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

stood That was where we got the real spine
freezer. The black rock was split down the
center as some Poiynesian giant had cut It with
big sword when the world was cooling and
that little shoulder of rock that we were climb
ing was sliced, too. But the eight-foot gap
had been bridged over by whoever had used the
devils foot-bridge. fiat plank about nine
inches wide, stretched across the gap, and when
we got to the corner Jack Cameron was crawl
ing that plank.
If we had the curly -wurly feeling in our spi-
nal columns before reached the elbow in
that track. guess We got it ten times worse
when we saw him doing that. Cucumbers and
caulifowersl Didn't SILVER? The darned
plank split in the middle like a weak-spined
burro, and there vas drop OF about 600
beneath it. it wasn't the kind Of ride that would
give nervous man appetite for his dinner
Cameron reached the other side. and turned
to look at us. The path widened on 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 If
you can go at time"
Mackey started forward. but he stopped
mighty quick. The plank rested a ledge Of
rock beneath the platform upon which Came
ron was standing, and when Mackey moved to-
ward It, the darn thing was Jerked from the
other side, slipped from our end Of the track
round till it struck the coral rocks 500 feet be-
low
happened to it,"
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 few yards away man stepped out
onto the platform, and we didn't ask his
of each other 1t Hamilton Of the Sea
Swallow. My! he was a big brute! Six feet
three, II he an inch and weighing over $50
poundsi His face clean shaver. broad and
brown; he had a nose like hawk and a pair
We'll" he said. what do you want7"
Captain Jack looked him up and down with
out blinking.
'T want Miss Beatrice Ellotson" he said, qui-
all eYoulr dina cd her. nd her Rte from
Kiida pier at Melbourna"
That big brute fairly bristled when Cameron
fired that shot at him His Jaw came forward
like battering-ram, and he moved a step closer.
who your" he snarled
my name is Cameron" snapped Captain
The rascal didn't wait for a complete answer
He flung himself forward Ike a cannon ball;
and the next minute the two were rolling round
that little ledge that wasn't much bigger than a.
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 to one end and
you'd think the next second they'd be over; but
they'd reverse Just on the edge and roll back
again.
Cameron wasn't big man. but ne was a
whole regiment Of bobcats when It came to
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 underneath and
that big brute was trying to work him over the
edge. Mackey pulled ut his revolver and lev
was a fair fight in Murphy's eyes. although he
would have risked anything for smile from
Cameron.
THE Captain isn't done yet" he gnsped.
saints alivel Watch him nowi
And we did watch him. Cameron buckled
M under the big brute. leveled him forward In
spite OF Hamilton's struggles, then gave him a
mighty toss and squrmed back onto the plat
form. We shut eyes and we were AFRAID to
open them until we heard q womans Shrek.
Then we looked and girl pulling Cam
eron away from the edge OF the platform, and
yue WI W q below.
But We didn't want to look down. Not muchl
Captain Jack climbed to his feet and shook
hands with the girl II nothing out OF the way
had happened. and then he turned and intro
duced US across that internal chasm.
This is Miss Beatrice Ellotson," he said.
"she is going to lead me down by easier path
that down TO the other shore You boys
can 90 back the way we came ana Wen meet
you on the beach where we left her sister.
was H NJ s. vulturs that picked US up
four days afterward. The smart-looking Brit
ish officer that came ashore walked up TO Cam
eron and shook hands with him.
by cad! It's old Jack cameTon- he cried led
grabbed his jolly old yacht yesterday. and we've
packed IT up to Sydney with crew aboard
He's wanted for the murder OF a trader at NJ
kualofa. He's a brute, don't you know"
The gunboat took us up to Auckland, and We
had a good time on the trip. Cameron was the
hero OF the boat and the Britishers laid them
selves out to make us feel at home. And the
two girls didn't let him feel lonely; you bet
they didn't.
On the night before We reached Auckland,
Mackey said something about the pearls and
Cameron bushed. We were IN his cabin and
there were no strangers about
Il had a bit OF bad luck with my two,
stammered Captain Jack. They must have fall
len out OF my pocket when that fellow Hamilton
was trying TO push head-frst over that
platform on the black rock. Don't mention the
matter TO either OF the Misses EllotsOns please
Then before had got our breath, he pulled
that little locket out OF his pocket and held Il
up TO the light.
Miss Beatrice Brlotson has given No thts m
memory OF the climb" he said. It's about the
prsttiest little locket have ever seen"
We left Cameron in the cabin and went ND
the deck. There was reflection IN the sky
way up 20 the north and Mickey broke the 81
lenos as we stood looking across the dark water
What's tfat7" he asked
The lights above Forty-second Street"
snapped Steele. and he turned away oursng.
when Mackey started TO sob.