Chapter 11 -THE CAVE OF THE PEARLS.

Two days later, following the arrival at the island of the coal ship-a small, rusty tramp steamer-the boys set out for the village to meet their friends, who had swum out to the ship almost daily, despite the sharks, to see the white youths. As they left the yacht they saw Thurman, who had been put to work in the crew, laboring with the other black