ADVENTURES IN 
COMRADESHIP 
( Continued, from page 200) 
Middle-aged tourists—some experience 
fishing—a rented motor-boat, with 
/o claiming to know exactly how to 
indie her, but when the storm broke 
er them several miles out, continuing 
their heels as they raced for the near- 
t land—Soldier Key—they had been 
xlly demoralized by panic. It was, as 
f e Captain had said, a “miracle” that 
ought them as far through the chan- 
■1 as their present position—dumb luck ! 
Darkness closed down long before its 
ipected hour, and the rain fell in tor- 
nts. Its beat was a cannonade on the 
of of the shack, under which we all 
iddled. The artillery of crackling 
shes and intermittent thunder—rare at 
is season—combined with a noisy, 
gry surf, made us all realize, I be- 
ve, our own diminutive proportions as 
mpared with the Elements. 
I could only admire the heretofore 
known side of Sonnyboy. There were 
'ies when the tempest was awe-inspir- 
»■, fearsome, but he would stand by the 
ndow or at the open door of the shack, 
d.face it all like a little man—a son 
be proud of—for it was a tiny figure, 
:er all, that stood silhouetted against 
ose vivid, blinding flashes of terres- 
al flame. 
Once he tiptoed over to where Cap’n 
n was seated on the floor, smoking his 
>e. 
‘You said you’d tell me something— 
nething funny about fishing off the 
ck where there’s so MANY fish to fish 
he hinted. 
‘That’s right, I DID,” grinned the 
ptain. “Nobody ever explained it, 
t those thousands of fish just won’t 
TE—at least, not when greenhorns go 
er ’em. Drop a’ line down there, 
cy with shrimp or mullet or any old 
t you can think of, and they’ll gather 
• >und so thick you could drop a sand- 
in and daze ’em, an’ sniff and play, 
*: look at you with roley-boley eyes, 
: much as to say: ‘Nothin’ doin’, part- 
| '• We got too much sense for that!’ 
en you can drop in some chummin’ 
‘ l they know the difference in a second 
t’s gone just that quick—a peck o’ 
wfish an’ fiddler feed. Over goes a 
• - again—nothin’ doin’. I’ve seen it 
• d out here at Soldier Key by the 
| lr > when th’ fish was that clumpy th’ 
*k scratched their backs, an r nary a 
ble. Mangrove snappers have th’ 
ie sassy way with ’em—an’ say, you 
your father we must go fer Man- 
•j ve Snappers before long.” 
made a mental note of it, for here, 
‘j "ed, was adventure amongst the tropic 
>ur companions were inclined to be 
’S, quarrelsome, uncommunicative, 
| we let them severely alone. By 
en, we were all asleep, Sonnyboy 
lied up under the lee of his father’s 
: s on a cushion Cap’n Jim had brought 
i n the “Lucretia.” 
(Continued on page 219) 
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