OX THE OUTER KEEP. (Jl 



it would be rather rough on us if Mr. Eemora 

 should fasten himself to a shark instead of a 

 turtle." 



" What's that smoke on Bush Key ? " asked 

 Dick, pointing to the island, a short distance off, 

 from which a column of smoke was rising. 



"Hardly a volcano, Dick," replied the doc- 

 tor. " I believe it is a signal that our lunch is 

 ready. Long John thought we would like some 

 coffee after grubbing, as he called it, in the 

 water ; so he took the dinghy and the lunch Pau- 

 blo prepared for us, and I imagine is uow wait- 

 ing for us." 



" Well, I'm ready," said Dick ; and Harry 

 and Tom answered by jumping into the Hosetta. 

 The others followed suit, and in a short time 

 they were on Bush Key, where they found Long 

 John frying mullets, having spread a cloth and 

 the lunch on the white sand. The boat was 

 pulled up high and dry, and soon the boys were 

 doing justice to the mullets which Long John 

 had caught in his cast-net a few minutes before. 



" I've seen the time," said the fisherman, as 

 he sat down at the invitation of the doctor, 



