CHAPTER XVII 

 THE TARPON AND THE TEMPEST 



FETCH on your tarpon, I'm ready for 

 them," said the Camera-man as he came 

 up the companionway. 



"I thought you'd used your last plate," I re- 

 plied. 



"So I have, and my camera is packed for home. 

 That's why I want to see a tarpon. Up to now 

 I've been scared to see them, afraid the camera 

 wouldn't work, or that I'd miss a shot or fire at 

 the wrong time." 



"I am afraid your last chance has gone. It's a 

 night run up the coast and a train from Myers 

 to-morrow for us." 



"There's more tarpon a cable length ahead of 



us than I ever saw in a bunch," said the captain. 



"How do you know?" I asked. "I've been 



watching the water and haven't seen a jump. 



You surely can't see the fish under water?" 



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