Chapter 12
The Skipper Disappears
MY FIRST THOUGNT as the revelation came to us that the wanted treasure had gone was one of treachery; but that was soon dispelled. I rushed to the cave door myself, revolver in hand, but the door was as we left it. and the three Amazons stood in the same position, superstitiously nervous in their attitude, but showing no evidence of any ill intentions. The skipper, Halpin with him, pushed past me, and there was astonishment and dismay as the women heard what they had to say. It was with obvious fear and trembling that the skipper induced Eliena and Katahine to approach the cave, their spearwomen at their heels more reluctant than themselves, to verify the truth of his report; and then they would come no nearer than the door, whilst the electric torches—
