Chapter 15 PUZZLING IT OUT

"To begin with," Captain Brett went on after a long and (to Janet and Marcia) very trying pause, "we've something to hold on to in just the date-Sept 25, 1889-and Amoy."

"What's Amoy, anyway?" demanded Marcia.

"It's a large seaport in the province of Fu-kien, China, and I've stopped there many a time myself. Then there's the date of this wedd