sure no one
deserves to be made happy more than that child does, for just fancy,
how she worked in that store as cash girl until her health gave way.
And now she is anxious to go back to the store again. Of course she
is worried about her mother, but the prize money ought to help
Mrs. McLaughlin so that Nellie would not need to cut her vacation
short."

"What kind of treasure was it that these men went to sea after?" Aunt
Emily asked Uncle William.

"A cargo of mahogany," Mr. Minturn replied. "You see, that wood is
scarce now, a cargo is worth a fortune, and a shipload was being
brought from the West Indies to New York when a storm blew the vessel
out to a very dangerous point. Of course, the vessel was wrecked, and
so were two others that later attempted to reach the valuable cargo.
You see the wind always blows the one way there, and it is impossible
to get the mahogany out of its trap. Now, George Bingham was offered
fifty thousand dollars to bring that wood to port, and he decided that
he could do it by towing each log around the reef by canoes. The logs
are very heavy, each one is worth between eighty and one hundred
dollars, but the risk meant such a reward, in case of success, that
they went at it. Of course the real danger is around the wreck. Once
free from that point and the remainder of the voyage would be only