Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-08

stood That where got the real spine
freezer. The black rock was split down the
center some Polyne sian giant had cut it with
big sword when the world was cooling, and
that little shoulder Of rock that were climb
ing on sliced, too. But the eght-foot gap
had been bridged over by whoever had used the
aeyiIs foot-brldge; A nat plank about nine
inches wide, stretched across the gap, and when
we got to the corner, Jack Cameron was crawl
ing across that plank
If we had the curly -wurly feeling in our spi-
nal columns before reached the elbow in
that track guess got it ten times worse
when we saw him doing that Cucumbers and
caulihowers! Didn't SILVER? The darned
plank split in the middle like a weak-spined
burro and there was drop Of about 500
beneath it, it wasn't the kind of ride that would
give nervous an appetite for his dinner.
Cameron reached the other side. and turned
to look at us. The path widened the oppo-
site side of the abyss. and Captain Jack stood
upon fiat platform Of rock about nine feet
square.
Come on" he cried It's perfectly safe. II
you can go one at a time"
Mackey started forward, but he stopped
mighty quick. The plank rested on a ledge Of
rock beneath the platform upon which Came
ron standing, and when Mackey moved to-
ward It, the darn thing was jerlSed from the
other side slipped from our end Of the track
and fell into the chasm, whirling round and
round till it struck the coral rocks 500 feet be-
Mother O. me-" muttered Mackey, what
Cameron made move to the edge of his
platform TO see how the plank had been fixed,
but he turned round quickly before he had
reached the brink From behind a shoulder Of
rocks Just a few yards away man stepped out
onto the platform, and we didn't ask his
of each other. 1t was Hamilton Of the Sea
swallow MY he was a big brutel six feet
pounds! His face clean shaven, broad and
brown; he had a nose like a hawk; and a pair
well" he said what do you want7"
Captain Jack looked him up and down with
out blinking.
'I want Miss Beatrice Ellotson," he said. qui-
city, You kidnapped her and her sister from ST.
Kilda pier at Melbourne"
That big brute fairly bristled when Cameron
fired that shot at him. His jaw came forward
like a battering- ram, and he moved a step closer
who are you" he snarled
MY name is Cameron" snapped Captain
The rascal didn't wait for a complete answer.
He flung himself forward like q cannon BAH,
and the next minute the two were rolling round
that little ledge that wasn't much bigger than
table, while two hundred yards OF nothing was
between them and the rocks below
Up and down that little platform they slipped
like creased cells. They'd roll 10 one end and and
they'd reverse just on the edge and roll back
again.
Cameron wasn't a big man. but he was
whole regiment OF bobcats when II came TO a
guess it went that way for about three min
utes then they rolled 10 the edge and stayed
there All our blood pumping machinery stop
ped right then. Cameron was underneath and
that big brute was try Tag to work him over the
edge. Mackey pulled ut his revolver and lev
led IT, but Murphy KIN ocked up his hand. II
was fair fight, in Murphy's eyes although he
would have risked anything for smile from
The Captain isn't done yet he gasp0d
Saints alivel Watch him nowl
And we did watch him Cameron buckled
up under the big brute leveled him forward in
spite Of Hamilton's struggles then gave him a
mighty toss and squirmed back onto the plat
form we shut our eyes and were afraid to
open them until heard woman,s shrek.
Then we looked and we saw girl pulling cam
eron away from the edge Of the platform ana
we knew what down on the rocks below
But we didn't want 10 look down Not much!
Captain Jack climbed to his feet and shook
hands with the girl II nothing out OF the way
had happened and then he turned ana intro
duced us across that internal chasm.
This Is Miss Beatrice Ellotson," he SAID
"She is going to lead me down by an easier pain
that down TO the other shore. You boys
can go back the way we came and Wen meet
YOU on the beach where we left her sister
II was H. NJ. S. vulture that picked US up
four DAYS afterward The smart-loolSing Brit
ish oTicer that came ashore walked up TO Cam
eron and shook hands with him
by Cad! It's old Jack Cameron" he cried
Il thought II was that archfend Hamilton We
grabbed his Jolly old yacht yesterday. and we've
packed II up TO Sydney with crew aDoAIu'
He's wanted for the murder Of trader at MI
kualofa. He's a brute don't you know
The gunboat took US up to Auckland ana We
had a good time on the trip. Cameron was the
hero OF the boat and the Britshers laid them
selves out to make us feel at home Ana tne
two girls didn't let him feel lonely; you bet
they didn't.
On the night before reached Auckland,
Mackey said something about the pearls ano
Cameron blushed. We were In MS caoin anu
there were strangers about 9.
Il had bit Of bad luck with my two.
stammered Captain Jack. They must have fal-
len out OF my pocket when that fellow Hamilton
was trying to push me head-hrst over that
platform on the black rocB. Don't mention the
matter 70 either OF the Misses Ellotson, please.
Then before we had got our breath, he pulled
that little Iocket out OF his pocket and held It
up to the Hight.
80. 1,...-,.. u,r1,+sc, h.s g4vsr ma tlrfS m
memory OF the climb" he said. TITS about the
prsttiest little lockst have ever seen
We left Cameron IN the cabin and went up on
the deck. There was a reflection IN The sky
way up 20 the north and Mackey broke the 81
lsnce as we stood looking across the DARK water
What's that?" he asked
The lights above Forty-sscond Street.
snapped Steele and he turned away, cursing,
when Mackey started to sob.