INTRODUCING MR. JOE FLAGG
island round about there that has a biggish hill on it that looks like a camel's back," Tempest said.
"There is one with a hill on it," replied Flagg, reaching for a chart, "and that may be the one you 're talking of. You see, they 're all very low in the water. That island with the hill must have been bumped up by an earthquake or something. I never noticed a camel's back on it, but you'd probably only see the resemblance from one side. I'm not quite sure, but I think this is it," he went on, indicating the point on the chart with the stem of his pipe. "You thinking of setting up a real estate business there?" he asked, with an amused smile. "I give you my word that it's one dreary place."
How many times had Dave and Tempest pored over their chart and speculated idly on which of the little dots indicated the island that was their goal!
"It certainly does just about fit in, does n't it?"
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