One night. In m y watch
below, when I was one o' th '
crew o f n trudln'-achooner
runnin*
between
Sidney,
A u s tia lia . nnd th* Islands o f
111’ South Pacific, Spike
Muggles, n shipm ate, told
me a strange tale about an
island, a secret lagoon, and
— pearls! Spike said lie had
been on th* island, and th a t
th ' bottom o f th* lagoon was
covered w ith pearl-oysters
ns big as a plate. By crack-
ey, w hile he was y a rn in ' I
began to see pearls as big as
apples, w o rth thousands o f
d o lla rs each. When Spike
suggested th a t we buy a
little schooner, and go a fte r
those pearls, I to ld him I
was fo r it.
A few weeks la te r, Spike,
Tony, th ’ cook, and I stood
in th ’ bow o f our little
schooner. R ight aheud was
w avin' coconnut trees on an
island. We glided through
th ' break in th ’ reef and
dropped anchor in a placid.
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blue lugoon. In a few m in
utes I was In a d iv in ’-suit
and un th ’ bottom o f th ’ la
goon. A ll around n g glided
strange Ash colored like a
rainbow. Green, red, ami
black seaweed swayed In t h ’
w ater. And then, 1 saw th '
------ P E A R L !
I shot up
through th ’ water, hangin'
onto some big critter for
dear life .
S t i l l hangin’ onto th*
thing. I shot up into th* a ir,
and then I saw th a t I was
r id in ’ a w hoppin' big sw ord
fish. Down we went again
to th ’ bottom o f th ’ lagoon,
then up in to th ' a ir again,
and I 'l l be dingbusted i f
that awordflsh d id n 't go
scootin’ fo r th ' schooner.
Wham, went his sw ord-bill
in to th ’ m ainm ast. When
Spike and Tony got th ’
head-piece off th ’ d iv in ’-suit
I saw M r Sword Ash hangin'
to th ’ mast.
W atch fo r my next yarn
about th is island.
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